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	1797 (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.

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.

Changes from 2017

New teams

A total of 12 new member clubs join the PDL for the 2018 season.

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

Name changes

• Palm Beach Suns FC became Next Academy Palm Beach
• Fresno Fuego became Fresno FC U-23
• South Florida Surf became North County United

Folded

• Burlingame Dragons FC
• BYU Cougars
• FC Boulder U23
• Jersey Express S.C.
• K-W United FC
• Nashville SC U23
• Saint Louis FC U23
• SoCal Surf
• Tampa Bay Rowdies U-23
• Wilmington Hammerheads

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

National Semifinals

National Championship

DS

Tormenta FC

0

WC

The Villages SC

1

WC

The Villages SC

2*

Southern Conference

SE

SIMA Aguilas

1

SE

SIMA Aguilas

2

MS

Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C.

1

WC

The Villages SC

0

MA

Reading United AC

1*

MA

Reading United AC

4

SA

Myrtle Beach Mutiny

3

MA

Reading United AC

2

Eastern Conference

WC

New York Red Bulls U-23

1

NE

Black Rock FC

1

WC

New York Red Bulls U-23

2

MA

Reading United AC

2

NW

Calgary Foothills FC

4*

SW

FC Golden State Force

2(1)

WC

FC Tucson

2(3)

WC

FC Tucson

0

Western Conference

NW

Calgary Foothills FC

2

NW

Calgary Foothills FC

1

MT

Colorado Rapids U-23

0

NW

Calgary Foothills FC

1

HL2

Chicago FC United

0

HL1

Des Moines Menace

0(4)

GL2

Lansing United

0(3)

HL1

Des Moines Menace

0

Central Conference

HL2

Chicago FC United

1

GL1

Dayton Dutch Lions

3

HL2

Chicago FC United

5

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Conference Championships

The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 20–21. Matches were played at: Whittier, CA (Western Conference, host FC Golden State Force); Reading, PA (Eastern Conference, host Reading United AC); Des Moines, IA (Central Conference, host Des Moines Menace); and Statesboro, GA (Southern Conference, host South Georgia Tormenta FC). The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals.

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ryosuke Kinoshita (DMM)
• Golden Boot: Marek Weber (SCU)
• Young (U21) Player of the Year: Luka Prpa (CHI)
• Coach of the Year: Alan McCann, (REA)
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Marco Carducci (CGY)
• Defender of the Year: Jordan Skelton (MIS)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Ifunanyachi Achara (BLR), Khori Bennett (REA), Charlie Ledula (LIR)
M: Jakov Basic (BOS), Ricardo Gomez (MYB), Aaron Molloy (REA) *, Brian Saramago (NYR)
D: Prosper Figbe (BLR), Kamal Miller (REA), Kevin O'Toole (NYR)
G: Bennet Strutz (REA)

Central Conference

F: Austin Ricci (MIB), Kinoshita Ryosuke (DMM) *, Tucker Stephenson (KAW)
M: Kyle Carr (LNU), Brad Dunwell (MIB), Luka Prpa (CHI) *, Tate Robertson (DAY) *
D: Ebenezer Ackon (LNU), Mark Lindstrom (CIN), Grant Stoneman (CHI)
G: Carlos Mercado (DMM)

Southern Conference

F: Brandon Guhl (BVC), Juan Tejada (LAK), Marek Weber (SCU) *
M: David Graydon (SIM), Marco Micaletto (SGT) *, Leonardo Paiva (VIL), Toni Soler (SGT)
D: Mathieu Laurent (BIR), Jordan Skelton (MIS) *, Gabriel Torres (VIL) *
G: Pablo Jara (SGT)

Western Conference

F: Moses Danto (CGY) *, Santiago Patino (SEA), Samuel Villava (GSF)
M: Elijah Adekugbe (CGY), Nico Pasquotti (CGY), Matteo Polisi (TSS), Willy Spurr (LAN)
D: Henry Lander (TUC), Callum Montgomery (VIC) *, Dominick Zator (CGY)
G: Marco Carducci (CGY) *

* denotes All-League player