A-LEAGUE: Results and Final 1998 Standings (through Sept. 7)

Final Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast	GP	W	L	GF	GA	P
*Rochester	28	24	4	72	15	70
*Montreal	28	21	7	47	33	47
*Staten Island	28	16	12	46	37	46
*Long Island	28	17	11	46	35	45
Worcester	28	12	16	37	50	32
Toronto	28	9	19	27	42	25
Connecticut	28	7	21	32	57	11
Atlantic	GP	W	L	GF	GA	P
*Richmond	28	21	7	48	22	57
*Hershey	28	19	9	51	31	53
*Hamp. Roads	28	16	12	44	39	46
*Charleston	28	12	16	37	40	34
Jacksonville	28	10	18	36	53	30
Atlanta	28	7	21	31	67	21
Raleigh	28	5	23	31	66	15

Western Conference

Central	GP	W	L	GF	GA	P
*Nashville	28	20	8	70	31	56
*Minnesota	28	19	9	52	33	51
*Milwaukee	28	17	11	61	39	49
*New Orleans	28	15	13	53	50	43
Cincinnati	28	11	17	48	65	33
El Paso	28	12	16	51	54	30
Albuquerque	28	5	23	39	100	15
Pacific	GP	W	L	GF	GA	P
*San Diego	28	21	7	58	23	61
*Seattle	28	18	10	63	28	52
*Orange Cty.	28	16	12	49	43	46
*Vancouver	28	15	13	55	42	41
U.S. Pro-40	28	11	17	45	55	31
S.F. Bay	28	10	18	31	47	28
California	28	6	22	32	95	18

*advances to playoffs.

Results

Sept. 1 in Salinas, Calif. California 1 San Diego 4. Goals: Munro 20, Alegre 60, Escalera 75, Alegre 80; Persson 52. California — Guzman, Beris, Virgen, Eyer, Persson, Moreno, Mercado, Chiaramonte, Gonzalez, Randazzo, Aguilera. San Diego — Cannon, N’Doumbe, Conrad, Munro, Alegre, Hetherington, Escalera, Watson, Smith, Sinouhui, Robles. Att.: 800. Sept. 1 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 7 Worcester 1. Goals: Tilley 31, DaSilva (Allnutt) 37, Allnutt 59, Tilley (Zavala) 59, Allnutt (Zavala) 72, Kirmse (Glenn) 81, Steenkamp 90; Ceccarelli (Lalas) 48. Rochester — Onstad (Freeman, 75), Demmin, DaSilva (Kirmse, 68), Walton, Hardy (Zavala, 38), Tanner (Daligcon, 64), Allnutt, McKay, Steenkamp, Glenn, Tilley (Domm, 75). Worcester — Latronica, Bradley, Lalas, Daley (Monje, 78), Crompton, Ryan, Gomez (Roselli, 64), Sullivan, McLaughlin, Kerr (McPeak, 76), Jachym (Ceccarelli, 46). Att.: 9,190. Sept. 2 in Kings Mill, Ohio Cincinnati 0 U.S. Pro 40 Select 2. Goals: Sastoque 5, Quill (Walsh) 51. Cincinnati — Wanamaker, Burch, Strang, Crosby, Blokker (Stamper, 80), DiFlorio (Meyer, 69), Rockey, Yacks, Shertzer (Schulte, 63), Caution (Middlemass, 70), Cairns. U.S. Pro 40 — Jordan, Care, Sahaydak (Alvarado, 66), Moore, Cooks, Van Saun (Corrales, 33), Walsh, Rodriguez, Nunley (Swift, 52), Quill, Sastoque. Red card: Cincinnati — Crosby 60. Att.: 1,701. Sept. 2 in Toronto Toronto 0 Staten Island 1. Goal: Mueller (Sloan) 65. Toronto — Zagar, Spadafina (Arton, 44), Sarantopoulos, Ianosev, Reda, Ashton, Holness, Irvine (Jeffrey, 83), Dugas, Vignjevic, Titus. Staten Island — Urbach, Birusingh, da Silva, Diffley, Cotarelo, Marcotrigiano, Mueller, Checcio, Ferri, Zaratin, Sloan. Att.: 1,654. Sept. 3 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota 0 New Orleans 2. Goals: Veselka 53, John (Stockton) 65. Minnesota — Swallen, Coughlin, Abboud, Sylvester, Gramenz, Foster, Zeba, Mladenov, Stanici (Shaw, 46), Lagos (Gotsmanov, 82), Garcia. New Orleans — Dutra, Rocke, Restrepo, Edwards, Benjamin, Owens, Gentile, John, Blanchard, Stockton (Glasgow, 84), Veselka (Cavitt, 88). Att.: 4,140. Sept. 3 in El Paso, Texas El Paso 0 Nashville 2. Goals: Quigley 45, Smith (Klein) 85. El Paso — Estrada, S.Guardado, Bautista, McFarlane (Mier, 68), Gomez, Tovar (Kabuye, 35), Perez, Sosa, D.Stewart, Wilson, Baeza (Lomeli, 76). Nashville — Dedini, Martinez, Galloway (Raines, 20), Eastman, McDonald, Bankov, Klein, Quigley (Londono, 64), Jones, Smith, Reynders (Stoddard, 74). Red card: Nashville — McDonald 16. Att.: 2,541. Sept. 3 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 1 Hampton Roads 1 (Hershey wins shootout 2-1). Goals: Kelly 22; Donnelly 4. Hershey — Azmi, Williams, Fairchild, Dorsey (Regis, 58), Oudin, Sawatzky, Kelly, Rodriguez (Orben, 83), Swords, Feniger (Mitchell, 61), D’Ambra (Tschantret, 83). Hampton Roads — Busch, Campbell (Angelov, 83), Atta, Dunn, Richards (Greenwood, 75), Lujan, Tadlock, Herrmann, Donnelly, McCreath, Pratt (Haley, 70). Att.: 3,726. Sept. 4 in San Diego San Diego 4 California 0. Goals: Sinohui (Alegre) 9, Sinohui (Robles) 28, Smith (Wang) 56, Conrad 84. San Diego — Cannon, N’Doumbe, Conrad, Munro, Alegre, Hetherington (Smith, 46), Escalera (Wang, 46), Chaisongkram (Gins, 68), Sinohui (Bravo, 46), Robles, Farias. California — Guzman (Santiago, 60), Beris, Mercado (Randazzo, 46), Virgen, Eyer, Cuenas, Hernandez, Moreno, Chiaramonte, Gonzalez, Isaac. Att.: 4,383. Sept. 4 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 2 Staten Island 0. Goals: Glenn (Schweitzer) 23, Tilley (Tanner, Demmin) 42. Rochester — Onstad, Demmin, Schweitzer, Walton, Hardy, Tanner (DaSilva, 49), Allnutt (Daligcon, 51), McKay (Zavala, 53), Steenkamp, Glenn, Tilley (Kirmse, 70). Staten Island — Urbach, Birusingh, da Silva, Cadet, Checcio, Marcotrigiano, Mueller, Joseph, Ferri, Inneh, Oliver (Sloan, 49). Att.: 11,236. Sept. 5 in Hempstead, N.Y. Long Island 0 Montreal 1. Goal: Lamey (Oliviero) 40. Long Island — Carou, Rinker, Fernandes, Leanti, Piturro, Price, Lucey (Wiseman, 83), Leon, Raguso (Hickey, n/a), Navarino (Ledesma, 58), Weinstein (DeLuca, 71). Montreal — Shepherd, Pizzolito (Stathopoulos, 40), Fletcher, Limniatis, Diotte, Thomas, DeSantis, Sedgewick (Doliscat, 6), Oliviero, Biello, Lamey (Labastida, 70). Att.: 2,386. Sept. 5 in Milwaukee Milwaukee 2 New Orleans 1. Goals: Szczepanski (Marshall) 28, Tostes (Roy) 35; Benjamin (Glasgow) 67. Milwaukee — Isacco, Lopez, Huwiler (Sweeney, 46), Gansler, Tostes (Gentile, 46), Szczepanski, Morris, P.White, Marshall (Mirtsekis, 46), Mekelburg (Timbers, 75), Roy. New Orleans — Dutra, Restrepo, Edwards, Rocke, Owens (Renfurm, 87), Benjamin, Gentile (Villanueva, 61), John, Stockton (Cavitt, 72), Brown (Glasgow, 57), Veselka. Att.: 3,217. Sept. 5 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 4 San Francisco Bay 1. Goals: D’Ambra (Feniger) 5, Sawatzky (Feniger) 22, D’Ambra 51, Honeysett (Mitchell) 66; Harty (Kalkstein) 57. Hershey — Petronis, Regis, Williams, Dorsey, Oudin, Sawatzky (Mitchell, 57), Rodriguez (Fairchild, 66), Kelly (Scheer, 30), Orben, Feniger, D’Ambra (Honeysett, 53). S.F. Bay — May, Ratzburg, Sablo, Stuart, S.Simpson (Bonaccorsi, 73), Bonta, Cowmey, Kalkstein, K.Simpson, Orellana, Harty. Att.: 4,727. Sept. 5 in Richmond, Va. Richmond 2 Raleigh 0. Goals: Dotsenko (Williams) 71, Hughes (Ravestijn) 85. Richmond — Deegan, Chrisanthon, McKay (Scott, 65), Fox, Williams, Messam, Lekics, Borgard (Ravestijn, 71), Johnson, Dotsenko (Dugan, 89), Kolic (Hughes, 46). Raleigh — Sadin, Siegmund, Keyes, Pinon, Tripoli, George (Frye, 62), Dhanoolal, Jonas (Hooper, 31), Luise, Raeburn, Beachum (Echendu, 51). Att.: 5,787. Sept. 5 in Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville 3 Charleston 1. Goals: Caven (Guevara) 44, Generazio 70, Generazio (Caven) 73; Siikala (Burke) 31. Jacksonville — Morton, Campbell, Cengarle, Broderick (Ortiz, 46), Heald, Tomaro, Guevara, Gonzalez (Duguid, 63), Ledesma, Caven, Zecbobek (Generazio, 46). Charleston — Mills, Banks, Peay, Rosario, Lewis (Brownell, 46), Miller, Ferruzzi, Lilavois (Carithers, 75), Conway (Anhaeuser, 55), Siikala, Burke (Gailey, 55). Red card: Jacksonville — Tomaro 82. Att.: 1,128. Sept. 6 in Irvine, Calif. Orange County 2 San Diego 1. Goals: Patterson (Wilson) 13, Wilson (Sanchez, Saunders) 16; Smith (Watson) 70. Orange Cty. — Littman, Engesser, Perez (Ianni, 74), Saunders (Rodriguez, 74), Hesse, Wilson (Foster, 61), Sanchez, Polowski, Jantz, Patterson, Soto (Leal, 74). San Diego — Cannon (Tate, 46), N’Doumbe (Williams, 46), Conrad, Munro, Alegre, Chaisongkram (Wang, 46), Hetherington, Escalera, Legg (Gins, 62), Watson, Robles (Smith, 46). Red card: San Diego — Cannon (bench) 56. Att.: 627. Sept. 6 in Albuquerque Albuquerque 1 Nashville 5. Goals: Oborne (Moore) 45; Reynders (Klein) 4, Klein 29, Bankov (Reynders) 43, Ilarianov (Leonard) 58, Smith (McDonald) 71. Albuquerque — Hoskisson, Causey, Moore, Santora, Ladendorf, Uribe, Cheshire, Truty, Thiebaut, Underwood, Oborne. Nashville — LaBerge, Raines, Eastman, Bankov, Klein (Ilarionov, 46), Smith, Stoddard, Reynders (Quigley, 46), McDonald, Londono (Comeaux, 51), Leonard. Att.: 1,035. Sept. 6 in Atlanta Atlanta 3 U.S. Pro 40 Select 2. Goals: Boyer (Roberto) 13, Shishkov 51, Silva (St. Louis) 55; Quill 40, Wolff 61. Atlanta — Young Yi, Crane (Ayegbaroju, 64), Markov, Dunlap, Richmond (Akanihu, 67), Valcourt, Silva, St. Louis, Roberto, Boyer, Shishkov (Luna, 86). U.S. Pro 40 — Jordan (Presthus, 46), Care, McCarty, Moore, Abukusumo, Cooks, Corrales, Beasley (Sahaydak, 54), Slivinski (Wolff, 59), Quill, Sastoque. Red card: Atlanta — St. Louis 65. Att.: 2,482. Sept. 6 in Toronto Toronto 2 Rochester 3. Goals: Vignjevic (Arton) 16, Jeffrey (Vignjevic) 61; Glenn 8, Tilley (Daligcon) 56, Tilley 78. Toronto — Larkin, Spadafina, Sarantopoulos (Jeffrey, 61), Reda, Titus, Ashton, Holness, Irvine, Dugas, Arton, Vignjevic. Rochester — Freeman, Schweitzer (McKay, 46), DaSilva, Kirmse, Mercik, Britton (Dietrich, 46), Allnutt (Demmin, 46), Daligcon, Zavala, Glenn, Domm (Tilley, 52). Att.: 1,957. Sept. 7 in Raleigh Raleigh 0 Milwaukee 6. Goals: Szczepanski 38, Mekelburg (E.White) 41, Morris (Gentile) 57, Szczepanski (Morris) 68, Morris (E.White) 82, Mirtsekis (Sweeney) 87. Raleigh — Sadin, Keyes, Siegmund, C.White, Tripoli, Pinon (Frye, 71), Dhanoolal, Raeburn, George (Duff, 26), Hooper (Luise, 58), Echendu. Milwaukee — Green, Timbers, Sweeney, Huwiler (P.White, 21), Gansler, Szczepanski, E.White, Mekelburg, Tostes (Morris, 55), Roy (Woods, 55), Marshall (Mirtsekis, 54). Red cards: Raleigh — C.White 20, Siegmund 43, Sadin 87. Att.: 725. Sept. 7 in Virginia Beach, Va. Hampton Roads 1 Richmond 3. Goals: Donnelly (Tadlock) 13; Lekics 16, Ukrop (Ravestijn) 43, Fox (De.Etienne) 81. Hampton Roads — Busch, Campbell, Mitchell (Haley, 60), Atta (Dunn, 46), Richards, Lujan, Tadlock (Angelov, 74), Herrmann, Pratt (Scrofani, 71), Donnelly, Fenger. Richmond — McGinty, Murray, Scott, McKay, Lekics (Borgard, 46), Ravestijn, Hughes, De.Etienne, Da.Etienne (Williams, 78), Ukrop (Kolic, 69), Dugan (Fox, 65). Att.: 2,731. Sept. 7 in Burnaby, B.C. Vancouver 1 Seattle 2 (OT). Goals: Mobilio (pen.) 85; Beach (McCormick) 24, Hattrup (McCormick) 94. Vancouver — Dolan, Samuel, Skinner (Valentine, 81), MacDonald, I.Clarke, Deacon (Heald, 46), Berg, Dailly, Keay (Dalrymple, 74), Jordan, C.Clarke (Mobilio, 46). Seattle — Hudock, James, Edwards, Jenkins, Russell, McCormick, Megson (Kinoshita, 57), Gelvezon, Hattrup, Storkson, Beach (Davis, 76). Att.: 5,094.

Leading Scorers

Player (Team)	G	A	P
Baena (Seattle)	24	5	53
Tilley (Rochester)	21	6	48
Magee (Minnesota)	15	10	40
Wilson (El Paso)	15	7	37
Biello (Montreal)	11	13	35
Burke (Charleston)	16	2	34
Glasgow (New Orl.)	15	4	34
Robles (San Diego)	15	4	34
Allnutt (Rochester)	14	5	33
Cairns (Cincinnati)	8	14	30

Leading Goalies

Player (Team)	Min.	GAA
Onstad (Rochester)	2362	0.50
Cannon (San Diego)	2475	0.80
Hudock (Seattle)	2523	1.00
Pappas (Staten Isl.)	1626	1.00
Azmi (Hershey)	2122	1.02

(minimum 1500 minutes played.)

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Sept. 12 Charleston (8) at Rochester (1) Hampton Roads (6) at Hershey (3) Staten Island (5) at Montreal (4) Sept. 13 Long Island (7) at Richmond (2) Western Conference Sept. 12 Vancouver (8) at San Diego (1) New Orleans (7) at Nashville (2) Milwaukee (5) at Minnesota (4) Sept. 13 Orange County (6) at Seattle (3) Note: Each team’s seeding is in parentheses; the first round is single elimination.