1997 USISL D-3 Pro League

The 1997 USISL D-3 Pro League was the 11th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the first season of now-defunct USISL D-3 Pro League.

New clubs

• Arizona Sahuaros
• Cleveland Caps
• Daytona Tigers
• Indiana Blast
• Los Angeles Fireballs
• Myrtle Beach Seadawgs
• South Jersey Barons
• Stanislaus County Cruisers
• Tallahassee Tempest
• Vermont Voltage

League standings

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Jersey Imperials	18	10	1	0	7	39	23	+16	31
2	Rhode Island Stingrays	18	10	1	1	6	32	25	+7	31
3	New Hampshire Phantoms	18	9	2	2	5	36	27	+9	29
4	Central Jersey Riptide	18	8	2	3	5	26	24	+2	26
5	Vermont Wanderers	18	6	1	1	10	21	39	−18	19
6	NYCD Alleycats	18	6	0	1	11	25	38	−13	18
7	Cape Cod Crusaders	18	4	1	0	13	19	32	−13	13

Source: rsssf.com

Mid-Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading Rage	18	13	1	0	4	46	22	+24	40
2	Philadelphia Freedom	18	10	1	0	7	29	32	−3	31
3	Baltimore Bays	18	8	0	2	8	30	34	−4	24
4	New Jersey Stallions	18	7	2	1	8	25	26	−1	23
5	Delaware Wizards	18	7	0	2	9	23	32	−9	21
6	South Jersey Barons	18	4	1	3	10	22	28	−6	13

Source: rsssf.com

South Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Myrtle Beach Seadawgs	18	14	1	0	3	40	19	+21	43
2	South Carolina Shamrocks	18	11	2	0	5	37	27	+10	35
3	Charlotte Eagles	18	10	2	1	5	38	21	+17	32
4	Florida Strikers	18	10	0	0	8	51	34	+17	30
5	Wilmington Hammerheads	18	8	1	1	8	37	24	+13	25
6	Mobile Revelers	18	4	0	0	14	25	54	−29	12
7	Daytona Tigers	18	3	0	1	14	14	61	−47	9

Source: rsssf.com

North Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Stingers	18	12	1	0	5	32	19	+13	37
2	Indiana Blast	18	7	1	1	9	28	31	−3	22
3	Cleveland Caps	18	6	3	0	9	28	32	−4	21
4	Rockford Raptors	18	6	2	2	8	32	33	−1	20

Source: rsssf.com

South Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Albuquerque Geckos	18	13	2	1	2	51	15	+36	41
2	Austin Lone Stars	18	11	1	0	6	38	28	+10	34
3	Houston Hurricanes	18	9	0	2	7	35	30	+5	27
4	Tulsa Roughnecks	18	9	0	0	9	36	40	−4	27
5	San Antonio Pumas	18	5	0	2	11	23	45	−22	15
6	Dallas Toros	18	2	0	0	16	22	53	−31	6

Source: rsssf.com

• Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts.

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Francisco Bay Seals	18	13	2	0	3	41	16	+25	41
2	Sacramento Scorpions	18	11	0	0	7	39	36	+3	33
3	Chico Rooks	18	9	3	3	3	38	28	+10	30
4	San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles	18	9	2	0	7	30	31	−1	29
5	Stanislaus County Cruisers	18	8	0	3	7	31	27	+4	24
6	Arizona Sahuaros	18	6	1	1	10	39	40	−1	19
7	Hawaii Tsunamii	16	4	1	1	10	24	29	−5	13
8	Reno Rattlers	16	4	0	0	12	17	34	−17	12
9	Los Angeles Fireballs	18	3	0	2	13	22	40	−18	9

Source: rsssf.com

Playoffs

Division Semi-finals:

• Central Jersey defeated North Jersey 2-1 (SO)
• New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island 2-1 (OT)
• Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 2-1
• New Jersey defeated Reading, 2-1
• Myrtle Beach defeated Florida, 5-1
• Charlotte defeated South Carolina 3-2
• Indiana defeated Cleveland 3-2
• San Antonio defeated Austin, 4-2
• Houston defeated Tulsa, 4-1
• San Francisco Bay defeated San Gabriel Valley, 5-0
• Chico defeated Sacramento, 6-1

Division Finals:

• New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 2-0
• Baltimore defeated New Jersey, 3-0
• Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 3-3 (SO)
• Indiana defeated Chicago, 1-0
• Houston defeated San Antonio, 2-0
• San Francisco defeated Chico, 2-0

Quarterfinals:

• San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3-0
• New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1-0 (OT)
• Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6-0

Semifinals:

• Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4-2
• Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2-1 (OT)

CHAMPIONSHIP:

• Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4-1

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References

1. United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)