2018_PDL_season

Premier Development League
Season	2018
Champion(s)	Calgary Foothills FC
Regular Season Title	Des Moines Menace
2019 Hank Steinbrecher Cup qualifier	Reading United AC
2019 U.S. Open Cup qualifiers	Black Rock FC; Brazos Valley Cavalry; Dayton Dutch Lions; Des Moines Menace; FC Golden State Force; SIMA Águilas; Red Bulls U-23; Reading United AC; South Georgia Tormenta; The Villages SC
Matches played	518
Goals scored	1,797 (3.47 per match)
Biggest home win	BRV 8, CLB 1; (June 29)
Biggest away win	DCR 1, MIB 14; (July 10)
Highest scoring	MIB 14, DCR 1; (July 10)
Longest winning run	10 games; South Georgia Tormenta; (May 19 - July 5)
Longest unbeaten run	14 games; Des Moines Menace; (entire season); Reading United AC; (entire season); South Georgia Tormenta; (entire season)
Longest winless run	14 games; Derby City Rovers; (entire season); WSA Winnipeg; (entire season)
Longest losing run	14 games; Derby City Rovers; (entire season); WSA Winnipeg; (entire season)
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of July 16, 2018.

2018 PDL season

Football league season

The 2018 Premier Development League season was the 24th season of the PDL, and the last under the PDL name. The regular season started on May 4 and ended on July 16. Calgary Foothills FC won the final championship under the PDL branding, having defeated Reading United AC 4–2 in extra time in the Championship game on August 4, 2018.

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Team	Country	City/area	Stadium	Founded	Head coach	Notes
AHFC Royals	U.S.	Houston, Texas	Campbell Road Sports Park	2017	Jorge Carrasco
Birmingham Hammers	U.S.	Vestavia Hills, Alabama	Sicard Hollow Athletic Complex	2013	Wulf Koch	NPSL
Black Rock FC	U.S.	Lakeville, Connecticut	Hotchkiss Athletic Fields	2013
Colorado Pride Switchbacks U23	U.S.	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Washburn Field & Weidner Field	2018	Diego Zaltron
Corpus Christi FC	U.S.	Corpus Christi, Texas	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium	2017	Sammy Giraldo
Kaw Valley FC	U.S.	Topeka, Kansas	Hummer Sports Complex	2017	István Urbányi
Lansing United	U.S.	East Lansing, Michigan	Archer Stadium	2014	Nate Miller	NPSL
Lionsbridge FC	U.S.	Newport News, Virginia	Pomoco Stadium	2017	Chris Whalley
Memphis City FC	U.S.	Memphis, Tennessee	Christian Brothers University	2015	Mark Franklin	NPSL
Ogden City SC	U.S.	Ogden, Utah	Spence Eccles Ogden Community Sports Complex	2017	Eric Landon
San Francisco Glens SC	U.S.	San Francisco, California	Boxer Stadium	1961	Javier Ayala-Hil
Santa Cruz Breakers FC	U.S.	Aptos, California	Cabrillo College Stadium, Aptos High School, & Monterey Peninsula College	1992

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Reading United AC	14	12	0	2	33	8	+25	38	Advance to the Eastern Conference Championship
2	New York Red Bulls U-23	14	10	3	1	45	17	+28	31	Advance to the Eastern Conference Championship
3	Long Island Rough Riders	14	9	4	1	26	16	+10	28
4	Ocean City Nor'easters	14	9	5	0	27	20	+7	27
5	F.A. Euro	14	3	11	0	10	33	−23	9
6	Evergreen FC	14	1	11	2	16	42	−26	5
7	Lehigh Valley United	14	1	12	1	10	35	−25	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Black Rock FC	14	9	2	3	33	19	+14	30	Advance to the Eastern Conference Championship
2	GPS Portland Phoenix	14	7	4	3	28	21	+7	24
3	Western Mass Pioneers	14	6	4	4	22	18	+4	22
4	FC Boston	14	5	6	3	23	25	−2	18
5	AC Connecticut	14	5	7	2	20	33	−13	17
6	Westchester Flames	14	2	5	7	17	23	−6	13
7	Seacoast United Phantoms	14	2	8	4	17	21	−4	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myrtle Beach Mutiny	14	8	2	4	40	19	+21	28	Advance to the Eastern Conference Championship
2	North Carolina FC U23	14	6	3	5	24	18	+6	23
3	Lionsbridge FC	14	4	5	5	23	20	+3	17
4	Charlotte Eagles	14	3	7	4	22	30	−8	13
5	Tobacco Road FC	14	3	7	4	18	30	−12	13
6	Carolina Dynamo	14	2	7	5	19	39	−20	11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Calgary Foothills FC	14	11	1	2	30	7	+23	35	Advance to the Western Conference Championship
2	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	14	6	5	3	26	21	+5	21
3	Lane United FC	14	5	4	5	28	22	+6	20
4	TSS FC Rovers (J)	14	5	7	2	19	27	−8	17
5	Victoria Highlanders	14	5	9	0	14	25	−11	15
6	Portland Timbers U23	14	3	9	2	15	30	−15	11

2018_PDL_season

2018 PDL season

Changes from 2017

New teams

Name changes

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Standings

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Mountain Division

Southwest Division

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Southern Conference

Deep South Division

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Playoffs

Conference Championships

Eastern Conference

Southern Conference

Central Conference

Western Conference

PDL Championship

Semifinals

Final

Awards

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

Central Conference

Southern Conference

Western Conference

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado Rapids U-23	14	8	2	4	42	23	+19	28	Advance to the Western Conference Championship
2	FC Tucson	14	7	3	4	29	19	+10	25	Advance to the Western Conference Championship
3	Albuquerque Sol FC	14	4	6	4	25	38	−13	16
4	Colorado Pride Switchbacks U23	14	4	7	3	26	28	−2	15
5	Ogden City SC	14	3	8	3	16	30	−14	12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Golden State Force	14	12	1	1	38	10	+28	37	Advance to the Western Conference Championship
2	Ventura County Fusion	14	7	6	1	18	16	+2	22
3	Orange County SC U-23	14	6	5	3	16	14	+2	21
4	Santa Cruz Breakers FC	14	6	6	2	19	19	0	20
5	Fresno FC U-23	14	6	6	2	23	24	−1	20
6	San Francisco City FC	14	5	8	1	16	24	−8	16
7	San Francisco Glens SC	14	4	6	4	16	17	−1	16
8	San Diego Zest FC	14	3	6	5	15	29	−14	14
9	Southern California Seahorses	14	4	9	1	18	26	−8	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dayton Dutch Lions	14	8	3	3	29	15	+14	27	Advance to the Central Conference Championship
2	Lansing United	14	7	2	5	27	12	+15	26	Advance to the Central Conference Championship
3	Cincinnati Dutch Lions	14	6	4	4	24	17	+7	22
4	Michigan Bucks	14	6	4	4	42	18	+24	22
5	West Virginia Chaos	14	3	5	6	25	29	−4	15
6	Derby City Rovers	14	0	13	1	8	65	−57	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Des Moines Menace	14	13	0	1	37	6	+31	40	Advance to the Central Conference Championship
2	Chicago FC United	14	7	5	2	23	20	+3	23	Advance to the Central Conference Championship
3	Kaw Valley FC	14	6	6	2	21	23	−2	20
4	St. Louis Lions	14	6	6	2	26	24	+2	20
5	Thunder Bay Chill	14	6	7	1	21	20	+1	19
6	WSA Winnipeg	14	0	14	0	10	46	−36	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	14	11	0	3	30	10	+20	36	Advance to the Southern Conference Championship
2	Mississippi Brilla	14	8	2	4	31	18	+13	28
3	SC United Bantams	14	7	4	3	35	22	+13	24
4	Birmingham Hammers	14	5	5	4	25	28	−3	19
5	Tri-Cities Otters	14	5	7	2	30	28	+2	17
6	Peachtree City MOBA	14	4	6	4	25	33	−8	16
7	Memphis City FC	14	1	10	3	16	38	−22	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazos Valley Cavalry FC	14	9	2	3	42	19	+23	30	Advance to the Southern Conference Championship
2	OKC Energy U23	14	9	4	1	37	22	+15	28
3	AHFC Royals	14	7	7	0	29	29	0	21
4	Corpus Christi FC	14	6	6	2	32	32	0	20
5	Texas United	14	5	6	3	32	32	0	18
6	FC Cleburne	14	4	9	1	20	42	−22	13
7	Houston FC	14	2	8	4	16	31	−15	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SIMA Águilas	14	10	2	2	23	6	+17	32	Advance to the Southern Conference Championship
2	The Villages SC	14	9	2	3	31	8	+23	30	Advance to the Southern Conference Championship
3	Lakeland Tropics	14	9	2	3	29	13	+16	30
4	IMG Academy Bradenton	14	6	6	2	24	30	−6	20
5	FC Miami City	14	5	8	1	25	36	−11	16
6	Weston FC	14	4	9	1	19	31	−12	13
7	Next Academy Palm Beach	14	4	10	0	18	25	−7	12
8	North County United	14	2	10	2	13	33	−20	8

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	Black Rock FC	1–2	New York Red Bulls U-23	Gurski Stadium West Lawn, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM EDT	Harris 7' Achara	Report	Gilbey 2' Zajec 25' Deeds

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	Reading United AC	4–3	Myrtle Beach Mutiny	Gurski Stadium West Lawn, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EDT	El Medkhar 27' Bennett 71', 87' Roberts 90'	Report	Yamamoto 70' Piggott 76' Ibarrondo 90'

July 21, 2018 Conference Final	Reading United AC	2–1	New York Red Bulls U-23	Gurski Stadium West Lawn, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Bennett 26', 42' Kahsay Molloy	Report	Coco 61' Kouma Da Silva

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	SIMA Aguilas	2–1	Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C.	Erk Russell Park Statesboro, Georgia
5:00 PM EDT	Espana 29' Novaes 35' Diouf Agu Graydon	Report	Palomino 46' Paita

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	South Georgia Tormenta FC	0–1	The Villages SC	Erk Russell Park Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Arche Micaletto Sossou	Report	Antonio 34' Dos Santos Gyau

July 21, 2018 Conference Final	SIMA Aguilas	1–2 (a.e.t.)	The Villages SC	Erk Russell Park Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Gueye 17' Diouf Graydon	Report	Paiva 21' Raimundo 104' Torres Gyau

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	Dayton Dutch Lions	3–5	Chicago FC United	Valley Stadium West Des Moines, Iowa
4:30 PM CDT	Robertson 31' Williams 41' Dietrich 45' Koositra	Report	Alfaro 28' Todd 53' Prpa 70', 82' Alba 90' Gomez

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	Des Moines Menace	0–0 (4–3 p)	Lansing United	Valley Stadium West Des Moines, Iowa
7:30 PM CDT		Report

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	Calgary Foothills FC	1–0	Colorado Rapids U23	Rio Hondo College Whittier, California
4:00 PM PDT	Musse 86'	Report	Bushey Mushagalusa

July 20, 2018 Conference Semifinal	FC Golden State Force	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	FC Tucson	Rio Hondo College Whittier, California
7:00 PM PDT	Riascos 20' Villalobos 22' Asiedu Salazar Silva	Report	Heredia 63' Valenzuela 90' German Oke

July 21, 2018 Conference Final	Calgary Foothills FC	2–0	FC Tucson	Rio Hondo College Whittier, California
7:00 PM PDT	Akio 38' Musse 57' Waterman	Report

July 28, 2018 National Semifinal	Reading United AC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	The Villages SC	Gurski Stadium West Lawn, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Zandi 45+1' Roberts 115' Waso Conte	Report	Lopes Da Silva 68' Torres Gyau

August 4, 2018 National Final	Reading United AC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Calgary Foothills FC	Gurski Stadium West Lawn, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Miller 33' 80' Conte 43' 88' Molloy 45' Kahsay 69' Roberts 79'	Report 1 Report 2	Musse 12', 120' Zator 85' Serban 90+6' Pasquotti 119' Northover Patino	Attendance: 2,278