The Sports Almanac

USL First Division Soccer

SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Current USL First Division Championship Title Holders

USL First Division (USLFD)
Through the 2007 season
Team Records  League Champions
^Includes CSL #Includes APSL
*2009 Expansion Team
POS
 TEAM
 W
 D
 L
 GP
1 Vancouver Whitecaps^# 319
 53
 177 549
2
 Seattle Sounders#
 224
 35
 118
 377
3 Minnesota Thunder 203
 46
 123
 362
4
 Rochester Raging Rhinos#
 194
 41
 98
 333
5
 Charleston Battery
 174
 40
 142
 376
6
 Montreal Impact
 159
 43
 76
 278
7
 Atlanta Silverbacks# 133
 31
 184 348
8
 Portland Timbers
 90
 35
 69
 194
9
 Puerto Rico Islanders
 35
 32
 45
 112
10
 Maimi FC Blues
 20
 10
 26
 56
11
 Carolina RailHawks
 8
 8
 12
 28
12
 Austin Aztex*
 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
N/A
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
 Seatle Sounders
 Atlanta Silverbacks
 4-0