Regular season USL-1 play has now concluded for 2009. The playoffs start tomorrow (Thursday). Sure
it would have been nice to see Austin there; but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. We might as
well get a head start on looking back.
Both of the league's expansion teams, the Austin Aztex and the Cleveland City Stars, fared poorly
in their inaugural seasons, winding up at the bottom of the final standings:
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Portland Timbers 30 16 10 4 45 19 +26
58 2 Carolina RailHawks FC 30 16 7 7 43 19 +24
55 3 Puerto Rico Islanders 30 15 8 7 44 31 +13
53 4 Charleston Battery 30 14 11 5 33
21 +12
53 5 Montreal Impact 30 12 7 11 32 31 +1
43 6 Rochester Rhinos 30 11 10 9 34
32 +2
43 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 11 9 10 42 36 +6
42 8 Minnesota Thunder 30 7 10
13 39 44 -5
31 9 Miami FC 30 8 5 17 26 52 -26
29 10 Austin Aztex FC 30 5 8 17 28 51
-23
21* 11 Cleveland City Stars 30 4 19 7 22 52 -30
19As you can see, the Aztex escaped the very last spot, if barely.
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