2003_PDL_Season

USL Premier Development League
Season	2003
Champions	Cape Cod Crusaders
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2003 PDL season

Football league season

The 2003 USL Premier Development League season was the 9th PDL season. The season began in April 2003 and ended in August 2003.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Cape Cod Crusaders finished the season as national champions for the second time, beating Chicago Fire Reserves 2–0 in the PDL Championship game. New Orleans Shell Shockers finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 16 out of their 18 games, suffering just 2 losses, and finishing with a +35 goal difference.

Cape Cod Crusaders striker Joseph Ngwenya and Vermont Voltage forward Bo Vuckovic were the league's top scorers, each knocking in 17 goals. Des Moines Menace midfielders Tomas Boltnar and Joseph Kabwe and Nashville Metros Ben Buerger led the league with 10 assists each, while Indiana Invaders keeper Christopher Sawyer enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.287 per game, and Richmond Kickers Future keeper kept 7 clean sheets and had a GAA average of 0.568 in his 12 games.

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Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Abbotsford Rangers	Abbotsford area	Abbotsford, BC	expansion
Albany Blackwatch Highlanders	Albany area	Schenectady, NY	expansion
BYU Cougars	Provo area	Provo, UT	expansion
Columbus Shooting Stars	Columbus area	Columbus, OH	expansion
Fort Wayne Fever	Fort Wayne area	Fort Wayne, IN	expansion
Fresno Fuego	Fresno area	Fresno, CA	expansion
Jersey Shore Boca	Jersey Shore area	Toms River, NJ	expansion
Nevada Wonders	Carson City area	Carson City, NV	expansion
New Orleans Shell Shockers	New Orleans area	New Orleans, LA	expansion
St. Louis Strikers	St. Louis area	St. Louis, MO	expansion
South Jersey Barons	Greater Trenton area	Trenton, NJ	previously in D3 Pro
Toledo Slayers	Toledo area	Maumee, OH	expansion
West Virginia Chaos	Charleston area	Charleston, WV	expansion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mid-Michigan Bucks	18	14	3	1	40	16	+24	43
2	Indiana Invaders	18	11	5	2	31	19	+12	35
3	Fort Wayne Fever	18	9	7	2	32	30	+2	29
4	Kalamazoo Kingdom	18	6	9	3	29	39	−10	21
5	Toledo Slayers	18	2	13	3	22	45	−23	9
6	Columbus Shooting Stars	18	2	14	2	28	43	−15	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Richmond Kickers Future	18	14	3	1	41	12	+29	43
2	Williamsburg Legacy	18	10	6	2	35	22	+13	32
3	Raleigh CASL Elite	18	8	8	2	22	23	−1	26
4	Chesapeake Dragons	18	7	10	1	19	32	−13	22
5	West Virginia Chaos	18	3	14	1	18	54	−36	10
6	Greenville Lions	18	3	13	2	23	41	−18	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vermont Voltage	18	12	3	3	37	21	+16	39
2	Cape Cod Crusaders	18	12	4	2	64	30	+34	38
3	Brooklyn Knights	18	11	4	3	46	26	+20	36
4	South Jersey Barons	18	11	6	1	62	31	+31	34
5	Rhode Island Stingrays	18	10	4	4	45	28	+17	34
6	Albany Blackwatch Highlanders	18	6	11	1	36	43	−7	19
7	Jersey Shore Boca *	12	4	8	0	23	44	−21	12
8	Jersey Falcons	18	3	14	1	31	85	−54	10
9	Worcester Kings	18	1	17	0	21	62	−41	−3^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cocoa Expos	14	8	3	3	36	27	+9	27
2	Central Florida Kraze	14	7	5	2	38	26	+12	23
3	Bradenton Academics	14	6	5	3	32	24	+8	21
4	Palm Beach Pumas	14	2	11	1	23	55	−32	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}

2003_PDL_Season

2003 PDL season

Changes from 2002

New franchises

Folding

Standings

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Playoffs

Conference semifinals

Conference Finals

National Semifinals

PDL Championship Game

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire Reserves	18	15	2	1	60	17	+43	46
2	Des Moines Menace	18	12	5	1	48	23	+25	37
3	Thunder Bay Chill	18	10	7	1	34	31	+3	31
4	Boulder Rapids Reserve	18	10	7	1	32	29	+3	31
5	Kansas City Brass	18	7	11	0	35	48	−13	21
6	St. Louis Strikers	18	7	11	0	39	53	−14	21
7	Sioux Falls Spitfire	18	6	12	0	42	48	−6	18
8	Wisconsin Rebels	18	0	17	1	11	71	−60	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Orleans Shell Shockers	18	16	2	0	53	18	+35	48
2	Memphis Express	18	11	5	2	48	25	+23	35
3	Nashville Metros	18	11	7	0	41	21	+20	33
4	Texas Spurs	18	10	7	1	44	28	+16	31
5	Austin Lightning	18	9	8	1	31	42	−11	28
6	Houston Toros	18	3	13	2	21	60	−39	11
7	Louisiana Outlaws	18	3	14	1	23	46	−23	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spokane Shadow	18	14	2	2	38	14	+24	44
2	Cascade Surge	18	11	5	2	32	27	+5	35
3	Yakima Reds	18	9	8	1	30	26	+4	28
4	Abbotsford Rangers *	15	4	11	0	21	33	−12	12
5	Calgary Storm Prospects *	15	2	12	1	14	31	−17	7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fresno Fuego	18	14	4	0	50	23	+27	42
2	Orange County Blue Star	18	14	4	0	52	29	+23	42
3	Southern California Seahorses	18	10	6	2	34	29	+5	32
4	BYU Cougars	18	2	15	1	21	52	−31	7
5	Nevada Wonders	18	1	15	2	13	51	−38	5

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth