STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
| Northeast | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| Rochester | 19 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 65 |
| Staten Island | 19 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 55 |
| Long Island | 20 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 52 |
| Pittsburgh | 19 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 51 |
| Boston | 21 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 24 | 44 |
| Lehigh Vly. | 18 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 38 |
| Toronto | 22 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 38 |
| Connecticut | 22 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 33 |
| Atlantic | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| Richmond | 20 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 58 |
| Hershey | 20 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 50 |
| Charleston | 21 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 25 | 50 |
| Jacksonville | 21 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 44 |
| Atlanta | 21 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 41 |
| Hamp. Roads | 19 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 31 |
| Raleigh | 21 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 28 |
| Maryland | 19 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 45 | 8 |
Western Conference
| Central | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| U.S. Pro-40 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 62 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 9 | 59 |
| New Orleans | 18 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 46 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 37 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 37 |
| Indiana | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 36 |
| Cincinnati | 20 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 49 | 32 |
| Pacific | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| San Diego | 22 | 15 | 7 | 51 | 24 | 70 |
| Orange Cty. | 20 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 51 |
| Seattle | 20 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 51 |
| *Vancouver | 20 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 22 | 55 |
| El Paso | 21 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 46
| 36 |
| S.F. Bay | 21 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 32 |
| *Sacramento | 19 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 53 | 0 |
*Vancouver's 7-0 win over Sacramento on July 30 will count twice in the standings. An earlier match between the two teams that was postponed will not be made up.
(Note: 4 points are awarded for a win in regulation or overtime, 2 points for a shootout win, 1 point for a shootout loss, and a bonus point is awarded for scoring three or more goals in a game.)
RESULTS
July 28 in Uniondale, N.Y.
Long Island 5 Connecticut 1. Goals: Weinstein (Leon) 8, Kolic (leon, Weinstein) 15, Kolic (B.Sullivan) 48, B.Sullivan (Wolyniec, Diallo) 57, Leon (Weinstein) 68; Bokole (Barbieri) 78.
Long Island -- Carou, Rambo, Wiseman, Piturro, Fernandes, Leon (Myrie, 69), Ragusa (Diallo, 46), B.Sullivan, Kolic (Hutson, 60), Wolyniec (Doherty, 60), Weinstein.
Connecticut -- Gatti (King, 57), Collins, Samol (Keevan, 73), D.Sullivan, Reidy, Cardoza (Lessig, 73), Vaughan, de Oliveiro, Barbieri, Bokole, Domm.
Att.: 1,540.
July 28 in Phillipsburg, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 1 Maryland 0. Goal: J.Henderson (Frantzke) 14.
Lehigh Vly. -- Sutton, D.Edwards, Oudin, Imler, Frantzke, Bader, Checcio (Boney, 70), Houser (Marshall, 78), Stockton, Dotsenko (Trotman, 46), J.Henderson.
Maryland -- Hunter, S.Phillips, Pusey, Haskins, Echeverry (McFarland, 77), Newland, LeCrum (Kitson, 67), Love (Anderson, 75), Knapman (Vega, 62), D.Phillips, Armas.
Att.: 1,169.
July 28 in Metairie, La.
New Orleans 3 Minnesota 2. Goals: Mikulski (J.Russell) 27, Maxwell (Tadlock) 51, Maxwell (Veselka) 63; Leventhal 5, Mladenov (pen.) 72.
New Orleans -- Andrews, Samples, Mikulski, Brown, Smotherman (Allen, 83), Tadlock, J.Russell, Guastaferro, Maxwell (Rebuck, 75), Veselka, Hansen.
Minnesota -- Swallen, Coughlin (Raines, 69), Bankov, Sylvester, Gramenz, Leventhal, Zeba, Nowak (Gentile, 70), Mladenov, Saunders (Labastida, 65), Magee (Lagos, 50).
Att.: 1,700.
July 28 in Renton, Wash.
Seattle 2 Sacramento 0. Goals: I.Russell (Gaw) 10, I.Russell (Hattrup) 32.
Seattle -- Burpo, Jenkins, Barton, Annicchero, Waibel, S.Henderson, Heald, Gaw, Nguyen, I.Russell, Nouri (Hattrup, 11).
Sacramento -- Landon, Edge, Maestretti (Bruckner, 76), Nelson, Gile, Temblador, Valdez (Willey, 58), K.Mercado (Galvin, 64), Cano, Farfan, Fabian (Cohmanschi, 46).
Att.: 1,822.
July 30 in Richmond, Va.
Richmond 3 U.S. Pro-40 2. Goals: Glasgow (Bueso) 2, Bueso 59, Glasgow (Tri.Ellis) 60; Hayes (Quijano) 80, Quijano 83.
Richmond -- McGinty, Pizzolitto, Tri.Ellis, McKay, Da.Etienne (De.Etienne, 76), Ferruzzi, Radzki (Borgard, 61), Bueso (Jonas, 76), T.Williams, Glasgow, Ukrop (Scott, 82).
U.S. Pro-40 -- Nyman, Chulis (Vallow, 82), O'Brien, Conrad, Cooks (Gomez, 60), Moore (Van Saun, 52), Albright, Otero (Kozic, 52), Kovalenko, Quijano, Hayes.
Red card: U.S. Pro-40 -- Kovalenko 64.
Att.: 2,075.
July 30 in Hershey, Pa.
Hershey 2 Raleigh 0. Goals: J.Mitchell (Simmonds, Leonard) 3, Mittendorf 90.
Hershey -- Petras, Penny, M.Williams, Henning, Kopp, Leonard (Mittendorf, 70), Klein, DiFlorio (Feniger, 82), Ferry (Ford, 55), J.Mitchell, Simmonds (Goodlett, 87).
Raleigh -- Sommer, Whyte, Warham, White (Nunley, 72), Pao, Parry, DeSantis (Farris, 65), Merkel, Carithers (Dugan, 65), Mekelburg (Watkins, 78), Knights.
Att.: 2,378.
July 30 in Staten Island, N.Y.
Staten Island 1 Connecticut 2. Goals: Oliviero (Namazi) 19; de Oliveira (Cardoza) 33, Bokole (Cardoza) 42.
Staten Island -- Pappas, Namazi, Cotarelo (Titus, 46), Birusingh (Cadet, 81), Leanti, Marcotrigiano, Villagra, Oliviero (Oliver, 66), Tschantret, Sloan, Inneh.
Connecticut -- King, Collins, Ezeugo, Keevan, Cardoza, Bliss, Vaughan, de Oliveira, Cornett (Samol, 60), Barbieri (Reidy, 76), Bokole.
Att.: 1,283.
July 30 in Toronto
Toronto 1 Boston 0. Goals: Dos Santos (Mattacchione) 88.
Toronto -- Larkin, Kojic, Black, Serioux, Ashton, Holness, Vignjevic (DiPlacido, 89), Nunes (Mattacchione, 78), Krivochtchekov, Dos Santos, Bolsonello (Barker, 46).
Boston -- Latronica, Nicol (LaRochelle, 46), John, Franklin, Bradley, Lujan (Ndlovu, 66), Poltl, Vita, Ceccarelli, Gregory (London, 66), Kerr.
Red card: Toronto -- Krivochtchekov 35.
Att.: 2,424.
July 30 in Rochester, N.Y.
Rochester 2 Atlanta 0. Goals: Allnutt (Daligcon) 7, Tilley 60.
Rochester -- Onstad, Demmin, Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Kirmse (Walton, 67), Daligcon (Hardy, 72), Tanner, Allnutt, D.Miller (Young, 37), Biello (Dietrich, 84), Tilley.
Atlanta -- Oshoniyi, Bednar (Samuels, 17), Norcott, Crane, Valcourt (Bahr, 80), Silva, Moleka, Castillo, Renfrum, Handsor, Raeburn (Mohyeldin, 68).
Att.: 13,439.
July 30 in Bethel Park, Pa.
Pittsburgh 2 Charleston 0. Goals: Karn (DePalma) 56, Jaworski (Evans) 66.
Pittsburgh -- Dedini, Evans, Terlecky, Bell (Vasic, 75), Tripoli (Jaworski, 65), Bonseu, Ihekononye, Butler (Apple, 46), Kot, Eller (DePalma, 46), Karn.
Charleston -- Hudock, R.Miller (Akin, 87), Limniatis (Sewell, 71), Jean-Baptiste, J.Wilson, Bates, Ilarionov (Rocke, 73), T.Miller, Rodriguez (Brisson, 71), Conway, Burke.
Att.: 4,189.
July 30 in Indianapolis
Indiana 4 Maryland 1. Goals: C.James (M.Phillips) 22, M.Phillips (C.James) 28, M.Phillips (C.James) 51, Sweeney (Weiger) 80; Newland (Haskins) 52.
Indiana -- Browder, T.Foster, Menk, A.Parrish, Sweeney, Crawford, Duff (Merrick, 74), Blackbourne (E.Moneme, 35), Baah, C.James (Weiger, 74), M.Phillips (Dresser, 83).
Maryland -- Hunter, Haskins, Armas, Simmons, Pusey, Love (Knapman, 86), D.Phillips (Kitson, 58), Vega, Anderson (LeCrum, 43), Echeverry (Peters, 55), Newland.
Att.: 1,010.
July 30 in Blaine, Minn.
Minnesota 2 Orange County 1. Goals: Schneider (Zeba) 4, Mladenov (Zeba) 89; Soto (Leal) 73.
Minnesota -- Swallen, Coughlin (Leventhal, 46), Raines, Bankov, Gramenz, Zeba, Gentile, Mladenov, Nowak (Abboud, 67), Schneider (Labastida, 82), Lagos (Magee, 60).
Orange Cty. -- Littman, M.Foster (Leal, 67), Hesse, Monroy (Robles, 35), Engesser, M.Vasquez, Polowski, Soto, Boyce, J.Vasquez, Patterson.
Att.: 1,633.
July 30 in Burnaby, B.C.
Vancouver 7 Sacramento 0. Goals: Sebrango (Franks) 17, Sebrango (Mobilio) 24, Mobilio (Sulentic) 39, Thompson (Sulentic) 55, Sebrango (pen.) 59, Mobilio (Sulentic) 71, Mobilio (Thompson) 77.
Vancouver -- Sandhu, Hardy, MacDonald, Fonseca, Bodnark (Thompson, 46), Berg, Dailly (Hall, 73), Sulentic, Franks (D'Onofrio, 68), Mobilio, Sebrango.
Sacramento -- Landon, Temblador (Galvin, 46), Gile, Nelson, Edge (Bruckner, 60), Maestretti, Valdez (Fabian, 60), Willey, K.Mercado, Cohmanschi, Farfan.
Att.: 3,959.
July 31 in San Francisco
San Francisco Bay 1 Seattle 1 (Seattle wins shootout, 2-1). Goals: Babic (Davini) 89; I.Russell (Gaw) 60.
S.F. Bay -- Connell, Cairel, Davini, Duncan, Gore, Schultz, Sablo, Salazar (R.Edwards, 61), Ratzburg (Hurd, 35; Babic, 81), Soebye, Harty (Utush, 71).
Seattle -- Burpo, Jenkins (Hattrup, 103), B.James, Barton, Waibel, Heald, S.Henderson, Gaw, I.Russell (Mann, 79), Baena (Nguyen, 81), Storkson (Robertson, 65).
Red card: Seattle -- Heald 75.
Att.: 717.
July 31 in Downington, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 2 Raleigh 0. Goals: Boney (Stockton) 16, Houser 21.
Lehigh Vly. -- Dutra, Zaun, D.Edwards, Oudin, Imler, Zavagnin, Houser (Frantzke, 35), Boney, Stockton (Bader, 71), Trotman (Dotsenko, 76), J.Henderson (Checcio, 87).
Raleigh -- Sommer, Whyte, Warham, Parry (White, 46), DeSantis, Pao (Dugan, 55), Farris (Knights, 46), Nunley, Merkel (Carithers, 65), Watkins, Mekelburg.
Red card: Lehigh Valley -- Boney 29.
Att.: 517.
July 31 in Uniondale, N.Y.
Long Island 1 Staten Island 2. Goals: Kolic (pen.) 42; Inneh (da Silva) 16, Mueller (da Silva) 86.
Long Island -- Carou, Rambo (Nealis, 46), Wiseman, Ragusa, Piturro, Kolic, Fernandes, Leon (Lucey, 46), B.Sullivan, Wolyniec, Weinstein.
Staten Island -- Zaratin, Namazi, da Silva, Birusingh, Titus, Leanti (Cotarelo, 77), Villagra, Oliver (Marcotrigiano, 47), Tschantret, Sloan, Inneh (Mueller, 78).
Att.: 2,823.
July 31 in Virginia Beach, Va.
Hampton Roads 1 U.S. Pro-40 0. Goal: Scrofani (Dominguez) 88.
Hampton Rds. -- Busch, Bailey, Branigan, Hooper (Carver, 71), Onalfo, Owens (Dominguez, 32), Maier, Scrofani, Donnelly, Valencia (Kinturi, 51), Siikala.
U.S. Pro-40 -- Vallow, Chulis, O'Brien, Conrad, Bilyk, Van Saun (Quijano, 67), Otero (Cooks, 46), Gomez (Hayes, 46), M.Rocha, Kuhn (Kovalenko, 64), Kozic.
Att.: 2,854.
July 31 in Metairie, La.
New Orleans 3 Tennessee 0. Goals: Veselka 65, Smotherman (Hansen) 72, Beech (Veselka) 87.
New Orleans -- Andrews, Mikulski (Allen, 64), Samples, C.Brown, Smotherman, Tadlock, Guastaferro, J.Russell, Maxwell (Hansen, 54), Veselka, Beech.
Tennessee -- Germaine, Fisher, McNamee, Cohen, DeVall, Cole (Mittlestaedt, 69), Schenkel, Comeaux (Potter, 69), McAlpine (Tomlinson, 46), Van Atta, Ziyenge (Howle, 82).
Att.: 1,762.
July 31 in El Paso, Texas
El Paso 1 San Diego 2. Goals: Marquez (Orozco) 12; Watson (Legg) 4, Dumitru 83.
El Paso -- Estrada, Delgado (Galindo, 46), McFarlane, Banuelos (Mancera, 74), Juarez, O.Mercado, Orozco (Lomeli, 60), Marquez, Sells, E.Wilson, Griego (Mora, 71).
San Diego -- Tate, Cruz, P.Brown, Sinohui (B.Smith, 78), Legg (Calderon, 68), Alegre (Gins, 26), Farias, Chaisongkram (Farace, 60), Hetherington, Dumitru, Watson.
Att.: 1,762.
Aug. 1 in Milwaukee
Milwaukee 0 Orange County 3. Goals: Patterson (M.Vasquez) 2, Soto (Boyce) 51, Patterson (M.Vasquez) 82.
Milwaukee -- Green, Lopez, Ackah (Ja.Provan, 76), Ross (Marquinhos, 59), Iribarren, Cerro (Timbers, 66), Szczepanski, Jo.Provan, Stebbins, Loftin, Willan.
Orange Cty. -- Littman, Hesse, M.Foster, Engesser, M.Vasquez, Robles (Guthrie, 35), Polowski, J.Vasquez, Soto (Leal, 63), Boyce, Patterson.
Att.: 3,427.
Aug. 1 in Arnold, Md.
Maryland 4 Pittsburgh 5. Goals: Vega (pen.) 11, Newland 43, Knapman (Armas) 77, Newland (Haskins) 84; Karn (Husbands) 3, Apple (Evans) 8, Husbands (DePalma) 42, Karn (Evans) 48, DePalma (Evans) 59.
Maryland -- Hunter, Se.Phillips (J.Anderson, 37), Vega (Kitson, 46), Haskins, McFarland (Echeverry, 70), LeCrum, Simmons, D.Phillips (Knapman, 63), Armas, Newland, Pusey.
Pittsburgh -- Moscatello, Jaworski, Tripoli, Ihekononye, Child (Vasic, 63), Husbands, Meyer, DePalma (Castuca, 68), Apple (Butler, 26), Evans, Karn (Flavius, 68).
Att.: 151.
Aug. 1 in Downington, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 3 Charleston 1. Goals: J.Henderson 22, J.Henderson (Felician) 29, Stockton (pen.) 85; Sewell (Burke) 50.
Lehigh Vly. -- Dutra, Zaun, Oudin, Imler, Bader (Dotsenko, 68), Zavagnin, Boney (Frantzke, 55), Checcio, Felician, J.Henderson (Stockton, 76), Trotman.
Charleston -- Hudock (Mills, 85), R.Miller, Limniatis (Brownell, 46), Jean-Baptiste, J.Wilson, Sewell, Ilarionov (Bates, 46), T.Miller, Rodriguez, Burke (Brisson, 74), Conway.
Red cards: Charleston -- R.Miller 81, Hudock 85.
Att.: 583.
Aug. 1 in Rochester, N.Y.
Rochester 0 Boston 2. Goals: Montes (Poltl) 56, Montes (Latronica) 86.
Rochester -- Onstad, Demmin, Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Kirmse (Walton, 46), Zavala (Hardy, 50), Daligccon (Dietrich, 75), Tanner (Young, 59), Allnutt, Biello, Tilley.
Boston -- Latronica, John, LaRochelle, Bradley, Lips (Lujan, 88), Ndlovu (Ceccarelli, 68), Poltl, Vita, Gregory (London, 85), Montes, Kerr (Coye, 79).
Att.: 13,183.
Aug. 1 in Toronto
Toronto 2 Atlanta 1. Goals: Bolsonello (Barker) 54, Holness 55; Moleka (Raeburn) 87.
Toronto -- Larkin, Munguia, Kojic, Doliscat, Black, Ashton (Mattacchione, 61), Vignjevic (DeSerpa, 76), Nunes (DiPlacido, 61)m Holness, Barker (Buzali, 80), Bolsonello.
Atlanta -- Oshoniyi, Stadler, Castillo, Samuels (Mohyeldin, 58), Bahr, Silva, Renfrum, Handsor, Moleka, Raeburn, Shishkov.
Att.: 2,590.
Aug. 1 in San Francisco
San Francisco Bay 0 Vancouver 2. Goals: Sulentic (Sebrango) 24, Sebrango (Mobilio) 36.
S.F. Bay -- Wozniak, Hurd (Salazar, 60), Huber (Utush, 38), Gore, S.Simpson, Duncan, Cairel, R.Edwards (Davini, 52), Sablo, Ratzburg, Soebye (Babic, 69).
Vancouver -- Shepherd, MacDonald, Hardy, Fonseca, Berg, Dailly, Sulentic, Thompson (Bodnark, 70), D'Onofrio, Mobilio, Sebrango.
Att.: 491.
LEADING SCORERS
| Player (Team) | G | A | P |
| Farias (San Diego) | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| Baena (Seattle) | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| Inneh (Staten Island) | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| Sebrango (Vancouver) | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| Stebbins (Milwaukee) | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| Cozier (Jacksonville) | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| Patterson (Orange Cty.) | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| Kolic (Long Island) | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Simmonds (Hershey) | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| J.Mitchell (Hershey) | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| Willan (Milwaukee) | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| Russell (Seattle) | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| Beech (New Orleans) | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| Dimitru (San Diego) | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| Lowe (Richmond) | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| Yacks (Cincinnati) | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| Wolyniek (Long Island) | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Thompson (Vancouver) | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Glasgow (Richmond) | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| Moleka (Atlanta) | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| Rocha (Boston) | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| Conway (Charleston) | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| Karn (Pittsburgh) | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| Leal (Orange Cty.) | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| Burke (Charleston) | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| Griego (El Paso) | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| Phillips (Indiana) | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Nunez (Jacksonville) | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Weinstein (Long Island) | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Tomlinson (Tennessee) | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Mladenov (Minnesota) | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| Butler (Pittsburgh) | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| Vignjevic (Toronto) | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| Sulentic (Vancouver) | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| Bokole (Connecticut) | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Veselka (New Orleans) | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Evans (Pittsburgh) | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Hetherington (San Diego) | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Mobilio (Vancouver) | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Dos Santos (Toronto) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Ziyenge (Tennessee) | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Harty (San Fran. Bay) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Glenn (Rochester) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Allnutt (Rochester) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Apple (Pittsburgh) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Henderson (Lehigh Vall.) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| DiFlorio (Hershey) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Castro (El Paso) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Valencia (Hamp. Roads) | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Brisson (Charelston) | 5 | 4 | 14 |
LEADING GOALIES
| Player (Team) | GP | GAA |
| Swallen (Minnesota) | 19 | 0.44 |
| Onstad (Rochester) | 15 | 0.74 |
| Pappas (Staten Island) | 7 | 0.75 |
| McGinty (Richmond) | 7 | 0.86 |
| Shepherd (Vancouver) | 10 | 0.95 |
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