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History of Professional Soccer in Minnesota   United Soccer Leagues, Inc. (formerly USISL) (1986-Present)   Minnesota Thunder - 2007 USL First Division Before the season, Toronto dropped to PDL, and Virginia Beach folded. California Victory, and Carolina Railawks joined USL-D1. G W L D GF GA Pts Seattle Sounders 28 16 6 6 37 23 54 Portland Timbers 28 14 5 9 32 18 51 Montreal Impact 28 14 6 8 32 21 50 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 12 9 7 40 30 43 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 12 10 6 39 36 42 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 10 8 10 35 34 40 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 7 12 27 24 39 Carolina Railhawks 28 8 12 8 24 34 32 Miami FC 28 9 15 4 31 41 31 Charleston Battery 28 8 14 6 32 39 30 Minnesota Thunder 28 5 12 11 32 35 26 California Victory 28 4 17 7 17 43 19 Quarter Finals: Seattle defeated Carolina 2-0, 1-0 Atlanta defeated Rochester 2-1, 1-1 Puerto Rico defeated Montreal 2-3, 3-0 Portland defeated Vancouver 0-1, 3-0 Semi-Finals: Seattle defeated Puerto Rico 2-1, 0-1 (4-2 pk's) Atlanta defeated Portland 1-1, 0-0 (3-1 pk's) CHAMPIONSHIP: Seattle defeated Atlanta 4-0 Data Sources: US Soccer History Archives maintained by Dave Litterer, the most complete online source of information on the NASL, MISL and the USISL.