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entered the season as the defending champions, but their title defense campaign ended with a loss in the Central Conference semi-finals. On August 5, 2017, the

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won their first PDL championship by defeating the

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2-1.

Changes from 2016

New Teams

Name Changes

*FC Miami City Champions became FC Miami City *FC Sonic Lehigh Valley became Lehigh Valley United

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* Baltimore Bohemians – Folded * Floridians FC – Folded *Kitsap Pumas – renamed Kitsap SC and moved to the

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*Kokomo Mantis FC – Folded its PDL team * LA Laguna FC – Folded * Laredo Heat – Folded its PDL team * Las Vegas Mobsters – moved to the

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* Midland/Odessa Sockers – renamed Midland-Odessa FC and moved to the

* Pittsburgh Riverhounds U23 – Folded * SW Florida Adrenaline – Folded * Southern West Virginia King's Warriors – Folded its PDL team

Standings

Tiebreakers

# Head-to-head results # Goal differential # Goals scored

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Mid Atlantic Division

South Atlantic Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Mountain Division

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Playoffs

* ''After extra time''

Divisional Qualification

Matches in the Divisional Qualification round were held on July 18. Two Eastern Conference play-in matches were played at Amesbury, MA ( Seacoast United Phantoms) and Whippany, NJ (

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). One Western Conference play-in match was played at Salem, OR ( Portland Timbers U23s).

Conference Championships

The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 21–23. Matches were played at:

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(Western Conference, host

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); Statesboro, GA (Eastern Conference, host South Georgia Tormenta FC); Pontiac, MI (Central Conference, host

); and Clinton, MS (Southern Conference, host Mississippi Brilla FC). The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals.

Eastern Conference

Southern Conference

Central Conference

Western Conference

PDL Championship

The PDL semifinals were held on July 29, with matches played at

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(

) and Thunder Bay, ON (

). The PDL Championship Game was held on August 5 in Matthews, NC (

Semi-finals

Championship Game

Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Brian White ( NYR) * Golden Boot: Brian White ( NYR) * Young (U21) Player of the Year: Aaron Molloy ( REA) * Coach of the Year: Robert Elliott ( NYR) * Goalkeeper of the Year: Ben Lundgaard ( NYR) * Defender of the Year: Mitch Osmond ( TBC) * Creative Player of the Year: Harry Pearse ( JER)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Tobenna Uzo ( MYB) *, Brian White ( NYR) *, Joao Costa ( CHE)
M: Ricardo Gomez ( MYB) *, Aaron Molloy ( REA) *, Martim Galvão (

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)
D: Douglas Oliveira ( CHE), Alex Nelson ( MYB), Kevin Politz ( NYR), Daniel Kozma ( OCN)
G: Ben Lundgaard ( NYR) *

Central Conference

F: Ryan Sierakowski ( CHI), Samuel Gainford ( STL), Francis Atuahene (

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M: Abraham Villon ( TBC), Amass Amankona ( DDL), Chris Mueller ( CHI)
D: Mitch Osmond ( TBC) *, Nick Walker (

) *, Lucas Stauffer ( DMM),

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( DMM)
G: Michael Yantz ( DDL)

Western Conference

F: Mark Verso ( GSF) *, Ryosuke Kinoshita ( FCB), Jose Cuevas ( FRE)
M: Moshe Perez ( TUC) *, Christo Michaelson ( POR), Jose Carrera-Garcia ( GSF)
D: Sergi Nus ( FRE) *, Scott DeVoss ( COL) *, Sho Goto (

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), Wouter Verstraaten ( POR)
G: Jordan Farr ( POR)

Southern Conference

F: Mohamed Kourouma ( MIA), Ricardo Diegues ( LAK), Julio Moncada ( OKC)
M: Kevin Varela ( TBR), Willian Hopfner ( VIL), Angelo Kelly-Rosales ( MIS)
D: Kevin Coiffic ( MIA), Jonathan Parpeix ( MIA), Gabriel Torres ( VIL), Thomas Vancaeyezeele ( MIS)
G: Eric Dick ( OKC) ''* denotes All-League player''

References

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