The Sports Almanac

USL First Division Soccer

PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS
Current USL First Division Championship Title Holders
Competeing in 2010 as United States Soccer Federation Division 2

USL First Division (USLFD)
Through the 2010 season
Team Records  League Champions
^Includes CSL #Includes APSL
**2011 Expansion Team
POS
 TEAM
 W
 D
 L
 GP
1
 Vancouver Whitecaps^# 355
 85
 199 639
2
 Rochester Rhinos#
 232
 66
 125
 423
3
 Montreal Impact
 195
 63
 110
 368
4
 Portland Timbers
 126
 65
 93
 284
5
 Puerto Rico Islanders
 74
 59
 69
 202
6
 Carolina RailHawks
 46
 33
 39
 118
7
 Miami FC Blues
 43
 37
 66
 146
8
 Crystal Palace Baltimore
 33
 21
 36
 90
9
 Austin Aztex
 20
 16
 24
 60
10
 NSC Minnesota Stars
 11
 7
 12
 30
11
 AC St. Louis
 7
 8
 15
 30
12
 Tampa Bay Rowdies
 6
 11
 13
 30
13
 FC New York**
 0
 0
 0
 0
14
 Atlanta**
 0
 0
 0
 0
League Champions   Team Records
A-League was born out of a merger of the Western Soccer Alliance (WSA) and the American Soccer League III (ASL III). Champions listed are for the two seperate leagues before the merger, 1989 when the league champions played each other, the merger years as the American Professional Soccer League (APSL).
YEAR
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
1985 WSA
 San Jose Earthquakes
--
Best Record
1986 WSA
 Hollywood Kickers
--
Best Record
1987 WSA
 San Diego Nomads San Jose Earthquakes
3-1
1988 WSA
 Seattle Storm San Jose Earthquakes
5-0
1988 ASL III
 Washington Diplomats Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
4-3, 3-2
1989
 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers San Diego Nomads
3-1
1990 APSL
 Maryland Bays San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
2-1(PK)
1991 APSL
 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks Albany Capitals
1-3,2-0,1-0(PK)
1992 APSL
 Colorado Foxes Tampa Bay Rowdies
1-0
1993 APSL
 Colorado Foxes Los Angeles Salsa
3-1(OT)
1994 APSL
 Montreal Impact Colorado Foxes
1-0
1995 APSL
 Seattle Sounders Atlanta Ruckus
1-2(SO),3-0,2-1(SO)
1996 APSL
 Seattle Sounders Rochester Raging Rhinos
2-0
1996 Select
 California Jaguars Richmond Kickers
2-1(SO)
1997
 Milwaukee Rampage Carolina Dynamo
2-1(SO)
1998
 Rochester Raging Rhinos Minnesota Thunder
3-1
1999
 Minnesota Thunder Rochester Raging Rhinos
2-1
2000
 Rochester Raging Rhinos Minnesota Thunder
3-1
2001
 Rochester Raging Rhinos Hershey Wildcats
2-0
2002
 Milwaukee Rampage
 Richmond Kickers
 2-1(OT)
2003
 Charleston Battery
 Minnesota Thunder
 3-0
2004
 Montreal Impact
 Seattle Sounders
 2-0
FIRST DIVISION CHAMPIONS
YEAR
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
2005
 Seattle Sounders
 Richmond Kickers
 1-1 (4-3PK)
2006
 Vancouver Whitecaps
 Rochester Raging Rhinos
 3-0
2007
 Seattle Sounders
 Atlanta Silverbacks
 4-0
2008
 Vancouver Whitecaps
 Puerto Rico Islanders
 2-1
YEAR
 WINNER
 LOSER
 1ST LEG
 2ND LEG
 AGGREGATE
2009
 Montreal Impact
 Vancouver Whitecaps
 3-1
 3-2
 6-3
2010
 Puerto Rico Islanders
 Carolina RailHawks
 2-0
 1-1
 3-1