Season | 2006 |
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Champions | Michigan Bucks |
← 2005 2007 → |
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 |
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Atlanta area | Chamblee, Georgia | expansion |
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Wilmington area | New Castle, Delaware | expansion |
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San Gabriel Valley area | Glendora, California | Previously Springfield Storm |
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Northern Virginia area | Fairfax, Virginia | previously in USL-2 |
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Ogden area | Ogden, Utah | expansion |
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San Fernando Valley area | Los Angeles, California | expansion |
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San Francisco area | San Francisco, California | expansion |
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St. Louis area | Cottleville, Missouri | expansion |
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Tacoma area | University Place, Washington | expansion |
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Virginia Beach area | Virginia Beach, Virginia | expansion |
Folding
- Four teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
- Memphis Express - Memphis, Tennessee
- Nevada Wonders - Carson City, Nevada
- Spokane Shadow - Spokane, Washington
- Toledo Slayers - Toledo, Ohio
Standings
Legend |
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Division champion |
Team qualified for playoff berth |
Central Conference
Great Lakes Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | +4 | 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | −11 | 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 21 |
4 | Raleigh Elite | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 17 |
5 | Nashville Metros | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 14 |
Southeast Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
NWE | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
NE | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MA | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
NE | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
NE | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MS | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
SA | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
SE | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
SE | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Southern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
MS | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MS | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MS | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
GL2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
HL1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
GL2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
GL2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Central Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
GL1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
GL1 | ![]() | 3 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
HL2 | ![]() | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
GL2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
SW2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
SW1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
NW2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
NW2 | ![]() | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
SW2 | ![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
NW1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
SW2 | ![]() | 3 |
Conference semifinals
![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() |
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Monroe ![]() |
(Report) | Chavez ![]() Bulow ![]() ![]() O'Reilly ![]() |
![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Almack ![]() Presas ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Charowski ![]() Irizarry ![]() |
![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() |
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Uzoigwe ![]() Jafta ![]() Traylor ![]() Holody ![]() Dube ![]() |
(Report) | Christensen ![]() Seager ![]() |
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Peetoom ![]() Wilson ![]() Riehl ![]() |
(Report) | Hamilton ![]() Rivera ![]() Larrabee ![]() Lopez ![]() |
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Gilkerson ![]() Templeman ![]() Haywood ![]() |
(Report) | Shapiro ![]() ![]() Davies ![]() Trott ![]() |
![]() | 1 – 0 (AET) | ![]() |
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Dallman ![]() |
(Report) |
![]() | 3 – 3 (AET) | ![]() |
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Boltnar ![]() ![]() Oliveira ![]() Hamburger ![]() Moffat ![]() Kother ![]() |
(Report) | Guzmán ![]() Bush ![]() Anderson ![]() North ![]() ![]() Ubiparipović ![]() |
Penalties | ||
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3 – 5 | Ubiparipović ![]() DiRaimondo ![]() Guzmán ![]() Hlavaty ![]() Anderson ![]() |
![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Clark ![]() A. Van Wagenen ![]() Norton ![]() Cavanaugh ![]() H. Van Wagenen ![]() |
(Report) | Hansen ![]() ![]() Jepson ![]() Young ![]() |
Conference finals
![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Meyer ![]() Davies ![]() |
(Report) | Britcher ![]() |
![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Macias ![]() Almack ![]() Sanchez ![]() Galvan ![]() Infante ![]() |
(Report) | Collings ![]() Bello ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Turpin ![]() ![]() Jafta ![]() ![]() ![]() Uzoigwe ![]() |
(Report) | Bode ![]() Guzmán ![]() DeGurian ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 2 – 2 (AET) | ![]() |
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Marshall ![]() Norton ![]() |
(Report) | Marion ![]() ![]() Evans ![]() Lopez ![]() Shager ![]() Kljestan ![]() |
Penalties | ||
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2 – 4 | Theslof ![]() Larrabee ![]() Higgins ![]() Valdez ![]() |
National semifinals
![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() |
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Saunders ![]() Valdez ![]() Higgins ![]() |
(Report) | Uzoigwe ![]() ![]() Holody ![]() |
![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Galvan ![]() Ibarra ![]() Infante ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Davies ![]() Shapiro ![]() |
National final
![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Macias ![]() ![]() Galvan ![]() Sanchez ![]() |
(Report) | Uzoigwe ![]() ![]() Shipalane ![]() |