2001 USL D3 Pro League

Statistics of USL D3 Pro League in season 2001.

League standings

Northern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Boston Bulldogs	18	10	2	6	41	27	+14	8	50
New Hampshire Phantoms	18	8	2	8	35	31	+4	7	41
New Jersey Stallions	18	9	2	7	26	25	+1	3	41
Reading Rage	18	8	2	8	32	33	−1	5	39
Rhode Island Stingrays	18	8	1	9	34	39	−5	5	38
South Jersey Barons	18	6	1	11	35	42	−7	5	30
Western Mass Pioneers	18	6	1	11	29	36	−7	4	29

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Southern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Wilmington Hammerheads	17	11	0	6	39	23	+16	6	50
Carolina Dynamo	18	9	3	6	29	20	+9	5	44
Greenville Lions	18	5	3	10	25	31	−6	4	27
Northern Virginia Royals	17	1	0	16	9	63	−54	0	4

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Western Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Utah Blitzz	18	14	1	3	59	22	+37	11	68
Chico Rooks	18	11	1	6	43	25	+18	7	52
Stanislaus United Cruisers	18	10	1	7	32	31	+1	4	45
Arizona Sahuaros	18	5	2	11	25	39	−14	4	26
Tucson Fireballs	18	5	0	13	40	64	−24	5	25
Northern Nevada Aces	18	4	1	13	24	55	−31	3	20

Source:

Playoffs

Conference semi-finals

• Boston defeated Reading, 6-0
• New Jersey defeated New Hampshire 4-2
• Greenville defeated Carolina 2-1
• Stanlslaus defeated Arizona 2-1
• Chico defeated Tucson 5-1

August 10, 2001

Boston Bulldogs	6–0	Reading Rage
Lilburn 13', 83' Jones 24', 46' Ndlovu 26' Lucas 74'

Bowditch Field, Framingham, Massachusetts

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August 10, 2001

Stanislaus United Cruisers	2–1	Arizona Sahuaros
Brasil		Moore

Patton Field, Modesto, California

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August 11, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

New Jersey Stallions	4–2	New Hampshire Phantoms
Dos Santos 2' Cairns Rigby		Williams Monteiro 80'

Memorial Stadium, New Brunswick, New Jersey

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August 11, 2001

Chico Rooks	5–1	Tucson Fireballs
Kaplan 43' Munoz 44', 55' Orellana 59', 90'	Report	Tomic 67' (pen.) Viera  80' Pendic  80'

Rooks Stadium, Chico, California

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August 15, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Carolina Dynamo	1–2	Greenville Lions
Robinson 85'	Report	Dos Santos 25', 90+5' Tucker

Bryan Park Soccer Complex, Browns Summit, North Carolina

Conference Finals/Quarterfinals

• Boston defeated New Jersey 2-0
• Greenville defeated Wilmington 3-3 (4-3 PK)
• Stanislaus United defeated Chico 2-1

Northern Conference Final

August 18, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Boston Bulldogs	2–0	New Jersey Stallions
Proctor 44' Jones 75'	Report

Alan Carson Field, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

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Southern Conference Final

August 18, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Wilmington Hammerheads	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Greenville Lions
Nikocaj 3' Franks 81'	Report	Lee Yaw 80'
Penalties
Crandell Zarate	3–4

UNCW Soccer Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

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Western Conference Final

August 18, 2001

Chico Rooks	1–2	Stanislaus United Cruisers
Orellana 87'	Report	Brasil 63', 72'

Rooks Stadium, Chico, California

Semifinals

• Greeneville defeated Boston 2-1 (OT)
• Utah defeated Stanislaus United 3-0

August 24, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Boston Bulldogs	1–2 (OT)	Greenville Lions
Lucas 90+'	Report	Adeyemi 18'  94'

Bowditch Field, Framingham, Massachusetts

August 24, 2001

Utah Blitzz	3–0	Stanislaus United Cruisers
Ovalle 44' (pen.) Afash 65', 86'	Report

South Field, Provo, Utah

USL D3 Pro League Championship

• Utah defeated Greenville 1-0

September 1, 2001

3:00 PM

Utah Blitzz	1–0	Greenville Lions
Estrada 90'	Report

Franklin Covey Field, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attendance: 6,000