2008 United Soccer Leagues

The season kicked off on Friday, April 12 with two First Division games, as the Charleston Battery visited Miami FC and the Montreal Impact visited the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Teams were re-seeded for semifinal matchupsVancouver was selected by the league to host the final despite being the lower seeded team Rochester Rhinos won 2–1 on Aggregate.

Montreal Impact won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Puerto Rico Islanders won 3–2 on Aggregate in Extra Time.

First Team F: Alex Afonso (Miami FC) (Leading Goalscorer); Macoumba Kandji (Atlanta Silverbacks) M: Osvaldo Alonso (Charleston Battery); Stephen deRoux (Minnesota Thunder); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Jonathan Steele (Puerto Rico Islanders) (MVP) D: Cristian Arrieta (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Defender of the Year); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact) G: Bill Gaudette (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Goalkeeper of the Year) Coach: Colin Clarke (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Coach of the Year) Second Team F: Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders); Eduardo Sebrango (Vancouver Whitecaps) M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Rhinos); Ricardo Sanchez (Minnesota Thunder); Matt Watson (Carolina RailHawks) D: Wesley Charles and Takashi Hirano (Vancouver Whitecaps); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers); Scott Palguta (Rochester Rhinos) G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact) First Team F: Jorge Herrera (Charlotte Eagles); Boyzzz Khumalo (Pittsburgh Riverhounds); Dustin Swinehart (Charlotte Eagles) (league MVP) M: Mike Burke (Richmond Kickers); Floyd Franks (Cleveland City Stars); Shintaro Harada (Crystal Palace Baltimore) D: Brady Bryant and Steve Shak (Charlotte Eagles); Sascha Gorres (Richmond Kickers); Mark Schulte (Cleveland City Stars) (Defender of the Year) G: Terry Boss (Charlotte Eagles) Coach: Mark Steffens (Charlotte Eagles) (Coach of the Year) Rookie of the Year: Stanley Nyazamba (Richmond Kickers) Second Team F: Gary Brooks (Crystal Palace Baltimore); Sallieu Bundu (Cleveland City Stars); Jeff Deren (Western Mass Pioneers) M: Trey Alexander (Wilmington Hammerheads); Justin Evans (Pittsburgh Riverhounds); Matthew Mbuta (Crystal Palace Baltimore) D: Dustin Bixler (Harrisburg City Islanders); Trevor McEachron (Richmond Kickers); Federico Molinari (Western Mass Pioneers); Dame Walters (Wilmington Hammerheads) G: Ronnie Pascale (Richmond Kickers)