2006 PDL season

The 2006 USL Premier Development League season was the 12th PDL season. The season began in April 2006 and ended in August 2006.

Michigan Bucks finished the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat 2-1 in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on 12 August 2006.

Carolina Dynamo finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +29 goal difference. Cape Cod Crusaders finished a very close second, tied with Dynamo on points and goal difference, but having scored two less goals.

Boulder Rapids Reserve striker John Cunliffe and Augusta Fireball forward Frederico Moojen were the league's top scorers, each knocking in 18 goals. Michigan Bucks's Nate Jafta led the league with 18 assists, while Southern California Seahorses keeper Eric Reed enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.621 per game, and keeping 10 clean sheets in his 15 games.

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Changes From 2005

New Franchises

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Atlanta Silverbacks U23's Atlanta area Chamblee, GA expansion
Delaware Dynasty Wilmington area New Castle, DE expansion
Los Angeles Storm San Gabriel Valley area Glendora, CA expansion
Northern Virginia Royals Northern Virginia area Fairfax, VA previously in USL-2
Ogden Outlaws Ogden area Ogden, UT expansion
San Fernando Valley Quakes San Fernando Valley area Los Angeles, CA expansion
San Francisco Seals San Francisco area San Francisco, CA expansion
St. Louis Lions St. Louis area Cottleville, MO expansion
Tacoma FC Tacoma area University Place, WA expansion
Virginia Beach Submariners Virginia Beach area Virginia Beach, VA expansion

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Standings

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Chicago Fire Premier 16 14 2 0 41 15 +26 42
2 Michigan Bucks 16 9 4 3 38 21 +17 30
3 Indiana Invaders 16 8 4 4 31 26 +5 28
4 Kalamazoo Kingdom 16 6 6 4 23 26 -3 22
5 West Michigan Edge 16 6 7 3 23 29 -6 21
6 Fort Wayne Fever 16 1 10 5 18 33 -15 8
7 Cleveland Internationals 16 1 12 3 14 45 -31 6

Heartland Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Boulder Rapids Reserve 16 14 2 0 42 14 +27 42
2 Des Moines Menace 16 10 4 2 41 25 +16 32
3 Kansas City Brass 16 8 4 4 23 17 +6 28
4 St. Louis Lions 16 7 3 6 25 18 +7 27
5 Sioux Falls Spitfire 16 4 9 3 21 30 -9 15
6 Colorado Springs Blizzard 16 3 10 3 20 36 -16 12
7 Thunder Bay Chill 16 2 11 3 21 36 -15 9

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Virginia Beach Submariners 16 10 5 1 36 19 +17 31
2 Williamsburg Legacy 16 8 4 4 31 20 +11 28
3 West Virginia Chaos 16 6 7 3 26 33 -7 21
4 Northern Virginia Royals 16 6 10 0 21 41 -20 18
5 Richmond Kickers Future 16 4 9 3 23 31 -8 15

New England Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Cape Cod Crusaders 16 14 0 2 39 10 +29 44
2 Ottawa Fury 16 7 6 3 25 24 +1 24
3 Rhode Island Stingrays 16 6 8 2 33 29 +3 20
4 Albany Admirals 16 4 9 3 12 24 -12 15
5 Vermont Voltage 16 3 9 4 16 36 -20 13

Northeast Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Westchester Flames 16 10 5 1 37 27 +10 31
2 Ocean City Barons 16 6 4 6 31 20 +11 24
3 Reading Rage 16 6 8 2 21 32 -9 20
4 Delaware Dynasty 16 5 9 2 26 36 -10 17
5 Brooklyn Knights 16 4 10 2 21 29 -8 14

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Laredo Heat 16 14 2 0 38 19 +19 42
2 DFW Tornados 16 8 7 1 25 21 +4 25
3 El Paso Patriots 16 7 7 2 28 18 +10 23
4 New Orleans Shell Shockers 16 4 11 1 22 33 -11 13
5 Austin Lightning 16 3 11 2 19 45 -26 11

South Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Carolina Dynamo 16 14 0 2 41 12 +29 44
2 Augusta Fireball 16 9 3 4 31 18 +13 31
3 Atlanta Silverbacks U23's 16 6 7 3 26 33 -7 22
4 Raleigh Elite 16 4 7 5 29 32 -3 17
5 Nashville Metros 16 3 8 5 24 35 -11 14

Southeast Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Bradenton Academics 16 11 4 1 44 28 +16 34
2 Central Florida Kraze 16 7 7 2 24 28 -4 23
3 Palm Beach Pumas 16 6 8 2 26 37 -11 20
4 Cocoa Expos 16 5 6 5 39 35 +4 20
5 Ajax Orlando Prospects 16 2 12 2 22 38 -16 8

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Abbotsford Rangers 16 9 4 3 31 17 +14 30
2 BYU Cougars 16 9 6 1 22 15 +7 28
3 Yakima Reds 16 7 7 2 28 24 +4 23
4 Ogden Outlaws 16 5 9 2 21 25 -4 17
5 Tacoma FC 16 4 8 4 21 26 -5 16
6 Cascade Surge 16 3 11 2 14 44 -30 11

Southwest Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Southern California Seahorses 16 13 3 0 34 9 +25 39
2 Orange County Blue Star 16 10 4 2 32 23 +9 32
3 San Fernando Valley Quakes 16 10 5 1 35 28 +7 31
4 San Francisco Seals 16 7 5 4 32 22 +10 25
5 Fresno Fuego 16 7 7 2 46 31 +15 23
6 Bakersfield Brigade 16 7 8 1 31 29 +2 22
7 Los Angeles Storm 16 6 6 4 24 21 +3 22
8 San Diego Gauchos 16 6 9 1 25 31 -6 19
9 California Gold 16 0 16 0 13 71 -58 0

Playoffs

Bracket

  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals National Semifinals PDL Championship Game
                                     
NWE   Cape Cod Crusaders 3  
WC   Williamsburg Legacy 0  
  NWE   Cape Cod Crusaders 1  
 
  NE   Westchester Flames 2  
MA   Virginia Beach Submariners 1
NE   Westchester Flames 3  
  NE   Westchester Flames 2  
Eastern Conference
Southern Conference
  MS   Laredo Heat 3  
SA   Carolina Dynamo 0  
SE   Bradenton Academics (OT) 1  
  SE   Bradenton Academics 1
 
  MS   Laredo Heat 2  
MS   Laredo Heat 3
WC   Augusta FireBall 2  
  MS   Laredo Heat 1
  GL2   Michigan Bucks 2
HL1   Boulder Rapids Reserve 0  
GL2   Michigan Bucks 4  
  GL2   Michigan Bucks 4
 
  GL1   Chicago Fire Premier 1  
GL1   Chicago Fire Premier (PSO) 3 (5)
HL2   Des Moines Menace 3 (3)  
  GL2   Michigan Bucks 2
Central Conference
Western Conference
  SW2   Orange County Blue Star 0  
SW1   Southern California Seahorses 1  
NW2   BYU Cougars 2  
  NW2   BYU Cougars 2 (2)
 
  SW2   Orange County Blue Star (PSO) 2 (4)  
NW1   Abbotsford Rangers 2
SW2   Orange County Blue Star 3  

Conference Semifinals

July 28, 2006
5:30 PM ET
 Williamsburg Legacy 3 – 0 Cape Cod Crusaders Foster Field
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Referee: Chuck Watts (USA)
Monroe 33' (Report) Chavez 48'
Bulow  70'  75' (PK)
O'Reilly  90'
July 28, 2006
5:30 PM ET
 Augusta FireBall 2 – 3 Laredo Heat UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Referee: (USA)
Charowski  52'
Irizarry  90+'		 (Report) Almack  38'
Presas  75'  87'
July 28, 2006
7:00 ET
 Michigan Bucks 4 – 0 Boulder Rapids Reserve Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Referee: (USA)
Uzoigwe  18'
Jafta  32'
Traylor 37'
Holody  43'
Dube  71'		 (Report) Christensen 23'
Seager  63'
July 28, 2006
7:30 PM ET
 Abbotsford Rangers 2 – 3 Orange County Blue Star South Stadium
Provo, Utah
Referee: (USA)
Peetoom  37'
Wilson  44'
Riehl 46'		 (Report) Hamilton  53'
Rivera 62'
Larrabee  70'
Lopez  84'
July 28, 2006
8:00 PM ET
 Virginia Beach Submariners 1 – 3 Westchester Flames Foster Field
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Attendance: 550
Referee: James Conlee (USA)
Gilkerson 45'
Templeman 48'
Haywood  64'		 (Report) Shapiro  15'  20'
Davies  32'
Trott 54'
July 28, 2006
8:00 PM ET
 Bradenton Academics 1 – 0
(AET)		 Carolina Dynamo UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Referee: (USA)
Dallman  115' (Report)
July 28, 2006
9:30 PM ET
 Chicago Fire Premier 3 – 3
(AET)		 Des Moines Menace Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Dan Cataldi (USA)
Guzman 29'
Bush 60'
Anderson  73'
North  93'  108'
Ubiparipović 101'		 (Report) Boltnar  62'  111'
Oliveira  66'
Hamburger 73'
Moffat 97'
Kother  113'
  Penalties  
Ubiparipović
DiRaimondo
Guzman
Hlavaty
Anderson		 5 – 3 Munns
Boltnar
Kariotis
Dombrowski
July 28, 2006
10:00 PM ET
 Southern California Seahorses 1 – 2 BYU Cougars South Stadium
Provo, Utah
Attendance: 444
Referee: (USA)
Hansen 14'  45' (PK)
Jepson 40'
Young 53'		 (Report) Clark  37'
A. Van Wagenen 45'
Norton 58'
Cavanaugh  61'
H. Van Wagenen 64'

Conference Finals

July 29, 2006
5:00 PM ET
 Westchester Flames 2 – 1 Cape Cod Crusaders Foster Field
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Referee: (USA)
Meyer  71'
Davies  86'		 (Report) Britcher  84'
July 29, 2006
7:30 PM ET
 Bradenton Academics 1 – 2 Laredo Heat UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 120
Referee: Charles Mitchell (USA)
Collings 18'
Bello  39' 75'		 (Report) Macias 29'
Almack 31'
Sanchez  41'
Galvan 67'
Infante  89'
July 29, 2006
8:30 PM ET
 Michigan Bucks 4 – 1 Chicago Fire Premier Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 238
Referee: Doug Jotzke (USA)
Turpin 20'  34'
Jafta  27'  62'  66'
Uzoigwe 45'		 (Report) Bode  24'
Guzman 30'
DeGurian  59', 72'
July 29, 2006
9:30 PM ET
 Orange County Blue Star 2 – 2
(AET)		 BYU Cougars South Stadium
Provo, Utah
Attendance: 555
Referee: (USA)
Marion  26' 72'
Evans  41'
Lopez 43'
Shager 78'
Kljestan  94'		 (Report) Marshall  86'
Norton  90'
  Penalties  
Theslof
Larrabee
Higgins
Valdez		 4 – 2 Winn
Trejo
Gilliam
Osborne

National Semifinals

August 5, 2006
7:30 PM ET
 Orange County Blue Star 0 – 2 Michigan Bucks UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 826
Referee: Marc Lawrence (USA)
Saunders 2'
Valdez 29'
Higgins 46'		 (Report) Uzoigwe  45'  48'
Holody 62'
August 5, 2006
9:05 PM ET
 Westchester Flames 2 – 3 Laredo Heat UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 2,417
Referee: Michael Brow (USA)
Davies  15' (PK)
Shapiro  34'		 (Report) Galvan  40'
Ibarra  42' (PK)
Infante  90' 90'

National Final

August 12, 2006
9:35 PM ET
 Michigan Bucks 2 – 1 Laredo Heat UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fernando Galvan (USA)
Uzoigwe  4' 56'
Shipalane  8'		 (Report) Macias  17' 17'
Galvan 78'
Sanchez 87'

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