2006 PDL season

The 2006 USL Premier Development League season was the 12th PDL season. The season began in April 2006 and ended in August 2006.

Michigan Bucks finished the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat 2-1 in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on 12 August 2006.

Carolina Dynamo finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +29 goal difference. Cape Cod Crusaders finished a very close second, tied with Dynamo on points and goal difference, but having scored two less goals.

Boulder Rapids Reserve striker John Cunliffe and Augusta Fireball forward Frederico Moojen were the league's top scorers, each knocking in 18 goals. Michigan Bucks's Nate Jafta led the league with 18 assists, while Southern California Seahorses keeper Eric Reed enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.621 per game, and keeping 10 clean sheets in his 15 games.

Changes from 2005

New franchises

  • Ten teams joined the league this year, including nine brand new franchises :
Team name Metro area Location Previous affiliation
Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks U23's Atlanta area Chamblee, Georgia expansion
Delaware Delaware Dynasty Wilmington area New Castle, Delaware expansion
California Los Angeles Storm San Gabriel Valley area Glendora, California expansion
Virginia Northern Virginia Royals Northern Virginia area Fairfax, Virginia previously in USL-2
Utah Ogden Outlaws Ogden area Ogden, Utah expansion
California San Fernando Valley Quakes San Fernando Valley area Los Angeles, California expansion
California San Francisco Seals San Francisco area San Francisco, California expansion
Missouri St. Louis Lions St. Louis area Cottleville, Missouri expansion
Washington (state) Tacoma FC Tacoma area University Place, Washington expansion
Virginia Virginia Beach Submariners Virginia Beach area Virginia Beach, Virginia expansion

Folding

Standings

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Chicago Fire Premier 16 14 2 0 41 15 +26 42
2 Michigan Bucks 16 9 4 3 38 21 +17 30
3 Indiana Invaders 16 8 4 4 31 26 +5 28
4 Kalamazoo Kingdom 16 6 6 4 23 26 -3 22
5 West Michigan Edge 16 6 7 3 23 29 -6 21
6 Fort Wayne Fever 16 1 10 5 18 33 -15 8
7 Cleveland Internationals 16 1 12 3 14 45 -31 6

Heartland Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Boulder Rapids Reserve 16 14 2 0 42 14 +27 42
2 Des Moines Menace 16 10 4 2 41 25 +16 32
3 Kansas City Brass 16 8 4 4 23 17 +6 28
4 St. Louis Lions 16 7 3 6 25 18 +7 27
5 Sioux Falls Spitfire 16 4 9 3 21 30 -9 15
6 Colorado Springs Blizzard 16 3 10 3 20 36 -16 12
7 Thunder Bay Chill 16 2 11 3 21 36 -15 9

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Virginia Beach Submariners 16 10 5 1 36 19 +17 31
2 Williamsburg Legacy 16 8 4 4 31 20 +11 28
3 West Virginia Chaos 16 6 7 3 26 33 -7 21
4 Northern Virginia Royals 16 6 10 0 21 41 -20 18
5 Richmond Kickers Future 16 4 9 3 23 31 -8 15

New England Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Cape Cod Crusaders 16 14 0 2 39 10 +29 44
2 Ottawa Fury 16 7 6 3 25 24 +1 24
3 Rhode Island Stingrays 16 6 8 2 33 29 +3 20
4 Albany Admirals 16 4 9 3 12 24 -12 15
5 Vermont Voltage 16 3 9 4 16 36 -20 13

Northeast Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Westchester Flames 16 10 5 1 37 27 +10 31
2 Ocean City Barons 16 6 4 6 31 20 +11 24
3 Reading Rage 16 6 8 2 21 32 -9 20
4 Delaware Dynasty 16 5 9 2 26 36 -10 17
5 Brooklyn Knights 16 4 10 2 21 29 -8 14

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Laredo Heat 16 14 2 0 38 19 +19 42
2 DFW Tornados 16 8 7 1 25 21 +4 25
3 El Paso Patriots 16 7 7 2 28 18 +10 23
4 New Orleans Shell Shockers 16 4 11 1 22 33 -11 13
5 Austin Lightning 16 3 11 2 19 45 -26 11

South Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Carolina Dynamo 16 14 0 2 41 12 +29 44
2 Augusta Fireball 16 9 3 4 31 18 +13 31
3 Atlanta Silverbacks U23's 16 6 7 3 26 33 -7 22
4 Raleigh Elite 16 4 7 5 29 32 -3 17
5 Nashville Metros 16 3 8 5 24 35 -11 14

Southeast Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Bradenton Academics 16 11 4 1 44 28 +16 34
2 Central Florida Kraze 16 7 7 2 24 28 -4 23
3 Palm Beach Pumas 16 6 8 2 26 37 -11 20
4 Cocoa Expos 16 5 6 5 39 35 +4 20
5 Ajax Orlando Prospects 16 2 12 2 22 38 -16 8

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Abbotsford Rangers 16 9 4 3 31 17 +14 30
2 BYU Cougars 16 9 6 1 22 15 +7 28
3 Yakima Reds 16 7 7 2 28 24 +4 23
4 Ogden Outlaws 16 5 9 2 21 25 -4 17
5 Tacoma FC 16 4 8 4 21 26 -5 16
6 Cascade Surge 16 3 11 2 14 44 -30 11

Southwest Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Southern California Seahorses 16 13 3 0 34 9 +25 39
2 Orange County Blue Star 16 10 4 2 32 23 +9 32
3 San Fernando Valley Quakes 16 10 5 1 35 28 +7 31
4 San Francisco Seals 16 7 5 4 32 22 +10 25
5 Fresno Fuego 16 7 7 2 46 31 +15 23
6 Bakersfield Brigade 16 7 8 1 31 29 +2 22
7 Los Angeles Storm 16 6 6 4 24 21 +3 22
8 San Diego Gauchos 16 6 9 1 25 31 -6 19
9 California Gold 16 0 16 0 13 71 -58 0

Playoffs

Bracket

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals National Semifinals PDL Championship Game
            
NWE Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders 3
WC Virginia Williamsburg Legacy 0
NWE Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders 1
NE New York (state) Westchester Flames 2
MA Virginia Virginia Beach Submariners 1
NE New York (state) Westchester Flames 3
NE New York (state) Westchester Flames 2
Eastern Conference
Southern Conference
MS Texas Laredo Heat 3
SA North Carolina Carolina Dynamo 0
SE Florida Bradenton Academics (OT) 1
SE Florida Bradenton Academics 1
MS Texas Laredo Heat 2
MS Texas Laredo Heat 3
WC Georgia (U.S. state) Augusta FireBall 2
MS Texas Laredo Heat 1
GL2 Michigan Michigan Bucks 2
HL1 Colorado Boulder Rapids Reserve 0
GL2 Michigan Michigan Bucks 4
GL2 Michigan Michigan Bucks 4
GL1 Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 1
GL1 Illinois Chicago Fire Premier (PSO) 3 (5)
HL2 Iowa Des Moines Menace 3 (3)
GL2 Michigan Michigan Bucks 2
Central Conference
Western Conference
SW2 California Orange County Blue Star 0
SW1 California Southern California Seahorses 1
NW2 Utah BYU Cougars 2
NW2 Utah BYU Cougars 2 (2)
SW2 California Orange County Blue Star (PSO) 2 (4)
NW1 British Columbia Abbotsford Rangers 2
SW2 California Orange County Blue Star 3

Conference Semifinals

Virginia Williamsburg Legacy 3 – 0 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders
Monroe Yellow card 33' (Report) Chavez Yellow card 48'
Bulow  70'  75' (PK)
O'Reilly  90'
Referee: Chuck Watts (USA)
Georgia (U.S. state) Augusta FireBall 2 – 3 Texas Laredo Heat
Charowski  52'
Irizarry  90+'		 (Report) Almack  38'
Presas  75'  87'
Referee: (USA)
Michigan Michigan Bucks 4 – 0 Colorado Boulder Rapids Reserve
Uzoigwe  18'
Jafta  32'
Traylor Yellow card 37'
Holody  43'
Dube  71'		 (Report) Christensen Yellow card 23'
Seager Red card 63'
Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Referee: (USA)
British Columbia Abbotsford Rangers 2 – 3 California Orange County Blue Star
Peetoom  37'
Wilson  44'
Riehl Yellow card 46'		 (Report) Hamilton  53'
Rivera Yellow card 62'
Larrabee  70'
Lopez  84'
Referee: (USA)
Virginia Virginia Beach Submariners 1 – 3 New York (state) Westchester Flames
Gilkerson Yellow card 45'
Templeman Yellow card 48'
Haywood  64'		 (Report) Shapiro  15'  20'
Davies  32'
Trott Yellow card 54'
Attendance: 550
Referee: James Conlee (USA)
Illinois Chicago Fire Premier 3 – 3
(AET)		 Iowa Des Moines Menace
Guzmán Yellow card 29'
Bush Yellow card 60'
Anderson  73'
North  93'  108'
Ubiparipović Yellow card 101'		 (Report) Boltnar  62'  111'
Oliveira Red card 66'
Hamburger Yellow card 73'
Moffat Yellow card 97'
Kother  113'
Penalties
Ubiparipović
DiRaimondo
Guzmán
Hlavaty
Anderson 		5 – 3 Munns
Boltnar
Kariotis
Dombrowski
Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Dan Cataldi (USA)
California Southern California Seahorses 1 – 2 Utah BYU Cougars
Hansen Yellow card 14'  45' (PK)
Jepson Yellow card 40'
Young Yellow card 53'		 (Report) Clark  37'
A. Van Wagenen Yellow card 45'
Norton Yellow card 58'
Cavanaugh  61'
H. Van Wagenen Yellow card 64'
Attendance: 444
Referee: (USA)

Conference Finals

New York (state) Westchester Flames 2 – 1 Massachusetts Cape Cod Crusaders
Meyer  71'
Davies  86'		 (Report) Britcher  84'
Referee: (USA)
Florida Bradenton Academics 1 – 2 Texas Laredo Heat
Collings Yellow card 18'
Bello  39' Yellow card 75'		 (Report) Macias Yellow card 29'
Almack Yellow card 31'
Sanchez  41'
Galvan Yellow card 67'
Infante  89'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Charles Mitchell (USA)
Michigan Michigan Bucks 4 – 1 Illinois Chicago Fire Premier
Turpin Yellow card 20'  34'
Jafta  27'  62'  66'
Uzoigwe Yellow card 45'		 (Report) Bode  24'
Guzmán Yellow card 30'
DeGurian Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 59', 72'
Valley Stadium
West Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 238
Referee: Doug Jotzke (USA)
California Orange County Blue Star 2 – 2
(AET)		 Utah BYU Cougars
Marion  26' Yellow card 72'
Evans  41'
Lopez Yellow card 43'
Shager Yellow card 78'
Kljestan Red card 94'		 (Report) Marshall  86'
Norton  90'
Penalties
Theslof
Larrabee
Higgins
Valdez 		4 – 2 Winn
Trejo
Gilliam
Osborne
Attendance: 555
Referee: (USA)

National Semifinals

California Orange County Blue Star 0 – 2 Michigan Michigan Bucks
Saunders Yellow card 2'
Valdez Yellow card 29'
Higgins Yellow card 46'		 (Report) Uzoigwe  45'  48'
Holody Yellow card 62'
Attendance: 826
Referee: Marc Lawrence (USA)
New York (state) Westchester Flames 2 – 3 Texas Laredo Heat
Davies  15' (PK)
Shapiro  34'		 (Report) Galvan  40'
Ibarra  42' (PK)
Infante  90' Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 2,417
Referee: Michael Brow (USA)

National Final

Michigan Michigan Bucks 2 – 1 Texas Laredo Heat
Uzoigwe  4' Yellow card 56'
Shipalane  8'		 (Report) Macias  17' Yellow card 17'
Galvan Yellow card 78'
Sanchez Yellow card 87'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fernando Galvan (USA)

See also

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