2000 PDL season

USL Premier Development League
Season2000
ChampionsChicago Sockers (2nd Title)
Regular Season ChampionsMid-Michigan Bucks (1st Title)
Best Player Fernando Salazar San Fernando Valley Heroes
Top goalscorer Arshak Abyanli San Fernando Valley Heroes (15 Goals)
Best goalkeeper Adam Throop Chicago Sockers
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 USL Premier Development League season was the 6th PDL season. The season began in April 2000 and ended in August 2000.

Chicago Sockers finished the season as national champions, beating Mid-Michigan Bucks 1–0 in the PDL Championship game. Westchester Flames had finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 15 out of their 18 games, suffering just three losses, and finishing with a +26 goal difference.

Changes from the 1999 season

Rules

This is the first year that the PDL used ties in the standings, whereas previous seasons employed a shootout.

Name changes

The following teams changed their name:

New teams

10 New teams were added, including 8 expansion teams:

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Alabama Saints Birmingham area Birmingham, AL returned from hiatus
Boulder Nova Boulder area Boulder, CO expansion
Broward County Wolfpack Broward County area Fort Lauderdale, FL expansion
Dayton Gems Dayton Area Dayton, OH expansion
New Brunswick Brigade New Brunswick area New Brunswick, NJ expansion
North Jersey Imperials North Jersey area Paramus, NJ from D3 Pro League
Palm Beach Pumas Palm Beach area Palm Beach, FL expansion
South Florida Future Southwest Florida area Sarasota, FL returned from hiatus
Tampa Bay Hawks Tampa Bay Area Palm Harbor, FL expansion
Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Area Thunder Bay, Ontario expansion

Folding

Eight teams folded before the season:

Standings

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth
Regular season champion and bye into PDL Semifinals.

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Mid-Michigan Bucks 18 14 3 1 64 21 +43 14 71
2 Dayton Gems 18 9 8 1 37 35 +2 7 44
3 West Michigan Edge 18 9 9 0 32 38 −6 7 43
4 Kalamazoo Kingdom 18 9 9 0 37 37 0 7 43
5 Indiana Invaders 18 8 10 0 35 43 −8 5 37
6 Lexington Bluegrass Bandits 18 5 13 0 26 47 −21 5 25
Source:

Heartland Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Chicago Sockers 18 13 5 0 45 17 +28 10 62
2 Rockford Raptors 18 9 7 2 38 35 +3 8 46
3 Des Moines Menace 18 10 8 0 63 28 +35 5 45
4 Wisconsin Rebels 18 9 8 1 34 25 +9 6 43
5 Twin Cities Tornado 18 7 9 2 26 33 −7 2 32
6 Thunder Bay Chill 18 4 13 1 20 49 −29 2 19
Source:

Provisional Teams

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Louisiana Outlaws[a] 12 5 5 2 25 25 0 5 27
2 Alabama Saints[a] 7 1 4 2 6 14 −8 1 7
3 Central Jersey Riptide[a] 10 1 9 0 10 31 −21 1 5
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Provisional teams are not eligible for playoffs

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Westchester Flames 18 15 3 0 47 21 +26 10 70
2 Vermont Voltage 18 11 6 1 37 22 +15 8 53
3 New York Freedom 18 10 7 1 45 24 +21 8 49
4 Brooklyn Knights 18 9 8 1 30 32 −2 4 41
5 North Jersey Imperials 18 7 11 0 38 49 −11 6 34
6 New Brunswick Brigade 18 2 15 1 22 56 −34 1 10
Source:

Southeast Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Tampa Bay Hawks 18 12 5 1 52 35 +17 9 58
2 Bradenton Academics 18 11 6 1 43 27 +16 8 53
3 Cocoa Expos 18 11 6 1 38 27 +11 6 51
4 Central Florida Kraze 18 10 6 2 46 34 +12 8 50
5 Palm Beach Pumas 18 8 8 2 39 43 −4 7 41
6 South Florida Future 18 8 10 0 30 43 −13 3 35
7 Broward County Wolfpack 18 4 12 2 36 56 −20 7 25
8 Miami Breakers 18 3 14 1 27 46 −19 5 18
Source:

Western Conference

Rocky Mountain Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Colorado Comets 18 12 5 1 51 29 +22 7 56
2 Wichita Jets 18 8 8 2 46 60 −14 7 41
3 Boulder Nova 18 8 9 1 38 32 +6 7 40
4 Kansas City Brass 18 5 11 2 41 56 −15 6 28
5 Colorado Springs Stampede 18 5 11 2 27 46 −19 3 25
Source:

Northwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Yakima Reds 18 12 5 1 59 29 +30 11 60
2 Spokane Shadow 18 11 4 3 43 36 +7 7 54
3 Seattle Sounders Select 18 11 6 1 33 28 +5 6 51
4 Abbotsford 86ers Select 18 8 9 1 49 44 +5 9 42
5 Cascade Surge 18 5 11 2 34 28 +6 6 28
6 Willamette Valley Firebirds 18 3 15 0 28 71 −43 4 16
Source:

Southwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD BP Pts
1 San Fernando Valley Heroes 18 11 7 0 57 48 +9 12 56
2 Central Coast Roadrunners 18 11 7 0 51 39 +12 9 53
3 Nevada Zephyrs 18 7 11 0 32 43 −11 4 32
4 San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 18 4 14 0 35 66 −31 4 20
Source:

Playoffs

Format

Mid-Michigan won the PDL Regular Season title and a bye to the National Semi-Finals. This moved Dayton up to the Great Lakes Division first place spot and allowed West Michigan into the playoffs, taking the second place spot for the division.

For the Central and Eastern divisions, the top seeds from each division face the second place team from the opposite division. For the Western Conference, the division champion with the most points will play the wild card, while the two remaining division champions play each other.

Conference playoffs

Central Semifinals Central Finals
      
HL1 Chicago Sockers 6
GL2 West Michigan Edge 0
HL1 Chicago Sockers 2
GL1 Dayton Gems 0
GL1 Dayton Gems 1
HL2 Rockford Raptors 0
Central Conference Playoffs
Conference Semifinal
Rockford Raptors0–1 Dayton Gems
Report
  • 55' Jack Cummings
Conference Semifinal
Chicago Sockers6–0 West Michigan Edge
Central Conference Final
Chicago Sockers2–0 Dayton Gems
Eastern Semifinals Eastern Finals
      
NE1 Westchester Flames 1
SE2 Bradenton Academics 0
NE1 Westchester Flames 1
SE1 Tampa Bay Hawks 0
SE1 Tampa Bay Hawks (AET/PSO) 2 (4)
NE2 Vermont Voltage 2 (2)
Eastern Conference Playoffs
Conference Semifinal
Tampa Bay Hawks2–2 (a.e.t.) Vermont Voltage
  • Chris Baum
Penalties
4–2
Conference Semifinal
Bradenton Academics0–1 Westchester Flames
Eastern Conference Final
Westchester Flames1–0 Tampa Bay Hawks
Western Semifinals Western Finals
      
NW Yakima Reds 2
WC Spokane Shadow 0
NW Yakima Reds 1
RM Colorado Comets 0
RM Colorado Comets 4
SW San Fernando Valley Heroes 1
Western Conference Playoffs
Conference Semifinal
Colorado Comets4–1 San Fernando Valley Heroes
Report
  • 75' Ricardo Salazar
Conference Semifinal
Spokane Shadow0–2 Yakima Reds
  • Garth Cummings  45' 
 Report
Attendance: 1,005
Western Conference Final
Yakima Reds1–0 Colorado Comets
  • Mike Pardini 36'

PDL championship

PDL Semifinals PDL Finals
      
PDL Mid-Michigan Bucks 5
NW Yakima Reds 2
PDL Mid-Michigan Bucks 0
HL1 Chicago Sockers 1
NE1 Westchester Flames 0
HL1 Chicago Sockers 5 PDL Third Place
NW Yakima Reds 2
NE1 Westchester Flames 5

[1]

PDL National Semifinals
Mid-Michigan Bucks5–2 Yakima Reds
 Report
  •  44' Jason Timm
  • 53' John Schefter
  •  58' John Maloney
  • 90' Machado
White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan
Attendance: 526
Westchester Flames0–5 Chicago Sockers
 Report
  • 23', 52' Lee Paul
  • 35' (o.g.) Richard Bradley
  • 53', 58' Hamid Mehreioskouei
White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan


Third Place Game
Westchester Flames5–2 Yakima Reds
  • Ernest Inneh 19', 72', 76', 88'
  • Dusan Erceg  50'
  • Nick Sellas 89'
 Report
  • 8' John Schefter
  •  33' John Maloney
  •  54' Nate Nelson
  • 83' Luiz Marcelo Machado
White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan


PDL Championship Game
Mid-Michigan Bucks0–1 Chicago Sockers
 Report
White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan
Attendance: 1,220

References

  1. ^ United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
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