2007 PDL season

The 2007 USL Premier Development League season was the 13th season of the PDL. The season started on April 28, 2007. The regular season ended on July 25, 2007.

Laredo Heat finished the season as national champions, beating Michigan Bucks on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on August 11, 2007.

Hampton Roads Piranhas finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +36 goal difference.

Fresno Fuego striker Pablo Campos was the league's top scorer, knocking in 18 goals. Thunder Bay Chill's Gustavo Oliveira led the league with 15 assists, while Hampton Roads Piranhas keeper Evan Newton enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.222 per game, and keeping 8 clean sheets in his 14 games.

Changes From 2006

Name Changes

New franchises

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Louisiana Baton Rouge Capitals Baton Rouge area Baker, LA expansion
Virginia Fredericksburg Gunners Fredericksburg area Fredericksburg, VA expansion
New York Long Island Rough Riders Long Island area New Hyde Park, NY previously in USL-2
Mississippi Mississippi Brilla Jackson area Clinton, MS expansion
California Lancaster Rattlers Antelope Valley area Palmdale, CA expansion
California San Jose Frogs Silicon Valley area San Jose, CA previously in NPSL
Washington (state) Spokane Spiders Spokane Valley area Spokane, WA expansion
Missouri Springfield Demize Springfield area Springfield, MO expansion
Ontario Toronto Lynx Toronto area Toronto, Ontario previously in USL-1
California Ventura County Fusion Ventura County area Ventura, CA expansion

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Playoff format

The top two teams in each division advance to the playoffs, with all playoff matchups consisting of one game. Each conference will hold separate playoffs at a host location. The format for each conference playoff consists of one division winner playing against the other division's second-place club, with winners advancing to the conference final. The winners of each conference play in the national semifinal, determined as such: Central vs Western, Eastern vs Southern. The winners of these matches play in the final match scheduled on August 11.

Current Standings

Purple indicates division champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Michigan Bucks 16 11 2 3 48 15 +33 36
2 Chicago Fire Premier 16 8 4 4 23 17 +6 28
3 West Michigan Edge 16 6 5 5 21 24 -3 23
4 Toronto Lynx 16 6 6 4 25 21 +4 22
5 Indiana Invaders 16 5 9 2 19 31 -12 17
6 Cleveland Internationals 16 5 10 1 22 35 -13 16
7 Fort Wayne Fever 16 4 11 1 21 38 -17 13

Heartland Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Thunder Bay Chill 16 10 3 3 35 17 +18 33
2 St. Louis Lions 16 10 6 0 39 24 +15 30
3 Kansas City Brass 16 8 3 5 26 28 -2 29
4 Des Moines Menace 16 8 7 1 41 24 +17 25
5 Colorado Rapids U23's 16 7 5 4 37 22 +15 25
6 Springfield Demize 16 4 11 1 16 44 -28 13
7 Sioux Falls Spitfire 16 3 11 2 15 41 -26 11

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Hampton Roads Piranhas 16 14 0 2 42 6 +36 44
2 Ocean City Barons 16 9 3 4 33 20 +13 31
3 Virginia Legacy 16 9 5 2 27 19 +8 29
4 Reading Rage 16 7 5 4 30 29 +1 25
5 Fredericksburg Gunners 16 7 7 2 31 22 +9 23
6 Richmond Kickers Future 16 5 7 4 23 25 -2 19
7 Northern Virginia Royals 16 3 11 2 15 48 -33 11
8 Delaware Dynasty 16 3 11 2 20 35 -15 11
9 West Virginia Chaos 16 3 11 2 20 37 -17 101

1West Virginia was penalized 1 point for circumstances not released by the USL.

Northeast Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Cape Cod Crusaders 16 9 1 6 35 15 +20 33
2 Brooklyn Knights 16 9 4 3 31 24 +7 30
3 Westchester Flames 16 7 4 5 34 17 +17 26
4 Long Island Rough Riders 16 7 6 3 26 22 +4 24
5 Albany Admirals 16 7 7 2 20 27 -7 23
6 Vermont Voltage 16 4 9 3 20 43 -23 15
7 Ottawa Fury 16 3 8 5 17 21 -4 14
8 Rhode Island Stingrays 16 4 11 1 19 33 -14 13

Southern Conference

Mid South Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Laredo Heat 16 10 2 4 29 12 +17 34
2 El Paso Patriots 16 8 6 2 19 17 +2 26
3 DFW Tornados 16 7 6 3 22 24 -2 24
4 Mississippi Brilla 16 6 5 5 30 21 +9 23
5 New Orleans Shell Shockers 16 5 6 5 28 22 +6 20
6 Baton Rouge Capitals 16 5 7 4 20 32 -12 19
7 Austin Lightning 16 3 12 1 13 31 -18 10
Southeast Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Carolina Dynamo 16 11 3 2 41 14 +27 35
2 Central Florida Kraze 16 11 4 1 47 21 +26 34
3 Atlanta Silverbacks U23's 16 10 2 4 32 14 +18 34
4 Bradenton Academics 16 8 4 4 39 19 +20 28
5 Cary RailHawks U23's 16 7 6 3 22 17 +5 24
6 Palm Beach Pumas 15 4 10 1 20 36 -16 112
7 Nashville Metros 16 2 11 3 12 32 -20 9
8 Cocoa Expos 15 0 13 2 1 63 -62 2

2Palm Beach was penalized 2 points for circumstances not released by the USL.

Western Conference

Northwest Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 BYU Cougars 16 13 1 2 37 14 +23 41
2 Tacoma Tide 16 10 4 2 36 23 +13 32
3 Ogden Outlaws 16 6 7 3 23 22 +1 21
4 Abbotsford Rangers 16 5 6 5 38 24 +14 20
5 Spokane Spiders 16 6 10 0 25 49 -24 18
6 Yakima Reds 16 3 9 4 22 35 -13 13
7 Cascade Surge 16 3 11 2 17 38 -21 11
Southwest Division
Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Fresno Fuego 16 10 4 2 41 28 +13 32
2 San Fernando Valley Quakes 16 9 2 5 33 16 +17 32
3 San Jose Frogs 16 10 5 1 24 16 +8 31
4 Ventura County Fusion 16 9 4 3 27 19 +8 30
5 Los Angeles Storm 16 6 5 5 23 25 -2 23
6 San Francisco Seals 16 6 8 2 18 23 -5 20
7 Southern California Seahorses 16 5 6 5 26 24 +2 20
8 Bakersfield Brigade 16 6 10 0 22 29 -7 18
9 Orange County Blue Star 16 3 9 4 18 27 -9 13
10 Lancaster Rattlers 16 2 13 1 23 48 -25 7

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals National Semifinals PDL Championship Game
            
MA1 Virginia Hampton Roads Piranhas 1 (5)
NE2 New York Brooklyn Knights (AET/PSO) 1 (6)
NE2 New York Brooklyn Knights 1
NE1 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders 0
NE1 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders 5
MA2 New Jersey Ocean City Barons 0
NE2 New York Brooklyn Knights 1 (4)
Eastern Conference
Central Conference
GL1 Michigan Michigan Bucks (AET/PSO) 1 (5)
GL1 Michigan Michigan Bucks 4
HL2 Missouri St. Louis Lions 1
GL1 Michigan Michigan Bucks 3
GL2 Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 0
HL1 Ontario Thunder Bay Chill 1
GL2 Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 3
GL1 Michigan Michigan Bucks 0 (3)
MS1 Texas Laredo Heat 0 (4)
MS1 Texas Laredo Heat 4
SE2 Florida Central Florida Kraze 0
MS1 Texas Laredo Heat 2
SE1 North Carolina Carolina Dynamo 1
SE1 North Carolina Carolina Dynamo 1
MS2 Texas El Paso Patriots 0
MS1 Texas Laredo Heat 1
Southern Conference
Western Conference
SW1 California Fresno Fuego 0
NW1 Utah BYU Cougars 2
SW2 California San Fernando Valley Quakes 0
NW1 Utah BYU Cougars 0
SW1 California Fresno Fuego 3
SW1 California Fresno Fuego (AET) 4
NW2 Washington (state) Tacoma Tide 1

Conference Semifinals

July 27, 2007
5:00 PM ET
New York Brooklyn Knights 1 – 1
(AET) 		Virginia Hampton Roads Piranhas
Cambridge  22'
Niebles  44'
Matos  87'
Matteo  89'
Damiani  111' 		Haywood  53'
Joseph  89'
Wheeler  89'
  Penalties  
Matteo
Charles
Dragoi
Berenzen
Damiani
Belke
Cioffi 		6 – 5 Wheeler
Mottinger
Lima
Kinney
Thomas
Newton
Joseph

July 27, 2007
5:30 PM ET
Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 3 – 1 Ontario Thunder Bay Chill
Hlavaty  53' (PK)  62'
Fleak  76'  77' 		Gold  3'
Putrus Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 15', 90'
Swartzendruber  57'
Moldenhaur  62'
Alvarado  85'

July 27, 2007
6:30 PM ET
Texas El Paso Patriots 0 – 1 North Carolina Carolina Dynamo
Cervantes  10'
Morin  70' 		Franks  12'
Jata  81'
UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 143
Referee: Rudy Nino (USA)

July 27, 2007
7:30 PM ET
New Jersey Ocean City Barons 0 – 5 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders
Carmichael Red card 22'
Holloway  24' Red card 24'
Evans  30' 		Chery  36'  49'
Short  44'
Wright  52'
Massie  57'  57'
Nyazamba  72'
Carey Stadium
Ocean City, New Jersey
Attendance: 878
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

July 27, 2007
7:30 PM ET
California San Fernando Valley Quakes 0 – 2 Utah BYU Cougars
Shaw  18'
Leslie Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 59', 72'
Borak  63'
Paladini  68' 		Fellows  64'  76'
Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Colin Arblaster (USA)

July 27, 2007
8:00 PM ET
Missouri St. Louis Lions 1 – 4 Michigan Michigan Bucks
Clayes  29'
Angus  45'  70' 		Dube  26'
Jafta  45'
Holody  79'
Djokic  86'
Uzoigwe  90'

July 27, 2007
9:30 PM ET
Florida Central Florida Kraze 0 – 4 Texas Laredo Heat
Herbet  24' Morales  4'  4'  26'
Galvan  7'
Ibarra  60'
Mulamba  64'
Macias  89'
UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 1,401
Referee: Jeff Katawar (USA)

July 27, 2007
10:30 ET
Washington (state) Tacoma Tide 1 – 4
(AET) 		California Fresno Fuego
O'Brien Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 27', 74'
David  63'
Schomaker Red card 102' 		Nunes  22'  38'
Rivera  43'
Blanco  74'  102'
Cabello  75'
Cignetti  90'
Machado  95'  108'
Campos  100'
Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Mike Kampmeinert (USA)

Conference Finals

July 28, 2007
7:30 PM ET
New York Brooklyn Knights 1 – 0 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders
Dragoi  34'  38' (PK)
Niebles  40'
Cioffi  49' 		Barnett  53'
Short  54'
Stratford  88'
Nyazamba Red card 88'
Carey Stadium
Ocean City, New Jersey
Attendance: 231
Referee: William Guarini (USA)

July 28, 2007
7:30 PM ET
Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 0 – 3 Michigan Michigan Bucks
Katic  42'
Fallon  85'
Ratner  88' 		Dube  57'
Shipalane  74'
Daniel  79'
Uzoigwe  89'

July 28, 2007
9:05 PM ET
Texas Laredo Heat 2 – 1 North Carolina Carolina Dynamo
Galvan  32'
Ibarra  48' (PK)  48'
Infante  71'
Morales  74'
Garcia  76'
Blackwell  90' 		Loyd  30'
Lahoud  54'
Lewis  84'
UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Michael Brow (USA)

July 28, 2007
10:30 PM ET
California Fresno Fuego 3 – 0 Utah BYU Cougars
Nunes  5' (PK)
Campos  51'  55'  90'
Vogt  74' 		Van Wagenen  80'
De Francis  90'
Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
Attendance: 1,872
Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)

National Semifinals

August 4, 2007
7:30 PM ET
New York Brooklyn Knights 1 – 1
(AET) 		Michigan Michigan Bucks
Smith  15'
Matos  60'
Velasquez  108' 		Clark  17'
Dube  33'
  Penalties  
Matteo
Dragoi
Niebles
Charles
Belke 		4 – 5 Uzoigwe
Djokic
Brunner
Shipalane
Holody
Lake Orion High School
Orion Township, Michigan
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: Chad Ulinger (USA)

August 4, 2007
9:05 PM ET
California Fresno Fuego 0 – 1 Texas Laredo Heat
Codeceira  31'
Cabello  64'
Blanco  88'
Nunes  90' 		Quinones  34'
Infante  48'
Garcia  83'
Su  90'
UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 2,713
Referee: Colin Tait (USA)

National Final

August 11, 2007
TBA ET
Michigan Michigan Bucks 0 – 0
(AET) 		Texas Laredo Heat
Nowak  80'
Djokic  86'
Holody  109' 		Infante  109'
  Penalties  
Djokic
Balc
Brunner
Fuzetti
Holody
Daniel 		3 – 4 Galvan
Ordaz
Morales
Blackwell
Ibarra
Garcia
UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
Attendance: 6,640
Referee: Oscar Ortiz (USA)

See also

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