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United States

Winner : Vancouver Whitecaps

 

Podium

1	Vancouver Whitecaps
2	Puerto Rico Islanders

 

Regular Season (United States - 12/04/2008 - 21/09/2008)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)	54	30	15	9	6	43	23	+20
2	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)	53	30	15	8	7	34	28	+6
3	CF Montréal (CAN)	42	30	12	6	12	33	28	+5
4	Rochester New York FC (USA)	41	30	11	9	10	35	32	+3
5	Seattle Sounders (USA)	40	30	10	10	10	37	36	+1
6	Charleston Battery (USA)	40	30	11	7	12	34	36	-2
7	Minnesota Thunder (USA)	39	30	10	9	11	40	38	+2
8	North Carolina FC (USA)	37	30	9	10	11	34	43	-9
9	Miami FC (USA)	34	30	8	10	12	28	34	-6
10	Atlanta Silverbacks (USA)	34	30	8	10	12	37	50	-13
11	Portland Timbers (USA)	31	30	7	10	13	26	33	-7

Le champion en titre du championnat est Seattle Sounders, qui a devancé en 2007, Portland Timbers et CF Montréal.

Last matches

19 September 2008
	Charleston Battery (USA)	1 - 2	North Carolina FC (USA)
20 September 2008
	North Carolina FC (USA)	1 - 0	Portland Timbers (USA)
	Seattle Sounders (USA)	2 - 3	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)
	Minnesota Thunder (USA)	3 - 1	CF Montréal (CAN)
21 September 2008
	CF Montréal (CAN)	0 - 0	Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)
	Miami FC (USA)	1 - 0	Atlanta Silverbacks (USA)

Detail of the results

Playoffs (United States - 26/09/2008 - 12/10/2008)

Quarter-Finals

26 September 2008
	Seattle Sounders (USA)	2 - 1	CF Montréal (CAN)
	Rochester New York FC (USA)	2 - 0	Charleston Battery (USA)
	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)	2 - 0	Minnesota Thunder (USA)
28 September 2008
	Charleston Battery (USA)	1 - 0	Rochester New York FC (USA)
	CF Montréal (CAN)	3 - 1	Seattle Sounders (USA)
	Minnesota Thunder (USA)	4 - 3	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)

Semi-Finals

3 October 2008
	CF Montréal (CAN)	1 - 0	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)
	Rochester New York FC (USA)	2 - 0	Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)
5 October 2008
	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)	2 - 0	CF Montréal (CAN)
	Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)	3 - 0	Rochester New York FC (USA)

Final

12 October 2008
	Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR)	1 - 2	Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN)

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 2
  • Number of rounds : 9
  • Matches : 176
  • Home victories : 86 (49 %)
  • Away victories : 41 (23 %)
  • Drawn matches : 49 (28 %)

  • Best round in goals : 5th (110 goals)
  • Average of goals per match : 2.34
  • Goals scored average at home : 1.41
  • Goals scored average: away games : 0.93
  • Total number of goals : 411
  • Average goals per round : 45.67
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Vancouver Whitecaps	18
  2	Puerto Rico Islanders	16
  3	CF Montréal	14
  4	Rochester New York FC	13
  5	Charleston Battery	12
  6	Minnesota Thunder	11

  Drawn matches

  1	Atlanta Silverbacks	10
  2	Miami FC	10
  3	North Carolina FC	10
  4	Portland Timbers	10
  5	Seattle Sounders	10
  6	Minnesota Thunder	9

  Losses

  1	CF Montréal	14
  2	Charleston Battery	13
  3	Portland Timbers	13
  4	Atlanta Silverbacks	12
  5	Miami FC	12
  6	Minnesota Thunder	12

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  Home victories

  1	Charleston Battery	10
  2	Vancouver Whitecaps	10
  3	CF Montréal	9
  4	Minnesota Thunder	9
  5	Puerto Rico Islanders	9
  6	Rochester New York FC	9

  Tie games at home

  1	Seattle Sounders	6
  2	Atlanta Silverbacks	5
  3	North Carolina FC	5
  4	Portland Timbers	5
  5	Rochester New York FC	5
  6	Vancouver Whitecaps	5

  Losses at home

  1	Miami FC	5
  2	Portland Timbers	5
  3	CF Montréal	4
  4	Minnesota Thunder	4
  5	North Carolina FC	4
  6	Puerto Rico Islanders	4

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  Away victories

  1	Vancouver Whitecaps	8
  2	Puerto Rico Islanders	7
  3	CF Montréal	5
  4	Seattle Sounders	5
  5	Rochester New York FC	4
  6	North Carolina FC	3

  Tie games: away

  1	Miami FC	6
  2	Minnesota Thunder	6
  3	Atlanta Silverbacks	5
  4	North Carolina FC	5
  5	Portland Timbers	5
  6	Puerto Rico Islanders	5

  Losses: Away

  1	CF Montréal	10
  2	Charleston Battery	10
  3	Atlanta Silverbacks	9
  4	Rochester New York FC	9
  5	Minnesota Thunder	8
  6	Portland Timbers	8

• Game/match scores
  
  

  1-0	25	14 %	1-1	22	13 %	0-0	19	11 %
  3-1	18	10 %	2-0	14	8 %	0-1	13	7 %
  0-2	12	7 %	2-1	11	6 %	1-2	9	5 %
  3-0	7	4 %	2-2	7	4 %	3-2	5	3 %
  4-0	3	2 %	2-3	3	2 %	4-3	2	1 %
  1-3	2	1 %	4-2	1	1 %	3-4	1	1 %
  3-3	1	1 %	0-3	1	1 %

USL First Division 2008 - Participating teams

Atlanta Silverbacks

CF Montréal

Charleston Battery

Miami FC

Minnesota Thunder

North Carolina FC

Portland Timbers

Puerto Rico Islanders

Rochester New York FC

Seattle Sounders

Vancouver Whitecaps

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