The 2016 USL Premier Development League season was the 22nd season of the
PDL. The regular season began on May 6 and ended on July 17. The
Michigan Bucks
Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, play ...
were the season champions.
Conferences
Changes From 2015
New/Returning teams
Name Changes
*Golden State Misioneros became
LA Laguna FC
LA Laguna FC was an American soccer team based in the Los Angeles area, United States. Founded in 2010, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL) (now USL League Two), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southw ...
.
*Springfield Synergy became
Saint Louis FC U23.
Folding/Moving
*
Forest City London – moved to
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian ...
*
Houston Dutch Lions – moved to
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially affiliated to the U ...
*
Puget Sound Gunners FC – Folded
*
Boston Rams
The Real Boston Rams were an American amateur soccer club based in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Rams play in the USL Premier Development League, the fourth division of the American soccer pyramid
The United States soccer league system is a s ...
– Folded
*
Real Colorado Foxes
Real Colorado Foxes were an American soccer team based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Divi ...
– Folded
*
D.C. United U-23 – Folded its PDL team
*
Orlando City U-23 – Folded its PDL team
*
Ocala Stampede – Folded
On Hiatus
*
Laredo Heat
Laredo Heat is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They were members of the USL Premier Deve ...
Standings
Tiebreakers
1. Head-to-head results
2. Goal differential
3. Goals scored
Eastern Conference
Northeast Division
Mid Atlantic Division
South Atlantic Division
Central Conference
Great Lakes Division
Heartland Division
Southern Conference
Southeast Division
Mid South Division
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Central Pacific Division
Southwest Division
Playoffs
* ''After extra time''
Conference Championships
The PDL Conference Championships were held on the weekend of July 22–24, with the four conference champions advancing to the PDL Semifinals.
PDL Championship
The PDL Championship semi-finals are to be held on the week of July 24–31. The 2016 PDL Championship Game will be held on the weekend of August 5–7.
Awards
* Most Valuable Player:
Chevaughn Walsh
Chevaughn Junior Hugh Walsh (born 14 May 1995) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for National Premier League club Portmore United.
Career Youth
In Jamaica Walsh played for local team Willodwale before transferring to Spanish Town ...
(
OCN)
* Young (U21) Player of the Year: Sven König (
KWU)
* Coach of the Year: Demir Muftari, (
MIB
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)
* Defender of the Year: Alhassan Abubakar (
MIB
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)
* Goalkeeper of the Year: Ryan Cretens (
CAR
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The year 1886 is regarded as t ...
)
* Creative Player of the Year:
Adam Najem
Adam Ahmad Najem (Persian: آدام نجم; born January 19, 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bhayangkara and the Afghanistan national team.
Career
Youth and college
Raised in Clifton, New Jersey, Najem pl ...
(
MIB
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)
All-League and All-Conference Teams
Eastern Conference
F: Nathan Regis (
OCN),
Santi Moar (
CHE),
Chevaughn Walsh
Chevaughn Junior Hugh Walsh (born 14 May 1995) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for National Premier League club Portmore United.
Career Youth
In Jamaica Walsh played for local team Willodwale before transferring to Spanish Town ...
(
OCN) *
M:
Arun Basuljevic (
NYR) *, Marco Micaletto (
CHE), Paul Marie (
REA
REA or Rea may refer to:
Places
* Rea, Lombardy, in Italy
* Rea, Missouri, United States
* River Rea, a river in Birmingham, England
* River Rea, Shropshire, a river in Shropshire, England
* Rea, Hungarian name of Reea village in Totești Com ...
)
D: Cameron Botes (
CHE), Juan Sanchez (
CHE),
Marquez Fernandez
Marquez Fernandez (born September 7, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Career
College and Youth
Fernandez was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and played four years of high school soccer for the McDonogh S ...
(
BAL) *, Peyton Ericson (
TRM)
G: Ryan Cretens (
CAR
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The year 1886 is regarded as t ...
) *
Central Conference
F: Sven König (
KWU),
Sullivan Silva
Sullivan Oliveira Silva (born 14 July 1988) is a Brazilian Association football, footballer currently playing for Thunder Bay Chill in USL League Two.
Career
Youth and amateur
After attending the Gonealves Ledo school in his native Brazil, Sil ...
(
TBC
TBC may refer to:
Education
* Trinity Bible College in North Dakota, US
* Tauranga Boys' College, a state secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand
Companies
* Triangle Brewing Company of Durham, North Carolina, US
* Tram et Bus de la CUB (TBC ...
),
Russell Cicerone (
MIB
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)
M: Aleksi Pahkasalo (
DRC), Anthony Putrus (
TBC
TBC may refer to:
Education
* Trinity Bible College in North Dakota, US
* Tauranga Boys' College, a state secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand
Companies
* Triangle Brewing Company of Durham, North Carolina, US
* Tram et Bus de la CUB (TBC ...
),
Sergio Camargo
Sergio Andres Camargo Peñaranda (born August 16, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Cavalry FC in the Canadian Premier League.
Club career Toronto FC
In 2009, Camargo went on trial with Vitória de Gu ...
(
KWU)
D: Alhassan Abubakar (
MIB
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) *, Tom Owens (
MIB
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) *,
Austin Ledbetter
Austin Ledbetter (born July 15, 1995) is an American retired Association football, soccer player who last played for Phoenix Rising FC in the USL Championship.
Career Early career
A resident of St. Charles, Missouri, Ledbetter attended Christia ...
(
DMM), Moustapha Fofana (
DRC)
G: Nico Campbell (
DMM)
Western Conference
F: Mark Verso (
GSF),
Christian Chaney (
FRE FRE or Fre may refer to:
* Pedro Fré (1924–2014), Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
* Fré Cohen (1903–1943), Dutch artist
* Federal Rules of Evidence in the United States
* Fleet Ready Escort, a Royal Navy deployment
* Formula Regional Europea ...
) *, Dominic Russo (
CGY) *
M: Michael Turner (
TUC), Erik Holt (
SDZ), Jose Hernandez (
GSF)
D: Josh Smith (
BUR),
Niko de Vera (
POR), Gordon Hall (
TUC), Nathan Aune (
WAS
Was or WAS may refer to:
* ''Was'', a past-tense form of the English copular verb ''to be''
People
* David Was (born c. 1952), the stage name of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Weiss
* Don Was (born 1952), the stage name of bass gui ...
)
G: Augustin Rey (
FRE FRE or Fre may refer to:
* Pedro Fré (1924–2014), Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
* Fré Cohen (1903–1943), Dutch artist
* Federal Rules of Evidence in the United States
* Fleet Ready Escort, a Royal Navy deployment
* Formula Regional Europea ...
)
Southern Conference
F: Carlos Araujo (
VIL VIL and similar can refer to:
* Vertically integrated liquid, an estimate of the mass of precipitation within a cloud
* Flanders Institute for Logistics (VIL), a non-profit organization by the Flemish government
* The IATA code for Dakhla Airport
...
), Bruno Henrique (
MIO
Mio or MIO may refer to: shortened form of Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, Mioritic Shepherd dog or Mioritic sheepdog; a Romanian mountain dog.
Places
* Mio, Michigan, a town in the US
Music
* ''Mío'', 2011 album by David Bustamante
* "Mío", 1 ...
), Mohamed Kourouma (
MIA)
M: Tosan Popo (
SWF
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), Lucas Coutinho (
SFS) *, Noah Keats (
OKC) *
D: Kimathi Kaumbutho (
SWF
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), Fernando Machado (
MIO
Mio or MIO may refer to: shortened form of Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, Mioritic Shepherd dog or Mioritic sheepdog; a Romanian mountain dog.
Places
* Mio, Michigan, a town in the US
Music
* ''Mío'', 2011 album by David Bustamante
* "Mío", 1 ...
), Sebastian Pineda (
OKC), Josh Taylor (
OKC) *
G:
Paulo Pita
Paulo Pita (born June 3, 1994) is a former Brazilian soccer player and current coach. He formerly played as a goalkeeper at the collegiate level for the Charleston Golden Eagles and the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Career College & Senior
Pita pl ...
(
VIL VIL and similar can refer to:
* Vertically integrated liquid, an estimate of the mass of precipitation within a cloud
* Flanders Institute for Logistics (VIL), a non-profit organization by the Flemish government
* The IATA code for Dakhla Airport
...
)
''
* denotes All-League player''
Attendance
Teams with an average home attendance of at least 1,000:
References
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