2008 PDL season

USL Premier Development League
Season2008
ChampionsThunder Bay Chill (1st Title)
Regular Season ChampionsMichigan Bucks (2nd Title)
Matches played536
Goals scored1,731 (3.23 per match)
Best Player Junior Garcia Yakima Reds
Top goalscorer Junior Garcia Yakima Reds (15 Goals)
Best goalkeeper Miguel Gallardo Austin Aztex U23
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The 2008 USL Premier Development League season was the 14th season of the PDL. The regular season started on April 26, 2008, and ended on July 20, 2008. The league consisted of 67 teams across 10 divisions with the addition of the Midwest and New England divisions. The playoffs began on July 22, 2008, and ended with the PDL Championship Game on August 9, 2008.

Thunder Bay Chill finished the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat on penalty kicks after a 1–1 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on 9 August 2008.

Michigan Bucks finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 13 out of their 16 games, suffering just one loss, and finishing with a +27 goal difference.

Yakima Reds striker Junior Garcia was the league's top scorer and MVP, knocking in 15 goals. Fresno Fuego's Fabricio Codeceira led the league with 13 assists, while Austin Aztex U23 keeper Miguel Gallardo enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.615 per game, and keeping 9 clean sheets in his 13 games.

Changes from 2007

Name changes

  • Abbotsford Rangers changed their name to the Abbotsford Mariners to reflect the name of their parent organization.
  • Los Angeles Storm changed their name to the Los Angeles Legends to reflect the name of their parent organization.
  • The expansion Austin Stampede were renamed the Aztex U23 after the Austin Aztex USL-1 franchise was announced for 2009 and acquired controlling interest in the PDL team.

New franchises

  • Nine franchises joined the league this year, including six brand new teams:
Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Austin Aztex U23 Greater Austin area Round Rock, TX expansion
Cincinnati Kings Greater Cincinnati area Wilder, KY relegated from USL-2
Houston Leones Greater Houston area Richmond, TX expansion
Kalamazoo Outrage Kalamazoo area Kalamazoo, MI expansion
New Hampshire Phantoms Hillsborough County area Manchester, NH relegated from USL-2
New Jersey Rangers Northern New Jersey area Denville, NJ expansion
Newark Ironbound Express Newark area Newark, NJ expansion
Panama City Pirates Panama City area Panama City Beach, FL expansion
Vancouver Whitecaps Residency Metro Vancouver area Burnaby, BC transferred from PCSL

Folding

Final standings

Legend
Team won the Division Title
Team qualified for playoff berth

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Michigan Bucks 16 13 1 2 40 13 +27 41
2 Cleveland Internationals 16 10 3 3 41 19 +22 33
3 Toronto Lynx 16 8 6 2 28 21 +7 26
4 Cincinnati Kings 16 3 10 3 14 32 −18 12
5 West Virginia Chaos 16 1 8 7 17 32 −15 10
Source:

Midwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Fire Premier 16 8 2 6 26 12 +14 30
2 Kalamazoo Outrage 16 8 6 2 27 24 +3 26
3 Indiana Invaders 16 6 6 4 20 21 −1 22
4 Fort Wayne Fever 16 2 9 5 16 33 −17 11
5 West Michigan Edge 16 2 10 4 18 40 −22 10
Source:

Heartland Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Thunder Bay Chill 16 13 2 1 42 17 +25 40
2 Colorado Rapids U23's 16 8 5 3 34 25 +9 27
3 Des Moines Menace 16 7 4 5 29 18 +11 26
4 St. Louis Lions 16 7 5 4 29 27 +2 25
5 Kansas City Brass 16 6 9 1 23 30 −7 19
6 Springfield Demize 16 0 16 0 8 48 −40 0
Source:

The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The Conference champion receives a bye into the Conference Semifinals, with the third place team from that division receiving a playoff berth.

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Reading Rage 16 11 3 2 32 12 +20 35
2 Fredericksburg Gunners 16 8 8 0 27 23 +4 24
3 Hampton Roads Piranhas 16 6 7 3 22 23 −1 21
4 Virginia Legacy 16 4 8 4 16 31 −15 16
5 Northern Virginia Royals 16 3 8 5 20 34 −14 14
6 Richmond Kickers Future 16 2 8 6 17 27 −10 12
Source:

New England Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Cape Cod Crusaders 16 9 3 4 33 16 +17 31
2 Ottawa Fury 16 9 4 3 38 22 +16 30
3 Vermont Voltage 16 8 7 1 28 30 −2 25
4 New Hampshire Phantoms 16 3 9 4 14 28 −14 13
5 Rhode Island Stingrays 16 2 9 5 21 38 −17 11
Source:

Northeast Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Brooklyn Knights 16 10 2 4 33 17 +16 34
2 Newark Ironbound Express 16 8 2 6 33 17 +16 30
3 Long Island Rough Riders 16 8 4 4 36 26 +10 28
4 Westchester Flames 16 7 7 2 30 30 0 23
5 Ocean City Barons 16 6 5 5 29 25 +4 23
6 New Jersey Rangers 16 2 12 2 12 42 −30 8
Source:

The Division Champions and the Second Place team with the most points qualify for the playoffs.

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Austin Aztex U23 16 10 5 1 25 11 +14 31
2 Laredo Heat 16 8 4 4 33 15 +18 28
3 El Paso Patriots 16 8 5 3 22 20 +2 27
4 Mississippi Brilla 16 7 6 3 26 23 +3 24
5 Baton Rouge Capitals 16 7 8 1 20 23 −3 22
6 DFW Tornados 16 6 7 3 17 20 −3 21
7 New Orleans Shell Shockers 16 5 8 3 18 28 −10 18
8 Houston Leones 16 3 11 2 17 38 −21 11
Source:

Southeast Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Central Florida Kraze 16 11 3 2 38 18 +20 35
2 Bradenton Academics 16 10 2 4 37 13 +24 34
3 Cary RailHawks U23's 16 9 5 2 40 29 +11 29
4 Atlanta Silverbacks U23's 16 9 6 1 38 29 +9 28
5 Panama City Pirates 16 7 6 3 35 20 +15 24
6 Carolina Dynamo 16 7 7 2 35 31 +4 23
7 Nashville Metros 16 3 13 0 12 42 −30 9
8 Palm Beach Pumas 16 1 15 0 9 62 −53 −1[a]
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Palm Beach deducted 4 points for failing to fulfil three fixtures.

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Tacoma Tide 16 11 4 1 46 23 +23 34
2 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 16 11 4 1 34 14 +20 34
3 Yakima Reds 16 9 6 1 31 25 +6 28
4 BYU Cougars 16 7 6 3 21 20 +1 24
5 Ogden Outlaws 16 6 8 2 18 21 −3 20
6 Abbotsford Mariners 16 5 8 3 26 32 −6 18
7 Cascade Surge 16 3 8 5 17 35 −18 14
8 Spokane Spiders 16 3 11 2 20 43 −23 11
Source:

Southwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 San Fernando Valley Quakes 16 8 2 6 32 25 +7 30
2 Fresno Fuego 16 9 5 2 38 27 +11 29
3 Ventura County Fusion 16 8 5 3 24 14 +10 27
4 San Francisco Seals 16 8 5 3 21 17 +4 27
5 San Jose Frogs 16 7 6 3 26 20 +6 24
6 Los Angeles Legends 16 6 6 4 32 25 +7 22
7 Bakersfield Brigade 16 4 5 7 16 21 −5 19
8 Orange County Blue Star 16 5 8 3 24 31 −7 18
9 Southern California Seahorses 16 3 8 5 15 27 −12 14
10 Lancaster Rattlers 16 2 10 4 18 39 −21 10
Source:

The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs.

Playoffs

The Divisional Round for the Central Conference took place July 22–23, 2008, with the Conference Championships taking place between July 25–27. The PDL Semifinals took place on August 2, and the final was played on August 9.

Playoff bracket

Divisional Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals National Semifinals PDL Championship Game
               
C1 Michigan Bucks 1
MW2 Kalamazoo Outrage (AET) 3
MW1 Chicago Fire Premier 0
MW2 Kalamazoo Outrage 2
MW2 Kalamazoo Outrage 0
Central Conference
HL1 Thunder Bay Chill 4
HL1 Thunder Bay Chill 3
HL2 Colorado Rapids U23's 1
HL1 Thunder Bay Chill 2
GL1 Cleveland Internationals 0
GL1 Cleveland Internationals 2
GL2 Toronto Lynx 1
HL1 Thunder Bay Chill 2
NW2 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 1
NW1 Tacoma Tide 3
SW2 Fresno Fuego 0
NW1 Tacoma Tide 1
Western Conference
NW2 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 4
SW1 San Fernando Valley Quakes 1
NW2 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency (AET) 3
HL1 Thunder Bay Chill (AET/PSO) 1 (4)
MS2 Laredo Heat 1 (1)
MA Reading Rage (AET) 4
WC Newark Ironbound Express 2
MA Reading Rage 1
Eastern Conference
NE Brooklyn Knights 0
NE Brooklyn Knights (AET/PSO) 0 (5)
NWE Cape Cod Crusaders 0 (3)
MA Reading Rage 0
MS2 Laredo Heat 2
MS1 Austin Aztex U23 2
SE2 Bradenton Academics 1
MS1 Austin Aztex U23 1
Southern Conference
MS2 Laredo Heat 3
SE1 Central Florida Kraze 1
MS2 Laredo Heat 2

Divisional round

Chicago Fire Premier0 – 2 Kalamazoo Outrage
Cutshaw  52' (Report) Warmer  19'
42' (OG)
Alvino  62'
Muckey 63'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Pawel Wydra (USA)
Thunder Bay Chill3 – 1 Colorado Rapids U23's
Oliveira 9' 56'
Coronado  33'
Gold  60'
Swartzendruber 74'
Paterson  86'
Putrus  90'
Zendejas  90'		 (Report) Warner  7'  78'
Schmoker  28'
Charles  49' 84'
Howlan  76'
Hemmi  90'
Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Mike Delecruz (CAN)
Cleveland Internationals2 – 1 Toronto Lynx
Williams  20'
Nanchoff  26'
Nagbe 54'
Zemanski 83'		 (Report) DeAbreu  42'
Scott 44'  54'
Binstock  82'
Coughlin Field
Lakewood, Ohio
Attendance: 45
Referee: Chris Ponso (USA)

Conference semifinals

Austin Aztex U232 – 1 Bradenton Academics
Papandrea  39'  66'
Godbolt 56'  59'
Bernard  64'
Vincens 65'		 (Report) Ingvarsson  17'
Gavin  25'
Bello 74'
Maxwell  83'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert Mauws (USA)
Brooklyn Knights0 – 0
(AET)		 Cape Cod Crusaders
Damiani  27'
Gonzales  82'
Ortega  93'
Dos Santos  108'		 (Report) Maloney  33'
Munro  73'
Penalties
Matteo
Damiani
Guerra
Dos Santos
Kulkov 		5 – 3 Munro
Maloney
Lynn
Vercollone
Don Thomas Stadium
Reading, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 280
Referee: Tim Snyder (USA)
Central Florida Kraze1 – 2 Laredo Heat
Araujo  45'
Wolfe 54'
Mattson  90'		 (Report) Cruz  21'
Garcia 52'  90+'
Mulamba  53' 63'
Infante  87'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Agostino Minasola (USA)
Reading Rage4 – 2
(AET)		 Newark Ironbound Express
Ports 22'
O'Connor  66'
Burgess  67' 109' (PK)
Taranto 74'
Benson 92'		 (Report) Kotynski  4'
Robinson  29'
Karcz 30' 62'
Grato  82'
Bilbao  83'
Chencinski  100'
Stamatis  100'
Ruesgen  102'
Don Thomas Stadium
Reading, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 657
Referee: Bo Maroo (USA)
Thunder Bay Chill2 – 0 Cleveland Internationals
Putrus  17'
Coronado  21'  45'
Alvarado  27'
Swartzendruber 66'
Intermoia 82'		 (Report)
Referee: Clifton Ellis (USA)
San Fernando Valley Quakes1 – 3
(AET)		 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
Borak  72'
Agwu 82'  84'
Tracy  104'		 (Report) Leslie  65'
Davies  69'
Dosanjh  86'
Edwini-Bonsu 90+6' 110'
Russell  114' 116'
Sandhu  118'
Attendance: 1,291
Referee: Mike Kampmeinert (USA)
Michigan Bucks1 – 3
(AET)		 Kalamazoo Outrage
DeMartin 31'
Morisset  39'
Clark  120'		 (Report) Alvino  34'
Oatley 86'  111' 120'
Muckey 98'
Referee: Marc Lawrence (USA)
Fresno Fuego0 – 3 Tacoma Tide
Alvarado  32'
Calvo  89'
Nunes  89'		 (Report) Scott 18'
Mueller  30'
Schomaker 76'
Tangney 90'
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Maurizio Laudini (USA)

Conference finals

Austin Aztex U231 – 3 Laredo Heat
Alvarez  4'
Vega  5'
Watson 26' (PK)  64'
Godbolt  36'  41'		 (Report) Galvan  4'
Mulamba  12' 68'
Quinones  17'
Cruz  26'
Garcia 47' 51'
Morales  80'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Martin Bell (USA)
Reading Rage1 – 0 Brooklyn Knights
Burgess 40'  45'
Rowling  69'		 (Report) Matteo  40'
Smith  43'
Gonzalez  53'
Damiani  61'
Carrizo  77'
Alvarado  90'
Don Thomas Stadium
Reading, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 510
Referee: Ian Bongaardt (USA)
Thunder Bay Chill4 – 0 Kalamazoo Outrage
Milroth 11'
Intermoia  20'
Oliveira 45' (PK)
Swartzendruber 59'
C. Gold  75' 81'		 Report Howard  10'
Referee: Jason White (USA)
Tacoma Tide1 – 4 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
Mueller  46'
Knapp  54'
Agu  82'
Schomaker 90'		 (Report) Edwini-Bonsu 41' 64'
Semenets 66'
Russell 86'
Johnstone  87'
Attendance: 320
Referee: Colin Arblaster (USA)

PDL semifinals

Thunder Bay Chill2 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
Alvarado  52'
Milroth 61'  79'
Zendejas 90+4'		 Leslie  41'
Dosanjh  56'
Davies  81'
Edwini-Bonsu 89'  90+4'  90+4'
Attendance: 1,546
Referee: Frank Carpino (CAN)
Laredo Heat2 – 0 Reading Rage
Quinones  29'
Ramos 41'
Garcia 78'
Humphrey  87'		 O'Connor  50'
Sanders  84'
Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Carlos Salas (USA)

PDL final

Laredo Heat1 – 1
(AET)		 Thunder Bay Chill
Blackwell  33'
Ibarra 46'
Infante  83'
Galvan  90'		 (Report) Putrus  34'
Da Silva  44'
Milroth  56'  76'
Oliveira 63'  76'
J. Gold  64'
Penalties
Galvan
Ordaz
Su 		1 – 4 Oliveira
Swartzendruber
C. Gold
Intermoia
Attendance: 3,451
Referee: Jasen Anno (USA)

Awards and All-League team

F: Carlos Araujo (Central Florida Kraze); Felix Garcia (Laredo Heat) (U19 Player of the Year); Junior Garcia (Yakima Reds) (league MVP)
M: Will Beaugé (Ottawa Fury); Fabricio Codeceira (Fresno Fuego); Adam Gazda (Reading Rage); Nate Jafta (Michigan Bucks)
D: Darrius Barnes (Cary RailHawks U23's); Mike Holody (Michigan Bucks); Norberto Papandrea (Austin Aztex U23) (Defender of the Year)
G: Miguel Gallardo (Austin Aztex U23) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Wolfgang Suhnholz (Austin Aztex U23)

See also

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