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The Rhinos switched leagues again before the 2011 season to the third-division USL Pro league, who consider themselves equally competitive with the second-division NASL.
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Rhinos and switched
In 2003, he switched sports again, signing for Super League club Leeds Rhinos.
Rhinos and leagues
After a couple of years playing in the Mexican lower leagues with CD Tapatio and Guerreros de Tabasco Loera signed with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division on July 30, 2007.
Rhinos and again
In July 1998, the club would again amalgamate this time with Leeds Rhinos to form Leeds Rugby Limited.
In 2008 he headed for America again, signing with the Rochester Rhinos as Player and Assistant Coach.
Rhinos and before
* February 4 at Elland Road, Leeds – 2005 World Club Challenge match is won by the Leeds Rhinos who defeated the Bulldogs 39 – 32 before 37, 208
* August 27 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – 2005 Challenge Cup tournament won by Hull with a 25 – 24 win over Leeds Rhinos before 74, 213
* October 15 at Old Trafford, Manchester – Super League X culminates in Bradford Bulls 15 – 6 win over Leeds Rhinos in the Grand Final before 65, 728
He was released by the Rapids before the 2005 season and signed with Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division.
After being released by the MetroStars, Bonseu played four seasons with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division from 2005 through 2008, before signing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2009.
The Whitecaps became the first team in USL history to win a championship game on the road as they withstood a fifteen minute all-out attack by the Rhinos to start the game and then dominated their hosts to win 3 – 0 before 10, 000 partisan and rain-soaked fans.
They finished their first regular season third in the Northeast Division behind Montreal Impact with a 13-10-5 record, and beat Rochester Raging Rhinos and the Impact in the playoffs, before losing the Carolina Dynamo in the semi-final round.
Harris ' professionally career began with league club Warrington at age 17 in 1993 before a record-breaking £ 350, 000 transfer to Leeds Rhinos in 1997.
Carrieri signed before the 2004 season with the Rochester Raging Rhinos of the A-League.
He played for the Rochester Raging Rhinos in 2005 and 2006 before returning to the Seattle Sounders in 2007.
The Rhinos played briefly at the University of Rochester's Fauver Stadium before moving to Frontier Field during their inaugural 1996 season.
* February 29 at Elland Road, Leeds – 2008 World Club Challenge is won by the Leeds Rhinos who defeat the Melbourne Storm 11 – 4 before 33, 204
* October 4 at Old Trafford, Manchester – Super League XIII culminates in the Leeds Rhinos ' 24 – 16 win against St. Helens in the Grand Final before 68, 810
In 2005, Bill Becher was named USL-2 Coach of the Year, while Chad Severs was named Rookie of the Year before moving on to the Rochester Raging Rhinos.
The Phantoms even enjoyed a brief run to the third round of the US Open Cup, taking out Connecticut-based USASA side Milford International before being walloped 5-1 by USL First Division outfit Rochester Raging Rhinos.
The Rhinos scored four tries early on, before Luke Dyer scored the new teams first ever try in Super League, but this could not be built upon as the match finished 28 – 6.
The Bucks also made their debut in the US Open Cup this year, enjoying an exciting 3 – 2 victory over USISL D3 Pro League side Wilmington Hammerheads, before losing to the A-League's Rochester Ragin ' Rhinos in the second round.
They beat the D3 Pro League side New Jersey Stallions 3-1 in the First Round, before losing 3-2 to A-League stalwarts Rochester Raging Rhinos on a Lenin Steenkamp golden goal.
Chris made his début for Leeds against Whitehaven in 2003, making an impressive start to his Rhinos career before picking up a pectoral injury which meant he missed a month of the season but left him in extreme discomfort for a number of months following the initial injury.
Rhinos and 2011
The 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons saw many players come & go from the Rhinos roster, which is a change from their earlier history during the 1990s and early 2000s when players such as Lenin Steenkamp ( 9 years ) and Doug Miller ( 8 years ) stayed for many years.
The 2011 season ended with the Rhinos first in their division followed by a playoff season that lasted 2 games.
On September 15, 2011, the official Rhinos website announced that head coach Bob Lilley would not be returning for the 2012 season.
In June 2011, a Rhinos supporter formed the Oak Street Brigade, which backed the team throughout the regular season and playoffs from Section 101 until its demise on July 4, 2012.
2011 saw the Wolves register impressive victories away to Leeds Rhinos ( 6 – 42 ), Bradford Bulls ( 14 – 58 ) and Salford City Reds ( 0 – 60 ).
After the completion of the main exhibit in early 2011, the 50 year old pachyderm building was renovated to allow staff to provide a higher quality of care for the 2 Southern White Rhinos and 1 Hippo that reside there.
On February 25, 2011 it was announced that the Puerto Rico Islanders had acquired his rights from the Rhinos.
However at the end of the season he extended his record to captaining five championship-winning teams after Leeds Rhinos ' victory over St Helens in the 2011 Super League Grand Final.
Buderus then won the 2011 Super League Grand Final with the Leeds Rhinos in his final game for the club.
On 10 June 2011, Buderus was selected in the Exiles squad for the Rugby League International Origin Match against England at Headingley while playing for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.
Away wins at Leeds Rhinos and St Helens seemed to herald a new dawn, however, the club's run of success was ended with a club record 82-6 defeat to Warrington Wolves on 20 March 2011 and the team were within a try of losing by the all-time Super League record margin of-80 held by Salford City Reds.
Rhinos and season
Smiths first appointment was Steve Guppy ex England International as his assistant, Guppy had spent the previous successful season at USL1 team Rochester Rhinos as their Player Assistant Coach.
* Rochester Rhinos ( 2005 – 2009 ) ( 2010 season played in USSF D2 Pro League )
In gaining promotion Richard Le Bas scored 337 points and Graham Mackay, a product of Leeds Rhinos, scored 19 tries, both club season records still extant.
The new owner then announced that the team will now be known as the " Rochester Rhinos ," and that the financial situation of the team no longer put them in any danger of not being able to afford the upcoming season.
The Rhinos saw off the Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4 – 0 in first round of the playoffs and then lost 2 – 1 at home to the Harrisburg City Islanders to finish the season.
Martínez was used regularly as a late second-half attacking substitute, and went on to make 60 appearances for the Rhinos until August 2008, when he signed for the Carolina RailHawks for the rest of the season.
However, shortly into the season the Rhinos released him ; nevertheless, Belleh managed to acquire a contract a level up with the Revolution, who signed him to their developmental roster July 20.
In 1998, Onstad moved to his first American team, the Rochester Raging Rhinos, with whom he won the A-League title, and was also named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year after allowing only 13 goals in 26 regular season games.
1999 was a similar story-3rd behind the Rhinos in the regular season, and defeat in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Riverdogs, although strikers John Wolyniec and Darko Kolic were much more prolific, scoring 15 and 7 goals respectively.
Fortunes improved significantly in 2000, as the Rough Riders took their first regular season title at this level, winning the Northeast Division by one point from the Rochester Raging Rhinos with a 16-9-4 record, with striker Edson Buddle contributing 11 of the team's 54 goals, and goalkeeper Paul Grafer posting a 1. 29 GAA average.
The stadium had its grand opening ( as PAETEC Park ) on June 3, 2006, which featured the Rhinos ' first home game of the season.
However, the Rhinos were to lose only one more league game in the entire season.
Vallow spent the 2002 season shuttling between the USL and MLS, as he was signed and released by both the New England Revolution and the Dallas Burn ; Vallow also played for the Rhinos, making eight appearances and sharing duties with Pat Onstad.
He re-signed with the Rhinos after the 2004 MLS season, where he was the number one keeper, team captain, and fan favorite, announced on the pitch with the " Superman " theme playing at every home game.
During the 2009 USL First Division season, the Carolina RailHawks, Charleston Battery, Vancouver Whitecaps, Rochester Rhinos, Austin Aztex, and Puerto Rico Islanders all wore Umbro kits.
The first sporting event was contested the following night as the Rochester Raging Rhinos played the Montreal Impact in an American Professional Soccer League ( original A-League ) regular season match.
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