1998 PDSL season

The 1998 Premier Development Soccer League season was the 4th PDSL season. The season began in April 1998 and ended in August 1998.

Premier Development Soccer League

Season	1998
Champions	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders (1st Title)
Regular Season Champions	Jackson Chargers (1st Title)
Best Player	Rodrigo Costa Detroit Dynamite
Top goalscorer	Bonaventure Maruti Jackson Chargers (27 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Joshua Fouts Spokane Shadow
Longest winning run	Jackson Chargers 16 Games Entire Season
Longest unbeaten run	Jackson Chargers 16 Games Entire Season
← 1997 1999 →

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders won the championship, defeating the Jackson Chargers 3–2. Jackson won the regular season title, winning all 16 games and posting a whopping +84 goal difference. Four teams from the Pacific Coast Soccer League joined as associate members this season, with two (Abbotsford and Seattle) going on to become full members in 1999.

Changes from the 1997 season

Name changes

• Puget Sound BigFoot changed name to Seattle BigFoot.

New teams

13 teams were added for the season, 9 expansion teams and four associates from the Pacific Coast Soccer League.

Team	Area	Location	Previous affiliation
Abbotsford Athletes In Action	Abbotsford area	Abbotsford, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Bradenton Academics	Southwest Florida area	Bradenton, FL	expansion
Central Florida Lionhearts	Central Florida area	Seminole, FL	expansion
Colorado Comets	Denver area	Commerce City, CO	expansion
Fox River Rebels	Fox Cities area	Menasha, WI	expansion
Indiana Invaders	Michiana area	South Bend, IN	expansion
Kansas City Brass	Kansas City area	Liberty, MO	expansion
Miami Tango	Greater Miami area	Miami, FL	expansion
Northern Arizona Prospectors	Prescott-Chino Valley area	Prescott Valley, AZ	expansion
Okanagan Valley Challenge	Okanagan Valley area	Kelowna, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Seattle Hibernian	Seattle area	Seattle, WA	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Silicon Valley Ambassadors	South San Francisco Bay area	Santa Clara, CA	expansion
Victoria Umbro Select	Vancouver Island area	Victoria, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League

Teams leaving

The Cincinnati Riverhawks were promoted to the A-League and the Miami Breakers were promoted to the D3 Pro League following the 1997 season.

7 teams folded after the 1997 season:

• Bellingham Orcas
• Chattanooga Express
• Lincoln Brigade
• Michigan Madness
• Omaha Flames (team folded early in 1998 season, division games were rescheduled)
• Southwest Florida Manatees
• West Florida Fury

The Lexington Bluegrass Bandits and Tucson Amigos went on hiatus for this year.

Standings

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth
Team gets bye into semifinals as host.

Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Comets	16	13	0	1	2	40	16	+24	39
2	Des Moines Menace	16	9	2	1	4	51	27	+24	29[a]
3	Twin Cities Tornado	16	9	0	1	6	32	33	−1	27
4	Kansas City Brass	16	7	0	1	8	42	29	+13	21
5	Sioux City Breeze	16	5	2	1	8	28	31	−3	17[a]
6	Colorado Springs Stampede	16	4	1	0	11	20	46	−26	13[b]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Des Moines and Sioux City were both penalized 2 points.
2. Colorado Springs was penalized 1 point.

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Detroit Dynamite	16	12	2	0	2	45	24	+21	38[a]
2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	16	11	0	1	4	38	19	+19	33
3	Kalamazoo Kingdom	16	7	0	1	8	30	34	−4	21
4	Fox River Rebels	16	6	0	0	10	30	37	−7	18
5	Indiana Invaders	16	6	1	0	9	26	33	−7	19[b]
6	Lansing Locomotive	16	3	0	0	13	36	42	−6	6[c]
7	Grand Rapids Explosion	16	0	0	0	16	6	56	−50	0

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Detroit was penalized 2 points.
2. Indiana was penalized 1 point.
3. Lansing was penalized 3 points.

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spokane Shadow	16	13	0	0	3	62	15	+47	39
2	Yakima Reds	16	9	0	0	7	40	28	+12	27
3	Seattle BigFoot	16	8	3	0	5	28	32	−4	27[a]
4	Cascade Surge	16	7	2	2	5	28	28	0	23[b]
5	Seattle Hibernian[c]	8	2	0	1	5	5	16	−11	6
6	Okanagan Valley Challenge[c]	8	2	0	1	5	6	23	−17	6
7	Victoria Umbro Select[c]	8	1	0	2	5	11	19	−8	3
8	Abbotsford Athletes In Action[c]	8	0	1	0	7	9	28	−19	1[d]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Seattle BigFoot was penalized 3 points.
2. Cascade was penalized 2 points.
3. Abbotsford, Okanagan Valley, Seattle Hibernian, and Victoria are all associate members and do not play a full schedule.
4. Abbotsford was penalized 1 point.

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jackson Chargers	16	16	0	0	0	104	17	+87	48
2	Cocoa Expos	16	9	0	0	7	41	36	+5	27
3	Bradenton Academics	16	8	1	0	7	50	42	+8	25[a]
4	Alabama Saints	16	7	0	3	6	40	48	−8	21
5	Miami Tango	16	6	1	0	9	41	39	+2	19[b]
6	Central Florida Lionhearts	16	5	1	0	10	40	55	−15	16[a]
7	South Florida Future	16	4	1	1	10	28	79	−51	13[a]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Bradenton, Central Florida, and South Florida were all penalized 1 point.
2. Miami was penalized 1 point.

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Silicon Valley Ambassadors	16	14	1	0	1	44	20	+24	43[a]
2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	16	10	1	0	5	45	27	+18	31[a]
3	Southern California Chivas	16	7	0	1	8	30	26	+4	21
4	Central Coast Roadrunners	16	5	0	0	11	31	39	−8	15
5	Northern Arizona Prospectors	16	1	1	1	13	23	66	−43	4[a]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Northern Arizona, San Gabriel Valley, and Silicon Valley were all penalized 1 point.

Playoffs

Format

Kalamazoo hosted the Finals and received a bye to the National Semi-Finals.
The top four teams from the Central, Great Lakes, Southeast, and Southwest divisions, however, if Kalamazoo places in the top four in the Central Division, the fifth place team will take their spot. The top two teams in the Northwest Division will play the top two associate teams from the PCSL. The team with the most points to lose in the Divisional rounds will play in the Regional round as a wild card against the Divisional champion with the most points. The remaining four teams will play each other based on geography.

Divisional brackets

	Southeast Semifinals					Southeast Finals
	SE1	Jackson Chargers	7
	SE4	Miami Tango	0
						SE1	Jackson Chargers	8
						SE2	Cocoa Expos	2
	SE2	Cocoa Expos	4
	SE3	Bradenton Academics	3

Southeast Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

Cocoa Expos	4–3	Bradenton Academics
Eddie Enders 7', 84' Fitzgerald Haig 42', 90' (pen.)	Report

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

July 31, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

Jackson Chargers	7–0	Miami Tango
Johnny Mulrooney Bonaventure Maruti Dominic Schell Eric Bushey Jeremy Short Sanjeev Parmar	Report

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

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August 1, 1998

7:45 PM

Southeast Division Final

Jackson Chargers	8–2	Cocoa Expos
Dominic Schell 10' Bonaventure Maruti 17' Paul Oyuga Sheldon Bennett	Report	Eddie Enders pen.' Fitzgerald Haig

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

	Southwest Semifinals					Southwest Finals
	SW1	Silicon Valley Ambassadors	1
	SW4	Central Coast Roadrunners (AET)	2
						SW4	Central Coast Roadrunners	2
						SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	2
	SW3	Southern California Chivas	0

Southwest Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

5:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Silicon Valley Ambassadors	1–2 (OT) (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Roadrunners
Niels Bruckner  75' 83' (o.g.)	Report 1 Report 2	81' 93' Clay Harty

De Anza College
Cupertino, California

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	2–0	Southern California Chivas

De Anza College
Cupertino, California

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August 2, 1998

Southwest Division Final

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4–2	Central Coast Roadrunners
Zhorzhik Sepanyan Arutyun Krtotyan Sarkis Banyan Sevak Atamyan	Report 1 Report 2	Mike Rosander Abel Gutierrez 80' Clay Harty

Saddleback High School
Santa Ana, California

	Northwest Semifinals					Northwest Finals
	NW1	Spokane Shadow	1
	NWA2	Okanagan Valley Challenge	2
						NWA2	Okanagan Valley Challenge	1
						NW2	Yakima Reds	4
	NW2	Yakima Reds	1
	NWA1	Seattle BigFoot	0

Northwest Division Playoffs

August 1, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

Spokane Shadow	1–2	Okanagan Valley Challenge
Joe Marks 66'		16:15' (pen.) Eric Ladner 27' (o.g.) Alex Atherton

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

August 1, 1998

8:00 PM

Semifinals

Yakima Reds	1–0	Seattle BigFoot
Jeff Perry 58:40'

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

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August 2, 1998

6:00 PM

Northwest Division Final

Yakima Reds	4–1	Okanagan Valley Challenge
Luiz Machado 14', 17' Nilton Resende 54' Danny Ferris 82'	Report	85' Grame Magowan

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

	Central Semifinals					Central Finals
	C1	Colorado Comets	0
	C4	Kansas City Brass	1
						C4	Kansas City Brass	2 (0)
						C2	Des Moines Menace (AET/PSO)	2 (1)
	C2	Des Moines Menace (AET)	2
	C3	Twin Cities Tornado	1

Central Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

Colorado Comets	0–1	Kansas City Brass
	Report	29' Kelly Klusman

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

July 31, 1998

8:00 PM

Semifinals

Des Moines Menace	2–1 (OT)	Twin Cities Tornado
Alf Bilbao 70' Seth Modersohn 94' (pen.)	Report

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

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August 1, 1998

7:00 PM

Central Division Final

Des Moines Menace	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City Brass
Seth Modersohn 70' Eric Wilson		67' Jeff Kinsman
Penalties
Jon Malm	3–2

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

	Great Lakes Semifinals					Great Lakes Finals
	GL1	Detroit Dynamite	3
	GL4	Fox River Rebels	2
						GL1	Detroit Dynamite	0
						GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	2
	GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	3
	GL3	Indiana Invaders	0

Great Lakes Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

7:00 PM

Semifinals

Mid-Michigan Bucks	3–0	Indiana Invaders
Chad Schomaker 44:55' Joe Malachino 59' Stephen Armstrong 70'

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

Detroit Dynamite	3–2	Fox River Rebels
	Report	Joe Bernstein Ran Rajec

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

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August 1, 1998

Great Lakes Division Final

Mid-Michigan Bucks	2–0	Detroit Dynamite
Benjamin Djeukeng 7' Chad Schomaker

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Round of Six

	Region A
	GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	2
	WC	Jackson Chargers	3

	Region B
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4
	NW2	Yakima Reds	2

	Region C
	C2	Des Moines Menace	3
	SE2	Cocoa Expos	1

PDSL Regional Finals

August 8, 1998

Jackson Chargers	3–2	Mid-Michigan Bucks
Johnny Mulrooney 6' Dominic Schell	Report	8', 53' Stephen Armstrong

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

August 8, 1998

Des Moines Menace	3–1	Cocoa Expos
Eric Wilson 18' Seth Modersohn 52', 65'	Report	5' Eddie Enders

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

Attendance: 532

August 8, 1998

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4–2	Yakima Reds

PDSL finals bracket

	PDL Semifinals					PDL Finals
	WC	Jackson Chargers	2
	H	Kalamazoo Kingdom	0
						WC	Jackson Chargers	2
						SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3
	C2	Des Moines Menace	1			PDL Third Place
						H	Kalamazoo Kingdom	1
						C2	Des Moines Menace	4

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PDL National Semifinals

August 14, 1998

6:00 PM

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3–1	Des Moines Menace
Serejah Akopian 27' Sarkis Banyan 40' Vahe Asatourian 69'	Report	72' Brian Zwaschka

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

August 14, 1998

8:00 PM

Kalamazoo Kingdom	0–2	Jackson Chargers
	Report	25' Bonaventure Maruti 43' (o.g.) Jeremy Shortt

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Attendance: 3,217

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Third Place Game

August 15, 1998

5:30 PM

Kalamazoo Kingdom	1–4	Des Moines Menace
Ryan Thompson 89'	Report	26' Eric Wilson 67' Luc Cisna 71' Kyle Reilly 77' Matt Pinkney

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

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PDL Championship Game

August 15, 1998

7:30 PM

Jackson Chargers	2–3	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
Bonaventure Maruti 5', 71'	Report	39' 49' Arshak Abyanli 80'

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Honors

• Organization of the Year:^[2] Jackson Chargers
• Executive of the Year: Dave Nesbit, Des Moines Menace
• Fair Play Award: Spokane Shadow