2012 USL Pro season

USL PRO
Season	2012
Champions	Charleston Battery
Commissioner's Cup	Orlando City
Matches played	132
Goals scored	330 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Chin (11)
Biggest home win	CHB 4, ANT 0 (May 4) HAR 4, DDL 0 (May 19) DDL 4, WIL 0 (June 23) ORL 4, ROC 0 (July 14) ORL 4, CHB 0 (July 27) CHE 4, ANT 0 (August 4)
Biggest away win	ORL 4, LAB 0 (July 8) CHB 4, ROC 0 (August 11)
Highest scoring	WIL 4, LAB 2 (June 30) ORL 4, HAR 2 (August 1)
Longest winning run	6 games: ROC (April 14-May 12)
Longest unbeaten run	14 games: ORL (June 9-August 17)
Longest winless run	12 games: DDL (April 13-June 17)
Longest losing run	8 games: ANT (April 28-June 29)
Highest attendance	8,932 ORL vs DDL (August 17)
Lowest attendance	200 LAB vs WIL (May 4)
Average attendance	2,777
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 USL Pro season was the 26th season of third-division soccer in the United States,^[1] and the second season of USL Pro. The season started with 11 teams. FC New York self-relegated to the National Premier Soccer League prior to the release of the schedule. The final weekend of the regular season was August 17–19.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Antigua Barracuda	St. John's, Antigua	Stanford Cricket Ground	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Charleston Battery	Charleston, South Carolina	Blackbaud Stadium	7003510000000000000♠5,100
Charlotte Eagles	Charlotte, North Carolina	Restart Field	7003200000000000000♠2,000
Dayton Dutch Lions	Bellbrook, Ohio	Miami Valley South Stadium	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Skyline Sports Complex	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Los Angeles Blues	Fullerton, California	Titan Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Orlando City	Orlando, Florida	Citrus Bowl	7004654380000000000♠65,438
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Bridgeville, Pennsylvania	Chartiers Valley High School	7003250000000000000♠2,500
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	7004220000000000000♠22,000
Rochester Rhinos	Rochester, New York	Sahlen's Stadium	7004137680000000000♠13,768
Wilmington Hammerheads	Wilmington, North Carolina	Legion Stadium	7003600000000000000♠6,000

Personal and Kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Jersey manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Antigua Barracuda	Curtis, TomTom Curtis	Dublin, GeorgeGeorge Dublin	Joma	None
Charleston Battery	Anhaeuser, MichaelMichael Anhaeuser	Armstrong, StephenStephen Armstrong	Umbro	avVenta
Charlotte Eagles	Steffens, MarkMark Steffens	Rife, JoshJosh Rife	Admiral	Coca Cola
Dayton Dutch Lions	van Dinteren, IvarIvar van Dinteren	Jones, BretBret Jones	Under Armour	Scoutforall.com
Harrisburg City Islanders	Becher, BillBill Becher	Pelletier, JasonJason Pelletier	Nike	Capital Blue Cross/Snickers
Los Angeles Blues	Naimo, CharlieCharlie Naimo	Dastan, ShahryarShahryar Dastan	Nike	Marriott
Orlando City	Heath, AdrianAdrian Heath	Ian Fuller	Umbro	Orlando Health/Legoland Florida
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Evans, JustinJustin Evans		Umbro	#1 Cochran
Richmond Kickers	Cowlishaw, LeighLeigh Cowlishaw	Pascale, RonnieRonnie Pascale	Adidas	Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.
Rochester Rhinos	Myers, JesseJesse Myers		Umbro	Non-Smoking Coalition
Wilmington Hammerheads	Irving, DavidDavid Irving		Umbro	New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Transfers

For full list, see List of USL Pro transfers 2012.

Standings

Locations of teams for the 2012 USL Pro season

Pos	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (CC)	24	17	6	1	50	18	+32	57	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye
2	Rochester Rhinos (A)	24	12	5	7	27	23	+4	41	Playoffs 1st round bye
3	Charleston Battery (A)	24	12	2	10	36	26	+10	38	Playoffs
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	24	11	5	8	31	27	+4	38
5	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	24	10	7	7	34	32	+2	37
6	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	24	10	7	7	34	29	+5	37
7	Charlotte Eagles	24	11	3	10	34	26	+8	36
8	Los Angeles Blues	24	9	3	12	26	29	−3	30
9	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	4	10	10	20	29	−9	22
10	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	24	4	5	15	20	39	−19	17
11	Antigua Barracuda	24	5	1	18	16	50	−34	16

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification:Points, then tiebreak: 1) Head-to-head record based on total points in League games, 2) Total wins in League games, 3) Goal difference in League games, 4) Goals scored in League games, etc.^[2]
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

Results table

Abbreviation and Color Key: Antigua Barracuda FC – ANT • Charleston Battery – CHB • Charlotte Eagles – CHE • Dayton Dutch Lions – DDL Los Angeles Blues – LAB • Harrisburg City Islanders – HAR • Orlando City S.C. – ORL Pittsburgh Riverhounds – PIT • Richmond Kickers – RIC • Rochester Rhinos – ROC • Wilmington Hammerheads – WIL Home • Away • Win • Loss • Draw
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Antigua Barracuda FC	PIT	PIT	CHE	CHE	WIL	CHB	ORL	ORL	CHB	ORL	CHB	CHB	ROC	HAR	LAB	LAB	PIT	DAY	RIC	CHE	LAB	LAB	RIC	RIC
Antigua Barracuda FC	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Charleston Battery	RIC	RIC	CHE	PIT	ANT	ROC	LAB	PIT	DAY	ORL	ANT	HAR	ANT	ANT	CHE	CHE	WIL	ORL	ORL	WIL	WIL	HAR	ROC	DAY
Charleston Battery	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–4	2–2	1–2	0–3	4–0	0–0
Charlotte Eagles	ORL	DAY	CHB	HAR	ANT	ANT	HAR	ROC	ROC	WIL	ORL	RIC	RIC	LAB	CHB	CHB	PIT	WIL	RIC	RIC	ANT	PIT	DAY	WIL
Charlotte Eagles	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	3–0	2–2	1–0
Dayton Dutch Lions	CHE	PIT	ROC	RIC	LAB	ROC	HAR	ROC	CHB	PIT	LAB	LAB	WIL	ORL	PIT	ROC	HAR	HAR	WIL	RIC	ANT	CHE	ORL	CHB
Dayton Dutch Lions	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0
Harrisburg City Islanders	CHE	WIL	CHE	RIC	PIT	DAY	ROC	RIC	WIL	ROC	ORL	CHB	ROC	PIT	ANT	DAY	DAY	PIT	LAB	ORL	CHB	RIC	LAB	LAB
Harrisburg City Islanders	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0
Los Angeles Blues	ROC	ROC	WIL	WIL	DAY	PIT	ORL	CHB	DAY	DAY	CHE	WIL	RIC	ORL	ORL	ANT	ANT	ROC	HAR	PIT	ANT	ANT	HAR	HAR
Los Angeles Blues	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–4	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1
Orlando City S.C.	CHE	WIL	RIC	RIC	PIT	ANT	ANT	LAB	CHE	WIL	CHB	ANT	HAR	DAY	PIT	LAB	LAB	ROC	CHB	WIL	CHB	HAR	ROC	DAY
Orlando City S.C.	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	4–2	1–0	1–1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	ANT	ANT	DAY	CHB	WIL	ORL	LAB	HAR	RIC	CHB	DAY	ROC	WIL	ORL	DAY	HAR	RIC	CHE	HAR	ROC	ANT	LAB	CHE	ROC
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–3	0–1
Richmond Kickers	CHB	CHB	ORL	ORL	DAY	HAR	PIT	WIL	HAR	ROC	CHE	WIL	CHE	ROC	LAB	WIL	PIT	DAY	CHE	CHE	ANT	HAR	ANT	ANT
Richmond Kickers	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2
Rochester Rhinos	LAB	LAB	DAY	CHE	CHE	CHB	DAY	HAR	DAY	RIC	WIL	HAR	PIT	RIC	HAR	ANT	DAY	WIL	ORL	PIT	LAB	ORL	CHB	PIT
Rochester Rhinos	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–0
Wilmington Hammerheads	ORL	HAR	PIT	ANT	LAB	LAB	CHE	RIC	ORL	ROC	HAR	RIC	PIT	DAY	LAB	RIC	ROC	CHB	DAY	CHE	ORL	CHB	CHB	CHE
Wilmington Hammerheads	1–4	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–4	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1

USL Pro published schedule and results.^[3]^[4]

Playoffs

The 2012 USL PRO Playoffs included the top six finishers in the table, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye on August 25. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams was played the following weekend, with the 2012 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 7–9. All playoff rounds featured a single-game knockout format.

First Round			Semifinals			USL PRO Championship

			1	Orlando City	3
4	Richmond Kickers	2	5	Wilmington Hammerheads	4
5	Wilmington Hammerheads	3				3	Charleston Battery	1
						5	Wilmington Hammerheads	0
			2	Rochester Rhinos	1(3)
3	Charleston Battery	2	3	Charleston Battery	1(4)
6	Harrisburg City Islanders	1

August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) 1st	Richmond Kickers	2–3	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 pm EDT	Yeisley 12' Elcock 79'	Report Report	Briggs 57' Chirishian 69' Perry 72' Guzman 90' Parratt 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Charles Carson

August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) 1st	Charleston Battery	2–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Paterson 40' (pen.) 89' Donatelli 45+1' Richter 80'	Report Report	Ombiji 16' Mellor 45' Pelletier 53' Basso 77'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Augie Minasola

August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SF	Orlando City	3–4	Wilmington Hammerheads	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm EDT	Luzunaris 44' O'Connor 61' Watson 81' 90+' (pen.) Davis 90+'	Report Report	Hertzog 4' (pen.) 59' 90+' Holmes 9' Chirishian 29' 30' Cole 32' Riley 64' Guzman 71' Hernandez 90+'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 7,887 Referee: Marcos Deliveira

August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SF	Rochester Rhinos	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
7:35 pm EDT	McFayden 55' McManus 57' Hoxie 76' Cost 80' Fernández 90'	Report Report	Donatelli 90+' Hoffer 114'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.
		Penalties
	Hoxie Kyriazis Earls Zamudio Roberts Nicht Rosenlund		Paterson Donatelli Azira Falvey Prince Wilson Mack

September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) F	Charleston Battery	1–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Azira 74' Falvey 75' Wiltse 87'	Report Report Report	Cole 34' Chirishian 46' Musa 66'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Championship Game MVP: Jose Cuevas (CHB)

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals
1	Dennis Chin	USA	Orlando City	11
2	Nicki Paterson	SCO	Charleston Battery	10
3	Corey Hertzog	USA	Wilmington Hammerheads	9
3	Matt Luzunaris	USA	Orlando City	9
5	Andriy Budnyy	UKR	Wilmington Hammerheads	8
6	Jose Cuevas	USA	Charleston Battery	7
6	Lucky Mkosana	ZIM	Harrisburg City Islanders	7
8	Bright Dike	USA	Los Angeles Blues	6
	Matt Kassel	USA	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
	Darryl Roberts	TRI	Charlotte Eagles

Source:^[5]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Assists
1	JC Banks	USA	Rochester Rhinos	8
2	Kevin Molino	TRI	Orlando City	7
3	Corey Hertzog	USA	Wilmington Hammerheads	5
4	Sallieu Bundu	SLE	Charleston Battery	4
	Sainey Touray	GAM	Harrisburg City islanders
	Tony Donatelli	USA	Rochester Rhinos
	Luke Boden	ENG	Orlando City
	Jose Cuevas	USA	Charleston Battery
	Mauricio Salles	BRA	Charlotte Eagles
	Jason Pelletier	USA	Harrisburg City Islanders

Source:^[5]

Top Goalkeepers

(Minimum of 1080 Minutes Played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	MINS	SVS	GA	GAA	W-L-T	SHO
1	Miguel Gallardo	Orlando City	21	1845	53	16	0.780	14-0-6	8
2	Kristian Nicht	Rochester Rhinos	22	1890	86	20	0.909	12-6-4	11
3	Andrew Dykstra	Charleston Battery	20	1800	57	20	1.000	11-7-2	9
4	Eric Reed	Charlotte Eagles	21	1890	64	21	1.000	9-9-1	7
5	Ronnie Pascale	Richmond Kickers	24	2154	95	27	1.128	11-8-5	7
6	Matt Williams	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	2147	115	29	1.215	4-10-10	5
7	Nick Noble	Harrisburg City Islanders	23	2050	70	29	1.273	9-7-7	8
8	Alex Horwath	Wilmington Hammerheads	24	2160	85	32	1.333	11-7-6	7
9	Hunter Gilstrap	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	22	1980	92	35	1.590	4-13-5	3
10	Molvin James	Antigua Barracuda	15	1268	56	33	2.342	3-9-1	0

Source:^[5]

League Awards

^[6]

Most Valuable Player: Kevin Molino (ORL)
Rookie of the Year: Jose Cuevas (CHB)
Defender of the Year: Troy Roberts (ROC)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Kristian Nicht (ROC)
Coach of the Year: Adrian Heath (ORL)

All-League Teams

^[7]

First Team

F: Dennis Chin (ORL), Jose Cuevas (CHB), Corey Hertzog (WIL)
M: J.C. Banks (ROC), Kevin Molino (ORL), Nicki Paterson (CHB)
D: Josh Rife (CHE), Troy Roberts (ROC), Rob Valentino (ORL), William Yomby (RIC)
G: Kristian Nicht (ROC)

Second Team

F: Bright Dike (LAB), Matt Luzunaris (ORL), Lucky Mkosana (HAR)
M: Joel DeLass (DDL), Matt Kassel (PIT), Bryce Taylor (WIL)
D: Kieron Bernard (ORL), Erlys Garcia (LAB), Quentin Griffith (ANT), Jerome Mechack (ORL)
G: Miguel Gallardo (ORL)

References

↑ Litterer, Dave (23 October 2003). "The Year in American Soccer – 1986". The American Soccer Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
↑ See Rule 2.11 League Regulations
↑ "USL Pro 2012 schedule released". USL PRO. Demosphere. January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
↑ Schedule/Results
1 2 3 "USL PRO – Top 10 Stats Leaders". Retrieved September 10, 2012.
↑ "USL PRO Awards Winners Announced". United Soccer Leagues. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
↑ "All-League Teams Announced". United Soccer Leagues. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

2012 USL Pro season by team

Playoffs Transfers

Antigua Barracuda Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Dayton Dutch Lions Harrisburg City Islanders Los Angeles Blues Orlando City Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Wilmington Hammerheads

United Soccer League

Eastern Conference	Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati FC Montreal Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City FC New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Ottawa Fury FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II

Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy FC Orange County Blues FC Phoenix Rising FC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento Republic FC Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders FC 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks FC Whitecaps FC 2

Expansion teams	Nashville SC (2018)

On hiatus	Austin Aztex (until 2017)

Former teams	Antigua Barracuda Charlotte Eagles Dayton Dutch Lions Puerto Rico United River Plate Puerto Rico Sevilla FC Puerto Rico F.C. New York Orlando City SC Phoenix FC VSI Tampa Bay FC Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Miscellaneous	Foreign players

United States Soccer – Division 3 seasons

USISL Pro League	1995 1996

USISL D-3 Pro League	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

USL Pro Soccer League	2003 2004

USL Second Division	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

USL Pro	2011 2012 2013 2014

United Soccer League	2015 2016 2017

2011–12 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2010–11 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2011 and June 2012 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Belize '12 Bermuda Canada '11 '12 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Curaçao '10–11 El Salvador '11 A '12 C Guatemala Haiti '11 Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '11 Saint Lucia '11 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States '11 '12

Domestic cups	Canada '11 '12 Trinidad and Tobago United States '11 '12

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Preliminary round, Group stage, Championship round, Final) CFU Club Championship

2012 in American soccer

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2013 »

Leagues

Men	Major League Soccer MLS Cup Playoffs MLS Reserve NASL Playoffs Soccer Bowl USL Pro PDL MISL 2011–12 2012–13 PASL 2011–12 2012–13 NPSL SPSL NCAA Division I

Women	WPSL Elite W-League WPSL WLS

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2011–12
- 2012–13

National teams

Men	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

Women	Olympic Qualifying Tournament Algarve Cup Kirin Challenge Cup Sweden Invitational Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Team seasons

Men

MLS

East	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Houston Dynamo Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC

West	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Women

D.C. United Women

WPSL EL

Indoor

PASL

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