2015 PDL season

USL Premier Development League
Season 2015
Champions K-W United FC
Matches played 432
Goals scored 1373 (3.18 per match)
Biggest home win DMM 10, CHI 0
(July 17)
DCU 10, WES 0
(July 18)
Biggest away win JER 8, WES 1
(June 10)
Highest scoring DMM 10, CHI 0
(July 17)
DCU 10, WES 0
(July 18)
Longest winning run 6, Charlotte Eagles
(May 16 - June 13)
Longest unbeaten run 14, Charlotte Eagles
(entire season)
Longest winless run 14, WSA Winnipeg
(entire season)
Longest losing run 6, Westchester Flames
(May 9 - June 13)
Highest attendance 8,151 POR vs. KIT
(May 29)
Lowest attendance 20 FLA vs. IMG
(June 14)
Average attendance 458 (224 of 303 games reported) [1]
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2016 →

The 2015 USL Premier Development League season was the 21st season of the PDL and consisted of 63 teams. The regular season began on May 2 and ended on July 19. The Michigan Bucks were the defending champions and posted the best overall record in the League; however, they were defeated by K-W United FC in the Central Conference finals. K-W United went on to win the league championship by defeating the Seattle Sounders FC U-23 1-0 in the semi-finals and in high scoring final they overcame the New York Red Bulls U-23 4-3. 63 clubs competed in the semi-professional soccer leagues.

Changes from 2014

New/Returning teams

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
North Carolina Charlotte Eagles Charlotte metropolitan area Charlotte, North Carolina USL Pro [2]
Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley United Sonic Lehigh Valley Bethlehem, Pennsylvania NPSL [3]
Florida FC Miami City Champions Miami-Dade Miami, Florida Expansion Team [4]
Alberta Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Region Calgary, Alberta Expansion Team [5]
California Burlingame Dragons FC Bay Area Burlingame, California Expansion Team [6]
Ohio Dayton Dutch Lions Dayton metropolitan area West Carrollton, Ohio USL Pro [7]
New York (state) New York Red Bulls U-23 New York City Hanover, New Jersey NPSL [8]
Florida Palm Beach Suns FC Miami-Dade Boca Raton, Florida Expansion Team [9]
Ontario Toronto FC Academy Greater Toronto Area Vaughan, Ontario Expansion Team [10]

Name Changes

Folding/moving

Standings

2015 Premier Development League standings.[16]

Key to colours in group tables
Team in position to win Division Title
Team in position to qualify for playoff berth

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

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Michigan Bucks (C) 14 11 2 1 46 12 +34 35
2 K-W United FC (TQ) 14 11 1 2 35 13 +22 34
3 Forest City London (TQ) 14 9 1 4 31 18 +13 28
4 Toronto FC Academy 14 3 3 8 19 30 −11 12
5 Dayton Dutch Lions 14 3 2 9 12 30 −18 11
6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds U23 14 3 2 9 10 31 −21 11
7 Derby City Rovers 14 2 3 9 18 35 −17 9

Heartland Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Des Moines Menace (C) 14 11 1 2 38 7 +31 34
2 Thunder Bay Chill (TQ) 14 9 3 2 34 15 +19 30
3 Chicago Fire U-23 14 6 2 6 19 30 −11 20
4 Springfield Synergy 14 5 3 6 21 17 +4 18
5 St. Louis Lions (-3) 14 4 2 8 19 32 −13 11
6 WSA Winnipeg 14 0 2 12 9 43 −34 2

Note: St. Louis Lions deducted three points.

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 New York Red Bulls U-23 (C) 14 9 3 2 40 19 +21 30
2 Long Island Rough Riders (TQ) 14 9 1 4 33 20 +13 28
3 Jersey Express S.C. (TQ) 14 8 3 3 36 14 +22 27
4 Reading United AC 14 8 3 3 36 14 +22 27
5 D.C. United U-23 (-3) 14 8 4 2 32 20 +12 25
6 Ocean City Nor'easters 14 7 3 4 31 16 +15 24
7 Baltimore Bohemians 14 4 2 8 22 31 −9 14
8 F.A. Euro 14 3 2 9 17 32 −15 11
9 Westchester Flames 14 1 1 12 13 63 −50 4
10 Lehigh Valley United Sonic 14 1 1 12 15 48 −33 4

Note: DC United U-23 deducted three points. Jersey Express qualified for playoffs per tie breaking rules as they beat Reading 1-0 in their only head-to-head match.

Northeast Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 GPS Portland Phoenix (C) 14 8 5 1 19 9 +10 29
2 Seacoast United Phantoms (TQ) 14 9 2 3 32 16 +16 29
3 Real Boston Rams 14 7 3 4 34 17 +17 24
4 AC Connecticut 14 2 5 7 12 28 −16 11
5 Western Mass Pioneers 14 1 2 11 9 34 −25 5

South Atlantic Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Charlotte Eagles (C) 14 10 4 0 31 8 +23 34
2 Cincinnati Dutch Lions (TQ) 14 8 1 5 30 25 +5 25
3 King's Warriors 14 5 4 5 21 14 +7 19
4 Carolina Dynamo 14 5 2 7 16 21 −5 17
5 West Virginia Chaos 14 4 3 7 17 23 −6 15
6 SC United Bantams 14 2 3 9 13 35 −22 9

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Mississippi Brilla (C) 12 6 3 3 23 15 +8 21
2 Midland/Odessa Sockers (TQ) 14 6 3 5 24 14 +10 21
3 Laredo Heat 14 5 2 7 17 28 −11 17
4 Houston Dutch Lions 12 4 1 7 19 28 −9 13

Note: Mississippi is champion per head-to-head versus Midland/Odessa (2-1-1) as that is the first tiebreaker with goal differential next.

Southeast Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Ocala Stampede (C) 14 8 3 3 28 16 +12 27
2 FC Miami City Champions (TQ) 14 7 3 4 18 14 +4 24
3 SW Florida Adrenaline 14 6 4 4 26 12 +14 22
4 Floridians FC 14 5 2 7 18 21 −3 17
5 IMG Academy Bradenton 14 5 2 7 17 29 −12 17
6 Palm Beach Suns FC 14 5 1 8 18 27 −9 16
7 Orlando City U-23 14 3 5 6 14 20 −6 14

Western Conference

Mountain Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 FC Tucson (C) 14 8 4 2 28 15 +13 28
2 Albuquerque Sol FC (TQ) 14 8 3 3 19 12 +7 27
3 Las Vegas Mobsters 14 5 3 6 19 19 0 18
4 Real Colorado Foxes (-3) 14 5 5 4 20 21 −1 17
5 BYU Cougars 14 1 5 8 17 28 −11 8

Note: Real Colorado Foxes deducted three points.

Northwest Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Kitsap Pumas (C) 12 10 2 0 23 4 +19 32
2 Portland Timbers U23's (TQ) 12 6 4 2 17 9 +8 22
3 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 (TQ) 12 7 1 4 21 10 +11 22
4 Calgary Foothills FC 12 3 7 2 15 16 −1 16
5 Lane United FC 12 3 2 7 16 23 −7 11
6 Washington Crossfire 12 1 3 8 13 28 −15 6
7 Puget Sound Gunners FC 12 0 5 7 11 26 −15 5

Note: The Northwest Division will play a 12 game balanced schedule with each team facing all opponents in the division once at home and once away.

Southwest Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Burlingame Dragons FC (C) 14 10 3 1 20 10 +10 33
2 Ventura County Fusion (TQ) 14 10 2 2 19 8 +11 32
3 Fresno Fuego 14 6 3 5 30 19 +11 21
4 Southern California Seahorses 14 3 3 8 18 24 −6 12
5 Golden State Misioneros 14 2 3 9 14 25 −11 9
6 Orange County Blues U23 14 2 1 11 11 32 −21 7

Conference Championships

Participants in the four conference championships were determined according to the specific rules of each conference. Games played prior to the conference semifinals are hosted by the team with the better record[17] with the conference championships (semifinals and final) played at a common location. Note that the Northwest division played 12 games rather than the 14 played by the other divisions; the teams agreed to the reduced schedule in order for the division to play a balanced schedule.[18]

Eastern Conference
The 1st and 2nd place teams from the Northeast and South Atlantic divisions play each other for their division's spot in the conference semifinals. The Mid Atlantic division 1st place teams goes straight to the conference semifinals with the 2nd and 3rd place teams playing each other for the final spot.
Southern Conference
The top two teams in each division qualify to play in the conference semifinals, with the 1st place team from the Mid-South division playing the 2nd place tam of the Southeast division and vice versa.
Central Conference
The top two teams from Heartland division and the 1st place team from the Great Lakes division qualify for the semifinals with the final spot coming from a playoff between the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the Great Lakes division.
Western Conference
The Mountain and Southwest divisions have a play off between the 1st and 2nd place teams for their division's spot in the conference semifinals. The Northwest division's 1st place team and the winner of a playoff between the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for the conference semifinals.

Eastern Conference Championship

Southern Conference Championship

Central Conference Championship

Western Conference Championship

Playoff Bracket

  Divisional Qualification Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Semifinals Championship
                                               
        
        
  MA1  New York Red Bulls U-23 4  
    NE2  GPS Portland Phoenix 0  
NE1  Seacoast United Phantoms 1
NE2  GPS Portland Phoenix 2  
  MA1  New York Red Bulls U-23 (AET) 2  
Eastern Conference
  MA3  Jersey Express S.C. 1  
MA2  Long Island Rough Riders 1  
MA3  Jersey Express S.C. 3  
  MA3  Jersey Express S.C. (PEN) 1 (5)
    SA1  Charlotte Eagles 1 (4)  
SA1  Charlotte Eagles 3
SA2  Cincinnati Dutch Lions 2  
  MA1  New York Red Bulls U-23 (AET) 2  
  SE1  Ocala Stampede 1  
        
        
  SE1  Ocala Stampede 1
    MS2  Midland/Odessa Sockers 0  
      
        
  SE1  Ocala Stampede 2
Southern Conference
  SE2  FC Miami City Champions 0  
        
        
  MS1  Mississippi Brilla 0 (2)
    SE2  FC Miami City Champions (PEN) 0 (3)  
      
      
MA1  New York Red Bulls U-23 3
GL2  K-W United FC 4
        
        
  GL1  Michigan Bucks (AET) 3  
    HL2  Thunder Bay Chill 2  
      
        
  GL1  Michigan Bucks 1  
Central Conference
  GL2  K-W United FC 3  
        
        
  HL1  Des Moines Menace 2
    GL2  K-W United FC 3  
GL2  K-W United FC 2
GL3  Forest City London 0  
  GL2  K-W United FC 1
  NW3  Seattle Sounders FC U-23 0  
      
      
  NW1  Kitsap Pumas 1
    MT1  FC Tucson 4  
MT1  FC Tucson 2
MT2  Albuquerque Sol FC 1  
  MT1  FC Tucson 1       
Western Conference
  NW3  Seattle Sounders FC U-23 2         
NW2  Portland Timbers U23's 1  
NW3  Seattle Sounders FC U-23 4  
  NW3  Seattle Sounders FC U-23 1
    SW1  Burlingame Dragons FC 0  
SW1  Burlingame Dragons FC 1
SW2  Ventura County Fusion 0  

PDL Championship

[19]

Semi-Finals

Championship

Championship MVP: Nathan Ingham (KWU)

Awards

[20]

All-League and All-Conference Teams

[21][22]

Eastern Conference

F: Anthony Grant (SUP) *, Nathan Regis (CHE) *, Khesanio Hall (OCN)
M: Carlos Silva (JER) *, Joe Holland (LIR), Sam Blackman (SWV)
D: Kouassi Sylvain N’Guessan (JER), Tim Schmoll (NYR), Jordan Becker (BAL), Lalas Abubakar (CHE)
G: Matt Williams (GPS)

Central Conference

F: James Pucci (LON), Ben Polk (KWU), David Goldsmith (MIB)
M: Calvin Rezende (MIB), Sergio Camargo (KWU), Jacob Cawsey (STL), Moses Danto (WSA)
D: Oyvind Alseth (KWU), Zach Carroll (MIB), Andrew Herr (PIT)
G: Yuta Nomura (SPS)

Western Conference

F: Timothy Mueller (LNU) *, Guillermo Delgado (SEA), Pedro Espindola (TUC)
M: Todd Wharton (POR) *, Nick Hamer (KIT), Renato Bustamante (FRE)
D: Dennis Castillo (POR) *, Jonathan Campbell (SEA) *, Cory Keitz (KIT), Kalem Scott (TUC)
G: Matt Grosey (KIT) *

Southern Conference

F: George Kelley (HOU), Jason Collister (IMG), Paulo Vaz (FLA)
M: Sergio Royo (MIS) *, Billal Qsiyer (SWF), Lewis Hilton (OCA)
D: Hugo Leroux (MIA) *, Walker Hume (MIO), Isaac Sanchez (MIO) *, Paco Craig (OCA)
G: Michael Yantz (SWF)

* denotes All-League player

References

  1. ↑ "Taking Attendance 6/29/2015: Amateur Status". Kenn Tomasch. www.kenn.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Charlotte Eagles Announce Return to PDL". United Soccer Leagues (USL). September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lehigh Valley United Makes Jump to PDL". United Soccer Leagues (USL). November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "PDL Adds FC Miami City Champions for 2015". United Soccer Leagues (USL). November 20, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "PDL Expands to Calgary, Alberta". United Soccer Leagues (USL). December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "PDL Welcomes Burlingame Dragons FC". United Soccer Leagues (USL). December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dayton Dutch Lions FC To Compete In PDL In 2015". Dayton Dutch Lions. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ "NPSL No More: Red Bulls to field U-23 PDL side this season". empireofsoccer.com. February 23, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "PDL Welcomes Palm Beach Suns F.C.". United Soccer Leagues (USL). January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "PDL Unveils 2015 Alignment, Playoff Format". United Soccer Leagues (USL). January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ "AC Connecticut Unveils New Name, Logo". United Soccer Leagues (USL). September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ "CFC AZUL CHANGES NAME TO A.C. CONNECTICUT". AC Connecticut. September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Youth soccer program gets new name: Derby City Rovers". Louisville Courier-Journal. May 7, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ "18th Franchise Awarded to Austin, Texas". United Soccer Leagues (USL). June 10, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Dragons FC soccer swoops into Burlingame". Nathan Mollat. The Daily Journal. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  16. ↑ Official Standings
  17. ↑ "Race For PDL Playoffs Enters Final Stretch". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 8, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13.
  18. ↑ Premier Development League Schedules, United Soccer Leagues (USL), retrieved July 14, 2015
  19. ↑ "PDL Announces Seattle To Host 2015 Championship". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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  21. ↑ "PDL All-Conference Teams Announced". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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