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
- The Williamsburg Legacy changed their name to the Virginia Legacy and unveiled a new logo on January 31, 2007.
- The Raleigh Elite changed their name to the Cary RailHawks U23's after forming a partnership with their USL First Division parent club Carolina RailHawks FC and unveiled a new logo on March 6, 2007.
- Tacoma FC changed their name to Tacoma Tide on March 8, 2007.
- The Virginia Beach Submariners were acquired by and renamed as the Hampton Roads Piranhas on April 6, 2007, after their parent club, the Virginia Beach Mariners, was terminated on March 30.
- The Boulder Rapids Reserve changed their name to the Colorado Rapids U23's on April 12, 2007, as well as their logo and colors, to reflect the changes undertaken by their parent club, the Colorado Rapids.
New franchises
- Ten teams joined the league this year, including seven brand new franchises:
| Team Name | Metro Area | Location | Previous Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
 Baton Rouge Capitals |
Baton Rouge area | Baker, LA | expansion |
 Fredericksburg Gunners |
Fredericksburg area | Fredericksburg, VA | expansion |
 Long Island Rough Riders |
Long Island area | New Hyde Park, NY | previously in USL-2 |
 Mississippi Brilla |
Jackson area | Clinton, MS | expansion |
 Lancaster Rattlers |
Antelope Valley area | Palmdale, CA | expansion |
| San Jose Frogs |
Silicon Valley area | San Jose, CA | previously in NPSL |
 Spokane Spiders |
Spokane Valley area | Spokane, WA | expansion |
 Springfield Demize |
Springfield area | Springfield, MO | expansion |
 Toronto Lynx |
Toronto area | Toronto | previously in USL-1 |
| Ventura County Fusion |
Ventura County area | Ventura, CA | expansion |
Folding
- Six teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
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 | Hampton Roads Piranhas
| 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| NE2 | Brooklyn Knights (AET/PSO)
| 1 (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| NE2 | Brooklyn Knights
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| NE1 |  Cape Cod Crusaders
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| NE1 | Cape Cod Crusaders
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| MA2 |  Ocean City Barons
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| NE2 | Brooklyn Knights
| 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference Central Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| GL1 |  Michigan Bucks (AET/PSO)
| 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| GL1 | Michigan Bucks
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| HL2 | St. Louis Lions
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| GL1 | Michigan Bucks
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| GL2 |  Chicago Fire Premier
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| HL1 | Thunder Bay Chill
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| GL2 | Chicago Fire Premier
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| GL1 | Michigan Bucks
| 0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| MS1 |  Laredo Heat
| 0 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| MS1 | Laredo Heat
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| SE2 |  Central Florida Kraze
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| MS1 | Laredo Heat
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SE1 |  Carolina Dynamo
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| SE1 | Carolina Dynamo
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| MS2 | El Paso Patriots
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| MS1 | Laredo Heat
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Southern Conference Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| SW1 | Fresno Fuego
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| NW1 |  BYU Cougars
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SW2 | San Fernando Valley Quakes
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| NW1 | BYU Cougars
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| SW1 | Fresno Fuego
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| SW1 | Fresno Fuego (AET)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| NW2 | Tacoma Tide
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference Semifinals
July 27, 2007 5:00 PM ET |
| Brooklyn Knights |
1 – 1 (AET) |
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 |
| Chicago Fire Premier |
3 – 1 | Thunder Bay Chill |
|---|---|---|
| Hlavaty 53' (PK) 62' Fleak 76' 77' |
Gold 3' Putrus  15', 90' Swartzendruber 57' Moldenhaur 62' Alvarado 85' |
July 27, 2007 6:30 PM ET |
| El Paso Patriots |
0 – 1 | Carolina Dynamo |
|---|---|---|
| Cervantes 10' Morin 70' |
Franks 12' Jata 81' |
July 27, 2007 7:30 PM ET |
| Ocean City Barons |
0 – 5 | Cape Cod Crusaders |
|---|---|---|
| Carmichael 22' Holloway 24' 24' Evans 30' |
Chery 36' 49' Short 44' Wright 52' Massie 57' 57' Nyazamba 72' |
July 27, 2007 7:30 PM ET |
| San Fernando Valley Quakes |
0 – 2 | BYU Cougars |
|---|---|---|
| Shaw 18' Leslie 59', 72' Borak 63' Paladini 68' |
Fellows 64' 76' |
July 27, 2007 8:00 PM ET |
| St. Louis Lions |
1 – 4 | Michigan Bucks |
|---|---|---|
| Clayes 29' Angus 45' 70' |
Dube 26' Jafta 45' Holody 79' Djokic 86' Uzoigwe 90' |
July 27, 2007 9:30 PM ET |
| Central Florida Kraze |
0 – 4 | Laredo Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Herbet 24' |
Morales 4' 4' 26' Galvan 7' Ibarra 60' Mulamba 64' Macias 89' |
July 27, 2007 10:30 ET |
| Tacoma Tide |
1 – 4 (AET) |
Fresno Fuego |
|---|---|---|
| O'Brien 27', 74' David 63' Schomaker 102' |
Nunes 22' 38' Rivera 43' Blanco 74' 102'Cabello 75' Cignetti 90' Machado 95' 108' Campos 100' |
Conference Finals
July 28, 2007 7:30 PM ET |
| Brooklyn Knights |
1 – 0 | Cape Cod Crusaders |
|---|---|---|
| Dragoi 34' 38' (PK) Niebles 40' Cioffi 49' |
Barnett 53' Short 54' Stratford 88' Nyazamba 88' |
July 28, 2007 7:30 PM ET |
| Chicago Fire Premier |
0 – 3 | Michigan Bucks |
|---|---|---|
| Katic 42' Fallon 85' Ratner 88' |
Dube 57' Shipalane 74' Daniel 79' Uzoigwe 89' |
July 28, 2007 9:05 PM ET |
| Laredo Heat |
2 – 1 | Carolina Dynamo |
|---|---|---|
| Galvan 32' Ibarra 48' (PK) 48' Infante 71' Morales 74' Garcia 76' Blackwell 90' |
Loyd 30' Lahoud 54' Lewis 84' |
July 28, 2007 10:30 PM ET |
| Fresno Fuego |
3 – 0 | BYU Cougars |
|---|---|---|
| Nunes 5' (PK) Campos 51' 55' 90' Vogt 74' |
Van Wagenen 80' De Francis 90' |
National Semifinals
August 4, 2007 7:30 PM ET |
| Brooklyn Knights |
1 – 1 (AET) |
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 |
August 4, 2007 9:05 PM ET |
| Fresno Fuego |
0 – 1 | Laredo Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Codeceira 31' Cabello 64' Blanco 88' Nunes 90' |
Quinones 34' Infante 48' Garcia 83' Su 90' |
National Final
August 11, 2007 TBA ET |
| Michigan Bucks |
0 – 0 (AET) |
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 |
See also
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