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1997 USISL D-3 Pro League

Field	Value
competition	USISL D-3 Pro League
season	1997
shieldtitle	Regular Season title
shield	Albuquerque Geckos (1st Title)
winners	Albuquerque Geckos (1st Title)
matches	349
total goals	1221
best player	JAM Orett Prendergast Florida Strikers
league topscorer	JAM Orett Prendergast Florida Strikers (29 Goals)
best goalkeeper	USA J. J. Wozniak San Francisco Bay Seals
prevseason	1996
nextseason	1998

The 1997 USISL D-3 Pro League was the 11th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the first season of now-defunct USISL D-3 Pro League.

New clubs

Arizona Sahuaros
Cleveland Caps
Daytona Tigers
Indiana Blast
Los Angeles Fireballs
Myrtle Beach Seadawgs
South Jersey Barons
Stanislaus County Cruisers
Tallahassee Tempest
Vermont Voltage

League standings

Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts.

Playoffs

Division Semi-finals

Central Jersey defeated North Jersey 2–1 (SO)
New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island 2–1 (OT)
Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 2–1
New Jersey defeated Reading, 2–1
Myrtle Beach defeated Florida, 5–1
Charlotte defeated South Carolina 3–2
Indiana defeated Cleveland 3–2
San Antonio defeated Austin, 4–2
Houston defeated Tulsa, 4–1
San Francisco Bay defeated San Fernando Valley, 5–0
Chico defeated Sacramento, 6–1
Judd Willmann
Gabe Jones
Omar Millan
Alejandro Ojeda
Americo Ayala
Oscar Munoz

Gustavo Gongora
Marco Palomino

Dan Santoro

Ryan Walker
Eric Schmitt
Jeremy Eason
Rodolfo Orellana

Jeremy Sweet
Jake Gwin
Armando Ceja

Howard
DiCuollo

Bjorn Hansen
Rich Fleming
Willy Schweitzer
Jamie Williams

Mark Phillips
Steve Weiger
Dustin Swinehart
Freddie Smith
Chad James

David Mcmahon
Nate Ormondt
Jeremy Sorzano
John Clare
Joshua Farrar

Gallo
Simpson
Folan
Cowell

Division Finals

New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 2–0
Baltimore defeated New Jersey, 3–0
Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 3–3 (SO)
Indiana defeated Chicago, 1–0
Houston defeated San Antonio, 2–0
San Francisco defeated Chico, 2–0
Gongora
Palomino

Moore
Eason
Dakin
Wellington
Jones
Aponowicz
Walker
Richards
Bennett
McGlaughlin
Farrar
Wellington

Dustin Swinehart

Shane Watkins
Troya Cowell

Thomas Dempsey
Ron Murphy
Richard Flemming
Jamie Williams
Radnessa
Javier Velazquez
Ideahl

Matt Tirschman
Bill Wnek

Quarterfinals/Inter Region Finals

San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3–0
New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1–0 (OT)
Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6–0

Donnelly
Murphy

Clare
Wellington
Dakin
Dresser

Semifinals

Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4–2
Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2–1 (OT)
Shane Watkins
Shani Simpson
Jamie Wellington
Keith Dakin

Colin Cheshire
Brad Moore
Jamie Williams

Third Place Match

Geise

Championship

Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4–1
Jake Joy
Justin Head
Steve Riddle
Luis Labastida
Jon Payne

Honors

Organization of the Year: Cleveland Caps
Executive of the Year: Monika Suhnholz, Austin Lone Stars
Fair Play Award: Charlotte Eagles

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)]

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