2010 PDL season

USL Premier Development League

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Season	2010
Champions	Portland Timbers U23's
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Matches played	544
Goals scored	1791 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brandon Swartzendruber, Thunder Bay Chill, 15
Biggest home win	9-0, Portland Timbers U23's over Spokane Spiders
Biggest away win	7-1, Tacoma Tide over Yakima Reds 7-1, Reading United over New Jersey Rangers
Highest scoring	9 goals, Orange County Blue Star 7-2 Fresno Fuego 9 goals, Spokane Spiders 2-7 Washington Crossfire 9 goals, Lancaster Rattlers 3-6 Hollywood United Hitmen 9 goals, Des Moines Menace 2-7 Thunder Bay Chill 9 goals, Spokane Spiders 0-9 Portland Timbers U23's 9 goals, Abbotsford Mariners 4-5 Spokane Spiders 9 goals, Central Florida Kraze 2-7 Mississippi Brilla
Highest attendance	3,764, Des Moines Menace vs Rochester Thunder
Lowest attendance	20, Chicago Fire Premier vs Forest City London
Average attendance	550
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The 2010 USL Premier Development League season was the 16th season of the PDL. The regular season began on April 24, 2010, and ended on July 26. The playoffs began on Friday, July 30 and concluded with the PDL Championship Game on August 8. As in previous years, the PDL Championship Game was broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel in the United States, with commentary by Kenn Tomasch and Jon Billings.

The Portland Timbers U23's ended the season as national champions, beating Thunder Bay Chill 4-1 in the 2010 PDL Championship game. The Timbers also had the best regular season record, winning all their 16 games, scoring 53 goals and conceding just six along the way. In doing so the Saplings became the first team to post a perfect PDL regular season record since the Jackson Chargers in 1998,^[1] the first regular season champion to win the playoffs since the Central Coast Roadrunners in 1996, and the first team in PDL history to go through an entire PDL regular season and playoff campaign without posting a loss or a tie.

Portland Timbers U23's striker Brent Richards was named League MVP and Rookie of the Year for his stellar campaign with the national champions, while Timbers head coach Jim Rilatt was named Coach of the Year. Joe Tait of the Baton Rouge Capitals was named Defender of the Year after scoring six goals and an assist in 12 games, and helping his team to the national final four. Ryan Meara of Newark Ironbound Express was named Goalkeeper of the Year after recording an impressive eight shutout wins in only 12 games played, and ranking fourth in the league in goals-against average at 0.666.^[2]

Players from Canadian side Thunder Bay Chill led the majority of the statistical categories, with striker Brandon Swartzendruber leading the league with 15 goals, while his teammate Gustavo Oliveira led the league with 13 assists. Portland Timbers U23's goalkeeper Jacob Gleeson enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, allowing just five goals in 15 games and earning a 0.360 GAA average.^[3]

Changes from 2009

Name changes

• El Paso Patriots changed their name to Chivas El Paso Patriots after signing a formal partnership with Mexican side Guadalajara.^[4]
• Los Angeles Legends were taken over by the ownership group of the Los Angeles-based amateur side LA Blues, and rebranded themselves Los Angeles Azul Legends.^[5]
• Ocean City Barons changed their name to Ocean City Nor'easters after splitting from the South Jersey Barons Youth Academy and holding a "name the team" contest to decide their new nickname.^[6][7]
• Reading Rage became an official minor league affiliate of MLS expansion team Philadelphia Union, and renamed themselves Reading United.^[8]
• Seattle Wolves merged with a local youth soccer organization and renamed themselves Washington Crossfire.^[9]

New franchises

• Eight franchises have been announced as joining the league this year:^[10]

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Albany BWP Highlanders	Albany area	Schenectady, NY	expansion
Bermuda Hogges	Bermuda	Hamilton, Bermuda	USL Second Division
Central Jersey Spartans	Central New Jersey area	Lawrenceville, NJ	expansion
Dayton Dutch Lions	Dayton area	Bellbrook, OH	expansion
Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy	Fort Lauderdale area	Lauderhill, FL	expansion
Portland Phoenix	State of Maine	Portland, ME	expansion
Vermont Voltage	State of Vermont	St. Albans, VT	returning from hiatus
Western Mass Pioneers	Springfield (MA) area	Ludlow, MA	USL Second Division

Folding

• Nine teams have been announced as leaving the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • Austin Aztex U23 - Austin, Texas
  • Bakersfield Brigade - Bakersfield, California
  • Cary Clarets - Cary, North Carolina
  • Cascade Surge - Salem, Oregon
  • Fort Wayne Fever - Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Fredericksburg Gunners - Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Panama City Pirates - Panama City, Florida
  • Rhode Island Stingrays - East Providence, Rhode Island
  • Virginia Legacy - Williamsburg, Virginia

Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Note: The first tie-breaker in PDL standings is head-to-head results between teams tied on points, which is why some teams with inferior goal differences finish ahead in the standings.

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Michigan Bucks	16	11	3	2	43	14	+29	35
2	Forest City London	16	10	1	5	42	14	+28	35
3	Dayton Dutch Lions	16	8	3	5	20	12	+29	29
4	Chicago Fire Premier	16	9	5	2	28	12	+16	29
5	Indiana Invaders	16	8	7	1	23	25	-2	25
6	Cincinnati Kings	16	6	6	4	31	28	+3	22
7	Toronto Lynx	16	4	11	1	15	37	-22	13
8	Kalamazoo Outrage	16	3	13	0	17	55	-38	9
9	Cleveland Internationals	16	2	12	2	15	41	-26	8

Heartland Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Thunder Bay Chill	16	12	2	2	40	12	+28	38
2	Rochester Thunder	16	10	3	3	22	10	+12	33
3	Real Colorado Foxes	16	7	3	6	26	18	+8	27
4	Des Moines Menace	16	6	3	7	30	23	+7	25
5	St. Louis Lions	16	5	7	4	23	21	+2	19
6	Springfield Demize	16	1	12	3	10	37	-27	6
7	Kansas City Brass	16	1	12	3	14	44	-30	6

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Reading United	16	10	2	4	40	14	+26	34
2	Newark Ironbound Express	16	10	3	3	29	12	+17	33
3	Central Jersey Spartans	16	8	5	3	31	23	+8	27
4	Carolina Dynamo	16	7	5	4	30	23	+7	25
5	Northern Virginia Royals	16	6	6	4	24	28	-4	22
6	Ocean City Nor'easters	16	5	6	5	23	25	-2	20
7	West Virginia Chaos	16	6	9	1	21	26	-5	19
8	Hampton Roads Piranhas	16	4	7	5	18	31	-13	17
9	New Jersey Rangers	16	5	11	0	18	37	-19	15
10	Bermuda Hogges	16	4	11	1	9	25	-16	13

Northeast Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Ottawa Fury	16	11	2	3	33	10	+23	36
2	Portland Phoenix	16	10	2	4	37	14	+23	34
3	Albany BWP Highlanders	16	10	4	2	32	21	+11	32
4	Long Island Rough Riders	16	8	4	4	25	20	+5	28
5	Vermont Voltage	16	5	7	4	22	31	-9	19
6	Western Mass Pioneers	16	4	6	6	17	20	-3	18
7	New Hampshire Phantoms	16	3	9	4	10	23	-13	13
8	Brooklyn Knights	16	3	12	1	24	42	-18	10
9	Westchester Flames	16	1	9	6	13	32	-19	9

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Laredo Heat	16	9	5	2	36	19	+17	29
2	Houston Leones	16	7	5	4	24	20	+4	25
3	DFW Tornados	16	7	5	4	23	19	+4	25
4	West Texas United Sockers	16	6	7	3	20	24	-4	21
5	Chivas El Paso Patriots	16	6	6	4	18	21	-3	19*
6	Rio Grande Valley Bravos	16	3	10	3	12	30	-18	9*

*Note: Chivas El Paso Patriots and Rio Grande Valley Bravos deducted three points for league rules infringement

Southeast Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Mississippi Brilla	14	11	0	3	41	14	+27	36
2	Baton Rouge Capitals	14	9	2	3	30	15	+15	30
3	Atlanta Blackhawks	14	6	4	4	27	31	-4	22
4	Central Florida Kraze	14	6	5	3	22	17	+5	21
5	New Orleans Jesters	14	6	6	2	30	22	+8	20
6	Bradenton Academics	14	5	5	4	19	15	+4	19
7	Nashville Metros	14	1	10	3	8	34	-28	6
8	Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy	14	0	12	2	5	34	-29	2

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Portland Timbers U23's	16	16	0	0	53	6	+47	48
2	Kitsap Pumas	16	12	2	2	38	14	+24	38
3	Tacoma Tide	16	9	4	3	33	20	+13	30
4	Victoria Highlanders	16	7	6	3	27	24	+4	24
5	Washington Crossfire	16	6	8	2	35	31	+4	20
6	Vancouver Whitecaps Residency	16	4	9	3	27	37	-10	15
7	Abbotsford Mariners	16	4	11	1	25	44	-19	13
8	Yakima Reds	16	4	12	0	18	42	-24	12
9	Spokane Spiders	16	2	12	2	26	64	-38	8

Southwest Division

Place	Team	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Ventura County Fusion	16	11	4	1	35	12	+23	34
2	Hollywood United Hitmen	16	10	3	3	41	20	+21	33
3	Orange County Blue Star	16	9	3	4	42	24	+18	31
4	Fresno Fuego	16	8	4	4	42	33	+9	28
5	Southern California Seahorses	16	6	7	3	25	28	-3	21
6	Los Angeles Azul Legends	16	5	8	3	27	33	-6	18
7	Lancaster Rattlers	16	3	8	5	27	51	-24	14
8	BYU Cougars	16	4	10	2	17	27	-10	14
9	Ogden Outlaws	16	2	11	3	22	50	-28	9

Playoffs

Format

The 2010 PDL playoffs will feature 16 teams, down from 24 the previous year. The format will have each division winner play against the second-place team in their counterpart division within their respective conference.

Bracket

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

PDL Semifinals

PDL Championship

NW1

Portland Timbers U23's

2

SW2

Hollywood United Hitmen

1

NW1

Portland Timbers U23's

2

Western Conference

NW2

Kitsap Pumas

1

SW1

Ventura County Fusion

1 (3)

NW2

Kitsap Pumas (AET/PSO)

1 (5)

NW1

Portland Timbers U23's

2

MA1

Reading United

1

NE1

Ottawa Fury

2

MA2

Newark Ironbound Express

0

NE1

Ottawa Fury

2

Southern Conference

MA1

Reading United

3

MA1

Reading United

2

NE2

Portland Phoenix

1

NW1

Portland Timbers U23's

4

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

1

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

1

GL2

Forest City London

0

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill (AET)

2

Central Conference

GL1

Michigan Bucks

1

GL1

Michigan Bucks

2

HL2

Rochester Thunder

0

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

2

SE2

Baton Rouge Capitals

1

MS1

Laredo Heat

1 (5)

SE2

Baton Rouge Capitals (AET/PSO)

1 (6)

SE2

Baton Rouge Capitals

2

Third place

Eastern Conference

MS2

Houston Leones

1

SE1

Mississippi Brilla

2 (5)

MA1

Reading United

2 (2)

MS2

Houston Leones (AET/PSO)

2 (6)

SE2

Baton Rouge Capitals (PSO)

2 (4)

Conference Semifinals

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Conference Finals

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PDL Semifinals

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Third-Place Game

PDL Final

Award winners and finalists

MVP: Brent Richards (POR) (winner), Moses Aduny (MIS), Andrew Rigby (OTT), Brandon Swartzendruber (TB)
Rookie of the Year: Brent Richards (POR) (winner), Fredrik Brustad (CF), Dominic Reinold (NJ)
Defender of the Year: Joe Tait (BR) (winner), Matt Hedges (REA), Mark Lee (KIT), Alexis Pradié (OTT),
Goalkeeper of the Year: Ryan Meara (NWK)
Coach of the Year: Jim Rilatt (POR) (winner), Brendan Burke (REA), Dave Dixon (MIS), Martin Painter (LON)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Will Beaugé (OTT), Dominic Reinold (NJ), C. J. Sapong (REA)
M: Frank Alesci* (NWK), Luke Mulholland (REA), Scott Rojo* (CAR)
D: Chris Christian (CJ), John Fletcher (OcC), Matt Hedges* (REA), Alexis Pradié* (OTT)
G: Ryan Meara* (NWK)

Central Conference

F: Gustavo Oliveira (TB), Brandon Swartzendruber (TB), Kenny Uzoigwe* (MIC)
M: Steven Beattie (CIN), Alan McGreal (LON), Jeremy Warman (KC)
D: C.J. Brown (KAL), Stewart Givens (MIC), Logan McDaniel (DM), Sebastian Stihler (LON)
G: Oscar Moens (DAY)

Southern Conference

F: Moses Aduny* (MIS), Ben Callon (BR), Ryan Maloney (ATL)
M: Jonathan Mendoza (CF), Lucas Paulini (MIS), Carl Reynolds (NO)
D: Willie Hunt (MIS), Ryan McDonald (NAS), Guilherme Reis (BRD), Joe Tait* (BR)
G: Leif Craddock (WTU)

Western Conference

F: Jaime Chavez (HU), Brent Richards* (POR), Amani Walker (OrC)
M: Freddie Braun* (POR), Cameron Hepple (KIT), Jordan Hughes (VIC)
D: Mo Aziz (ABB), Ryan Kawulok (POR), Mark Lee* (KIT), Daniel Scott (KIT)
G. Jake Gleeson (POR)

* denotes All-League player

See also

• United Soccer Leagues 2010
• 2010 NPSL Season
• 2010 W-League Season

References

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