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)
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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
Charlotte Eagles	Charlotte metropolitan area	Charlotte, North Carolina	USL Pro
Lehigh Valley United Sonic	Lehigh Valley	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	NPSL
FC Miami City Champions	Miami-Dade	Miami, Florida	Expansion Team
Calgary Foothills FC	Calgary Region	Calgary, Alberta	Expansion Team
Burlingame Dragons FC	Bay Area	Burlingame, California	Expansion Team
Dayton Dutch Lions	Dayton metropolitan area	West Carrollton, Ohio	USL Pro
New York Red Bulls U-23	New York City	Hanover, New Jersey	NPSL
Palm Beach Suns FC	Miami-Dade	Boca Raton, Florida	Expansion Team
Toronto FC Academy	Greater Toronto Area	Vaughan, Ontario	Expansion Team

Name Changes

• Connecticut FC Azul became AC Connecticut.
• River City Rovers became Derby City Rovers.
• Los Angeles Misioneros became Golden State Misioneros.
• Springfield Demize became Springfield Synergy FC.
• Northern Virginia Royals became D.C. United U-23.

Folding/moving

• Austin Aztex - Moved to Division III USL.
• Chicago Inferno - Folded in the middle of the 2014 season on June 20, 2014 and forfeited their last 9 games.
• Montreal Impact U23 - Folded
• NJ-LUSO Parma - Folded
• Panama City Beach Pirates - Folded
• San Jose Earthquakes U23 - replaced by Burlingame Dragons FC (see above) as the Earthquakes PDL team.
• Toronto Lynx - Folded its PDL team. Still active in USL Super-20 League and Super Y-League.
• Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 - Folded
• Vermont Voltage - Folded its PDL team.
• Victoria Highlanders - Moved to the Pacific Coast Soccer League

Standings

2015 Premier Development League standings.

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.

Western Conference

Northwest Division

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.

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 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.

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 team 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

Long Island Rough Riders v Jersey Express S.C.

July 21 Mid Atlantic Division Qualifier	Long Island Rough Riders	1–3	Jersey Express S.C.	Cy Donnelly Stadium South Huntington, New York
7:00 PM EDT	Murphy  35' Kramer  48' Whitcomb  50'	Report	Alvarenzo  52' Robertinho  62' Kherlopian  87'	Referee: Rosario Camdelia

GPS Portland Phoenix v Seacoast United Phantoms

July 21 Northeast Division Qualifier	GPS Portland Phoenix	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Seacoast United Phantoms	Yarmouth High School Yarmouth, Maine
7:00 PM EDT	Wheeler  25' Appah  45' Greaves  65' Shangraw  79' Smith  103'	Report	McCabe  60'  70' Goff  95'	Attendance: 850

Charlotte Eagles v Cincinnati Dutch Lions

July 21 South Atlantic Division Qualifier	Charlotte Eagles	3–2	Cincinnati Dutch Lions	Queens Sports Complex Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Regis  20', 38'  77' Abubakar  28' Odenbeck  43' Botes  67'	Report	Dupont  36' Smythe  40' Schluter  67' Merhaut  89'	Attendance: 550 Referee: David Erbacher

New York Red Bulls U-23 v GPS Portland Phoenix

July 25 Semifinal	New York Red Bulls U-23	4–0	GPS Portland Phoenix	Lubetkin Field Newark, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT	Lema  34'  63' Swenson  45' Knudson  52' Farrell  66'	Report	Braem  33' Campbell  76' Melville  88'	Referee: Rosario Candela

Charlotte Eagles v Jersey Express S.C.

July 25 Semifinal	Charlotte Eagles	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Jersey Express S.C.	Lubetkin Field Newark, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT	Culbertson  65' Regis  78' McCarter  85' Kremers  90'  116'	Report	Karcz  84' DaSilva  88' Ferreira  117'	Referee: Dave Breckner
		Penalties
	Amankona Kremers Odenbeck Culbertson Regis		Correa DaSilva Argolo Torres Silva

New York Red Bulls U-23 v Jersey Express S.C.

July 26 Final	New York Red Bulls U-23	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Jersey Express S.C.	Lubetkin Field Newark, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT	Thomson  61' Farrell  68'  115' Knudson  71'	Report	Otto  43' DaSilva  69'  72' Correa  86', 117' Lopes  106'	Attendance: 342 Referee: Bartek Cheislak

Southern Conference Championship

Ocala Stampede v Midland/Odessa Sockers

July 24 Semifinal	Ocala Stampede	1–0	Midland/Odessa Sockers	Clinton High School Clinton, Mississippi
5:00 PM CDT	Hilton  80' (pen.)	Report	Dennis  84'	Attendance: 127 Referee: Mark Herrington

Mississippi Brilla v FC Miami City Champions

July 24 Semifinal	Mississippi Brilla	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	FC Miami City Champions	Clinton High School Clinton, Mississippi
7:30 PM CDT	Cruz  38' Garces  53'	Report	Gonzalez  30' Lopez  104'	Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Mark Dreifuss
		Penalties
	Cruz Buffington Almeida Gonzalo Tambini		Nirennold Garcia Valdes Merzouk

Ocala Stampede v FC Miami City Champions

July 25 Final	Ocala Stampede	2–0	FC Miami City Champions	Clinton High School Clinton, Mississippi
7:30 PM CDT	Hilton  39' (pen.) Diegues  48' Parreiras  52' Garcia  63' Craig  65' Arico  88'	Report	Rodriguez  37' Mathieu  39' Parrado  74'	Attendance: 159 Referee: Andrew Musashe

Central Conference Championship

K-W United FC v Forest City London

July 21 Great Lakes Division Qualifier	K-W United FC	2–0	Forest City London	University Stadium Waterloo, Ontario
7:30 PM EDT	Camargo  39' Polk  60', 83' Perez  65'	Report	Pucci  25' Hemming  39'	Attendance: 337 Referee: Scott Decker

Michigan Bucks v Thunder Bay Chill

July 24 Semifinal	Michigan Bucks	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Thunder Bay Chill	Ultimate Soccer Arenas Pontiac, Michigan
7:30 PM EDT	Wysong  35' Rezende  50' Postelwait  75' Devries  79' Owens  85' Adelabu  115'	Report	Silva  27' Swartzendruber  43' Roberts  54' Andrade  73' Campano  105'	Attendance: 912 Referee: Donovan Noocha

Des Moines Menace v K-W United FC

July 24 Semifinal	Des Moines Menace	2–3	K-W United FC	Ultimate Soccer Arenas Pontiac, Michigan
5:30 PM EDT

Michigan Bucks v K-W United FC

July 25 Final	Michigan Bucks	1–3	K-W United FC	Ultimate Soccer Arenas Pontiac, Michigan
7:30 PM EDT	Rezende  43' de Vries  77' Postlewait  81'	Report	Krolicki  9' Polakiewicz  14'  36' Cain  55'	Referee: Marc Lawrence

Western Conference Championship

FC Tucson v Albuquerque Sol FC

July 18 Mountain Division Qualifier	FC Tucson	2–1	Albuquerque Sol FC	Kino Sports Complex Tucson, Arizona
7:30PM MST	Ramos  45' Martinez  56' Sandoval  61' Reyna  86' Espindola  88'	Report Report	Zacarias  2'  28' Rollie  39' Lawrence  43' Aguilar  87'	Attendance: 907 Referee: Robert Hullner

Burlingame Dragons FC v Ventura County Fusion

July 18 Southwest Division Qualifier	Burlingame Dragons FC	1–0	Ventura County Fusion	Burlingame High School Burlingame, California
2:00PM PDT	Cadigan  66' Razo  90'  90'	Report	Mercado  66' Arramdani  85' Okunorobo  87'

Portland Timbers U23's v Seattle Sounders FC U-23

July 19 Northwest Division Qualifier	Portland Timbers U23's	1–4	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Merlo Field Portland, Oregon
3:00PM PDT	Macchione  6' Sperber  30', 82' Kahsay  54'	Report	Delgado  10' Lee  29' Olsen  64' Campbell  73' Johnson  90+' Peterson  90+'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrew Marihart

Kitsap Pumas v FC Tucson

July 24 Semifinal	Kitsap Pumas	1–4	FC Tucson	Kino Sports Complex Tucson, Arizona
8:00 PM PDT	Jenson  22'  64' Masiman  65' Keitz  72' Jammett  78' Patino  87'	Report	Zambrano  31' Espindola  35', 52', 59'  86' Rodiguez  55' Sinclair  89' Prost  90+'	Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Mathew Stewart

Burlingame Dragons FC v Seattle Sounders FC U-23

July 24 Semifinal	Burlingame Dragons FC	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Kino Sports Complex Tucson, Arizona
6:00 PM PDT		Report	Delgado  60' Lee  75'	Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Ramy Touchan

FC Tucson v Seattle Sounders FC U-23

July 25 Final	FC Tucson	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Kino Sports Complex Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM PDT	Reyna  36'	Report	Sukura  2' Campbell  72' Valot  78'	Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Matthew Sternheim

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

Semi-Finals

New York Red Bulls U-23 v Ocala Stampede

July 31, 2015	New York Red Bulls U-23	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ocala Stampede	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington
6:00 PM PDT	Innocenzi  7' Echevarria  97' Farrell  114'	Report	Parreiras  26' Janneh  38' Raymundo  45' Arico  110', 112'	Referee: Charles Spaniola

K-W United FC v Seattle Sounders FC U-23

July 31, 2015	K-W United FC	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington
8:00 PM PDT	Büscher  90+'	Report	Jones  90+'	Referee: Manuel Soledad

Championship

K-W United FC v New York Red Bulls U-23

August 2, 2015	K-W United FC	4–3	New York Red Bulls U-23	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington
2:00 PM PDT	Polk  6' Perez  33' Whiteman-Asiamah  45+' Pasanen  62' Rutz  71' Krolicki  79'	Report Report	Knudson  29', 90+' Thomsen  52' Williams  68' White  82' Echevarria  90+'	Referee: Kelsey Harms

Championship MVP: Nathan Ingham (KWU)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Anthony Grant (SUP)
• Young (U21) Player of the Year: Timothy Mueller (LNU)
• Coach of the Year: David Dixon, (CHE)
• Defender of the Year: Dennis Castillo (POR)
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Matt Grosey (KIT)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

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