A-League: Playoff Results (Sept. 3-7)

Divisional Semifinals

Northeast Division

First Leg Sept. 3 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 0 Long Island 0 (Long Island wins shootout 4-3). Rochester — Andracki, Minott (Kirmse, 97), Walton, Kennel, Dauda, Koetters (Steenkamp, 46), Villagra, Tanner (Alamu, 72), McKay, Glenn (Daligcon, 46), Miller. Long Island — Carou, Piturro, Leanti, Mohammed, Lips, Price, Anderson (Leon, 72), Wright, Ladesma (McElderry, 79), Ferri (Martinez, 89), Inneh. Att.: 5,160. Sept. 5 in Toronto Toronto 1 Montreal 2. Goals: St. Louis (Titus) 13; Lowe 8, Biello (Xavier) 62. Toronto — Harapyn, Spadafina, Titus, Mossavat (Gamble, 84), Holness, Golen (D’Onofrio, 55), Dugas, Gong, Thomas, St. Louis, Stalteri. Montreal — Ceccarelli, Limniatis, Diotte, Sedgewick, Fletcher, Xavier, Hooper, Oliviero (Pizzolito, 72), Biello, Lowe, Tilley (Needham, 76). Att.: 1,254. Second Leg Sept. 6 in Hempstead, N.Y. Long Island 1 Rochester 1 (Long Island wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Ledesma (pen.) 63; Daligcon (Glenn) 8. Long Island — Carou, Rinker, Mohammed, Leon, Rooney, Price (Ledesma, 59), McElderry, Pitturo, Wright, Ferri (Martinez, 72), Inneh. Rochester — Andracki, Houser, Minott, Walton, Tanner (Dauda, 22), Daligcon (Kirmse, 87), McKay, Kennel (Alamu, 46), Glenn (Villagra, 96), Miller, Koetters. Att.: 4,361. (Long Island wins series 2-0.) Sept. 7 in Montreal Montreal 4 Toronto 0. Goals: Tilley (pen.) 17, Tilley (Barker, Sedgewick) 25, Tilley (Oliviero) 26, Sedgewick (Xavier) 45. Montreal — Ceccarelli, Limniatis, Diotte, Fletcher, Xavier, Hooper, Oliviero (Corneli, 76), Sedgewick, Biello (Pizzolito, 56), Tilley (Needham, 60), Barker. Toronto — Ciaravino, Titus, Dugas, Mossavat (Centurione, 46), D’Onofrio, Holness, Thomas (Lombardo, 83), Golen (Caporrella, 46, Gamble, 73), St. Louis, Gioia, Stalteri. Att.: 4,138. (Montreal wins series 2-0.)

Atlantic Division

First Leg Sept. 5 in Charleston, S.C. Charleston 1 Hershey 1 (Hershey wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Olalere 85; Waite (Johnson) 78. Charleston — Pierre-Jerome, Brownell, Miller, Bossman, Schmetzer, Castillo, Anhaeuser, Lewis, Carithers (Delic, 27; Dias, 73), Olalere, Boisson. Hershey — Pappas, Oudin, Penny, Williams (Thomas, 91), Lieb, Waite, Zoric, Feniger (Kelly, 58), Longenecker (Swords, 75), Tschantret, D’Ambra (Johnson, 69). Att.: 2,024. Sept. 5 in Richmond, Va. Richmond 1 Carolina 2. Goals: Ukrop (Kamler) 63; Rosario (Loftin) 23, Allnutt (Rosario) 31. Richmond — McGinty (Deegan, 46), Cannon, Fox, McKay (Garcia, 77), Lekics, Shockley (Echeverry, 82), Anguelov, Borgard, Kamler, Cowlishaw (Adu-Gyamfi, 57), Ukrop. Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Schweitzer (Radwanski, 57), Rosario (Stockton, 77), Care, Ball, Breslin, Chan, Allnutt, Loftin, Hamid (Haupt, 84). Att.: 1,362. Second Leg Sept. 6 in High Point, N.C. Carolina 1 Richmond 4. Goals: Breslin (Loftin) 32; Anguelov (Fox) 14, Kamler (Ukrop) 72, Lone 75, Cozier 82. Carolina — Heaney, Atta (Stockton, 79), Schweitzer (Haupt, 81), Branigan (Mitchell, 46), Care, Ball, Radwanski, Breslin, Chan, Loftin, Hamid. Richmond — Deegan, Fox, Cannon, McKay, Kamler, Anguelov, Lekics, Cowlishaw, Borgard, Ukrop, Lone. Subs: Garcia, Adu-Gyamfi, Cozier, Echeverry. Mini-game Carolina 0 Richmond 0 (Carolina wins shootout 3-2). Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Schweitzer, Rosario, Care, Ball, Breslin, Chan (Radwanski, 27), Allnutt, Loftin, Hamid (Haupt, 25). Richmond — Deegan, Fox, Cannon, McKay, Kamler, Borgard, Garcia (Lone, 29), Davis (Adu-Gyamfi, 29), Cozier (Anguelov, 29), Ukrop (Echeverry, 22), Lekics. Att.: 1,560 (Carolina wins series 2-1.) Sept. 7 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 1 Charleston 1 (Charleston wins shootout 1-0). Goals: Olalere (Schmetzer) 75; Tschantret (Feniger) 89. Hershey — Petras (Pappas, 104), Penny, Oudin, Williams (Thomas, 46), Lieb, Fairchild (Kelly, 68), Waite, Zoric, Longenecker (Feniger, 84), D’Ambra (Johnson, 63), Tschantret. Charleston — Azmi, Lewis, Brownell, Anhaeuser, Bossman, Schmetzer, Miller, Walker (Olalere, 57), Castillo, Boisson, Hoffman (Dias, 31; Finlay, 62; Foley, 83). Mini-game Hershey 0 Charleston 0 (Charleston wins shootout 4-2). Hershey — Petras (Pappas, 29), Oudin, Thomas (Longenecker, 8), Penny, Swords (Fairchild, 29), Kelly, Waite (Zoric, 27), Feniger, Tschantret, D’Ambra, Johnson. Charleston — Azmi, Lewis, Brownell, Bossman, Anhaeuser, Boisson, Miller (Walker, 21), Dias (Foley, 29), Olalere, Castillo, Schmetzer. Att.: 2,104. (Charleston wins series 2-1.)

Central Division

First Leg Sept. 4 in Nashville Nashville 1 Milwaukee 2. Goals: Geltz (Atherton) 2; Igel (Stebbins) 81, Marshall (Roy) 85. Nashville — Dedini, Martinez, Raines, Galloway, Rogaski, Atherton, Stoddard, Cantero, Geltz, Smith, Dahlal. Subs: Mitchell, Berbari, Goelab. Milwaukee — Isacco, Sweeney, Lopez, Quinn, Huwiler, Szczepanski, Cecherz, Gentile, Marshall, Stebbins, Morris. Subs: Roy, Igel, Siers, Timbers. Att.: 550. Sept. 4 in Orlando Orlando 1 New Orleans 2. Goals: Brick (Lee) 54; John (Benjamin) 12, John (Trotman) 24. Orlando — Machado, Lewis, Brick, Freeman, Gill, Lane, Lee, Barnes (K. Mackey, 72), Ladimir, D. Mackey, Riegler. New Orleans — Payne, Restrepo, Edwards (J. Sastoque, 21), Rocke, Smotherman, Benjamin (Hansen, 64), Gentile, Trotman, Blanchard (W. Sastoque, 76), John, Brown. Att.: n/a. Second Leg Sept. 7 in Milwaukee Milwaukee 3 Nashville 0. Goals: Roy (Stebbins) 27, Stebbins (Marshall) 81, Stebbins (Marshall) 83. Milwaukee — Isacco, Lopez, Huwiler, Moxom (Timbers, 88), Szczepanski, Roy (Morris, 72), Gentile, Gansler (Ross, 56), Marshall, Stebbins, Willan (Igel, 46). Nashville — Dedini, Martinez, Raines, Rogaski, Smith, Goelab, Geltz, Stoddard, Dahlal (Mitchell, 46), Atherton, Cantero. Att.: 1,229. (Milwaukee wins series 2-0.) Sept. 7 in New Orleans New Orleans 6 Orlando 2. Goals: Gentile (Benjamin) 2, John (Trotman) 10, Smotherman (Blanchard) 23, Trotman 39, Trotman (John) 87, John (Hansen) 89; Barnes (Ladimir) 29, Lee (Lane) 67. New Orleans — Payne, Restrepo, Rocke (Hansen, 65), Benjamin, Clint Brown, Chris Brown, Smotherman, Gentile (Daniels, 89), Blanchard (Jones, 78), Trotman (Sastoque, 88), John. Orlando — Machado (Menard, 46), Brick (Da Silva, 35), Angst, Lane, D. Mackey, Freeman, Gill, Riegler, Lee, Barnes, Ladimir (K. Mackey, 82). Att.: 653. (New Orleans wins series 2-0.)

Pacific Division

First Leg Sept. 4 in Commerce City, Colo. Colorado 0 Seattle 3. Goals: Storkson (Hoggan) 20, Gailey (Gutierrez) 26, Hoggan (pen.) 84. Colorado — Hernandez, Lipp, Demmin, Tomlin, DiGiamarino (Nunley, 64), Paule, Ashton (Pinto, 88), Lujan, Guthrie (Rozelli, 87), Wescott, Siersbaek (Adams, 46). Seattle — Hudock, McNiel, James, Barton, Kinoshita, Hattrup (Gelvezon, 80), Hoggan, Figueroa, Gutierrez, Gailey, Storkson. Att.: 786. Sept. 5 in Burnaby, B.C. Vancouver 4 California 1. Goals: Mobilio (pen.) 2, Kindel 35, Mobilio (pen.) 43, Mobilio (Heald) 54; Holocher (Watson) 86. Vancouver — Shepherd, J. Clarke, MacDonald, Franks, I.Clarke, Berg, Heald (Seddon, 72), Evans (Skinner, 15), Dailly, Mobilio (Muirhead, 61), Kindel. California — Rueda (Dalzochio, 64), Bruckner, Anicchero (Boulad, 61), Henry, Mann (Richie, 46), Collins, Ibsen, Robertson, Holocher, Baena, Watson. Att.: 2,716. Second Leg Sept. 6 in Seattle Seattle 2 Colorado 0. Goals: Figueroa 70, Rodriguez 89. Seattle — Hudock, Jenkins, McNeil, James, Kinoshita, Hoggan, Barton, Figueroa (Galzvezon, 84), Gutierrez, Storkson (Fry, 85), Gailey (Rodriguez, 46). Colorado — Harrington, Lipp, Demmin, Tomlin, Tadlock, Lujan, Ashton, Paule (Siersbaek, 76), Guthrie, DiGiamarino (Wescott, 57), Patterson. Att.: 6,927. (Seattle wins series 2-0.) Sept. 7 in Salinas, Calif. California 2 Vancouver 2 (Vancouver wins shootout 2-1). Goals: Baena (Louis) 55, Iverson 89; Kindel (Dalrymple) 22, Mobilio 73. California — Rueda, Bruckner, Anicchero, Rullo, Collins, Robertson, Ibsen, Henry, Holocher, Watson, Baena. Subs: Louis, Gonzalez, Iverson, Boulad. Vancouver — Shepherd, J. Clarke, MacDonald, Sumner, Dailly, Dalrymple, Berg, Heald, Franks, Mobilio, Kindel. Subs: Jordan, I. Clarke, Valentine. Att.: 1,859. (Vancouver wins series 2-0.)

Divisional Finals

Northeast Division

First Leg Sept. 12 in Hempstead, N.Y. Montreal at Long Island Second Leg Sept. 14 in Montreal Long Island at Montreal

Atlantic Division

First Leg Sept. 11 in Charleston, S.C. Carolina at Charleston Second Leg Sept. 14 in High Point, N.C. Charleston at Carolina

Central Division

First Leg Sept. 12 in Milwaukee New Orleans at Milwaukee Second Leg Sept. 14 in New Orleans Milwaukee at New Orleans

Pacific Division

First Leg Sept. 12 in Burnaby, B.C. Seattle at Vancouver Second Leg Sept. 14 in Seattle Vancouver at Seattle *mini-game to follow second leg, if necessary.