2007_PDL_season

2007 PDL season

2007 PDL season

Football league 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.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Laredo Heat finished the season as national champions, beating the 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

  • Ten teams joined the league this year, including seven brand new franchises:

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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

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Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

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Heartland Division

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Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

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

Northeast Division

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Southern Conference

Mid South Division

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Southeast Division

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

Western Conference

Northwest Division

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Southwest Division

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Playoffs

Playoff bracket

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

Conference semifinals

More information Brooklyn Knights, 1 – 1 (AET) ...

More information Chicago Fire Premier, 3 – 1 ...

More information El Paso Patriots, 0 – 1 ...
Attendance: 143
Referee: Rudy Nino (USA)

More information Ocean City Barons, 0 – 5 ...
Attendance: 878
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

More information San Fernando Valley Quakes, 0 – 2 ...
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Colin Arblaster (USA)

More information Michigan Bucks, 4 – 1 ...

More information Laredo Heat, 4 – 0 ...
Attendance: 1,401
Referee: Jeff Katawar (USA)

More information Fresno Fuego, 4 – 1 (AET) ...
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Mike Kampmeinert (USA)

Conference finals

More information Brooklyn Knights, 1 – 0 ...
Attendance: 231
Referee: William Guarini (USA)

More information Michigan Bucks, 3 – 0 ...

More information Laredo Heat, 2 – 1 ...
Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Michael Brow (USA)

More information Fresno Fuego, 3 – 0 ...
Attendance: 1,872
Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)

National Semifinals

More information Michigan Bucks, 1 – 1 (AET) ...
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: Chad Ulinger (USA)

More information Laredo Heat, 1 – 0 ...
Attendance: 2,713
Referee: Colin Tait (USA)

National final

More information Laredo Heat, 0 – 0 (AET) ...
Attendance: 6,640
Referee: Oscar Ortiz (USA)

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