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, Ontario	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:
  • Ajax Orlando Prospects - Orlando, Florida
  • Augusta Fireball - Augusta, Georgia
  • California Gold - Modesto, California
  • Colorado Springs Blizzard - Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Kalamazoo Kingdom - Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • San Diego Gauchos - San Diego, California

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	Carey Stadium Ocean City, New Jersey Referee: Daun White (USA)
	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

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July 27, 2007 5:30 PM ET	Chicago Fire Premier	3 – 1	Thunder Bay Chill	Lake Orion High School Orion Township, Michigan Referee: (USA)
	Hlavaty  53' (PK) 62' Fleak  76'  77'		Gold 3' Putrus  15', 90' Swartzendruber  57' Moldenhaur 62' Alvarado 85'

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

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

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

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July 27, 2007 8:00 PM ET	St. Louis Lions	1 – 4	Michigan Bucks	Lake Orion High School Orion Township, Michigan Referee: (USA)
	Clayes 29' Angus  45' 70'		Dube  26' Jafta 45' Holody  79' Djokic  86' Uzoigwe  90'

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

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July 27, 2007 10:30 ET	Tacoma Tide	1 – 4 (AET)	Fresno Fuego	Chukchansi Park Fresno, CA Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Mike Kampmeinert (USA)
	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	Carey Stadium Ocean City, New Jersey Attendance: 231 Referee: William Guarini (USA)
	Dragoi 34'  38' (PK) Niebles 40' Cioffi 49'		Barnett 53' Short 54' Stratford 88' Nyazamba  88'

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July 28, 2007 7:30 PM ET	Chicago Fire Premier	0 – 3	Michigan Bucks	Lake Orion High School Orion Township, Michigan Attendance: 653 Referee: (USA)
	Katic 42' Fallon 85' Ratner 88'		Dube  57' Shipalane  74' Daniel 79' Uzoigwe  89'

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

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July 28, 2007 10:30 PM ET	Fresno Fuego	3 – 0	BYU Cougars	Chukchansi Park Fresno, CA Attendance: 1,872 Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)
	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	Lake Orion High School Orion Township, Michigan Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Chad Ulinger (USA)
	Smith  15' Matos 60' Velasquez 108'		Clark 17' Dube  33'
		Penalties
	Matteo Dragoi Niebles Charles Belke	4 – 5	Uzoigwe Djokic Brunner Shipalane Holody

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August 4, 2007 9:05 PM ET	Fresno Fuego	0 – 1	Laredo Heat	UISD Student Activity Center Laredo, Texas Attendance: 2,713 Referee: Colin Tait (USA)
	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	UISD Student Activity Center Laredo, Texas Attendance: 6,640 Referee: Oscar Ortiz (USA)
	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

• United Soccer Leagues 2007