The 2018 Premier Development League season was the 24th season of the

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, 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

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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.

Name changes

*Palm Beach Suns FC became

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*Fresno Fuego became Fresno FC U-23 *South Florida Surf became

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Burlingame Dragons FC Burlingame Dragons FC was an American soccer club based in Burlingame, California. Founded in 2014, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL). The team was owned by Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos.com and a minority investor in ...

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* FC Boulder U23 *

Jersey Express S.C. Jersey Express was an American soccer team based in Springfield, New Jersey. Founded in 2007, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern ...

* K-W United FC *

Nashville SC U23 Nashville Soccer Club U-23 was an American professional soccer team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The team played only one season in the Premier Development League in 2017. It served as the under-23 team for Nashville SC of the United Soccer Le ...

* Saint Louis FC U23 *

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* Tampa Bay Rowdies U-23 * Wilmington Hammerheads

Standings

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Mountain Division

Southwest Division

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Southern Conference

Deep South Division

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Playoffs

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:

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(Western Conference, host

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); Reading, PA (Eastern Conference, host

); Des Moines, IA (Central Conference, host Des Moines Menace); and

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(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 (

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) * 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

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( 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 (

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), Kinoshita Ryosuke ( DMM) *, Tucker Stephenson ( KAW)
M: Kyle Carr ( LNU),

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(

), Luka Prpa (

) *, Tate Robertson (

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) *
D:

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( LNU), Mark Lindstrom ( CIN), Grant Stoneman (

)
G: Carlos Mercado ( DMM)

Southern Conference

F: Brandon Guhl (

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), Juan Tejada ( LAK), Marek Weber ( SCU) *
M: David Graydon ( SIM), Marco Micaletto ( SGT) *, Leonardo Paiva (

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), Toni Soler ( SGT)
D: Mathieu Laurent ( BIR), Jordan Skelton ( MIS) *, Gabriel Torres (

) *
G: Pablo Jara ( SGT)

Western Conference

F: Moses Danto ( CGY) *, Santiago Patino ( SEA), Samuel Villava ( GSF)
M:

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( CGY), Nico Pasquotti ( CGY), Matteo Polisi ( TSS), Willy Spurr (

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)
D: Henry Lander ( TUC),

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(

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) *,

Dominick Zator Dominick Lukasz Zator (born September 18, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce. Club career Early career Zator played for five seasons with the University of Calgary from 2012 ...

( CGY)
G: Marco Carducci ( CGY) * ''* denotes All-League player''

References

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