2004 PDL season

The 2004 USL Premier Development League season was the 10th PDL season. The season began in April 2004 and ended in August 2004.

USL Premier Development League

Season	2004
Champions	Central Florida Kraze (1st Title)
Regular Season Champions	Chicago Fire Reserves (1st Title)
Best Player	Ruben Mingo South Jersey Barons
Top goalscorer	Julio Frías El Paso Patriots (25 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Brad Guzan Chicago Fire Reserves
← 2003 2005 →

Central Florida Kraze finished the season as national champions, beating Boulder Rapids Reserve 1–0 in the PDL Championship game. Chicago Fire Reserves finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 17 out of their 18 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +66 goal difference.

El Paso Patriots striker Julio Frias was the league's top scorer, with 25 goals, while DFW Tornados midfielder Mark Rowland led the league with 11 assists. Chicago Fire Reserves keeper Brad Guzan enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.39 per game in his 13 games.

Changes from 2003

Name changes

• Louisiana Outlaws changed their name to Lafayette Swamp Cats.
• Mid-Michigan Bucks changed their name to Michigan Bucks.
• Texas Spurs changed their name to Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados.

New franchises

• Ten teams joined the league this year, including four brand new franchises:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Ajax Orlando Prospects	Orlando area	Orlando, FL	expansion
Carolina Dynamo	Greensboro area	Greensboro, NC	previously in Pro Select
Cleveland Internationals	Cleveland area	Cleveland, OH	expansion
Colorado Springs Blizzard	Colorado Springs area	Colorado Springs, CO	expansion
El Paso Patriots	El Paso area	El Paso, TX	previously in A-League
Indiana Blast	Indianapolis area	Indianapolis, IN	previously in A-League
Laredo Heat	Laredo area	Laredo, TX	expansion
New Jersey Stallions	northern New Jersey area	Wayne, NJ	previously in Pro Select
Reading Rage	Greater Reading area	Reading, PA	previously in Pro Select
West Michigan Edge	Grand Rapids area	Kentwood, MI	returned from hiatus

Folding

• Five teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • Calgary Storm Prospects - Calgary, Alberta
  • Greenville Lions - Greenville, South Carolina
  • Houston Toros - Houston, Texas
  • Jersey Shore Boca - Toms River, New Jersey
  • Worcester Kings - Worcester, Massachusetts

Standings

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Michigan Bucks	16	11	3	2	47	16	+31	35
2	Fort Wayne Fever	16	11	4	1	47	32	+15	34
3	Indiana Invaders	16	11	5	0	51	34	+17	33
4	Kalamazoo Kingdom	16	8	6	2	30	25	+5	26
5	Toledo Slayers	16	6	10	0	33	36	−3	18
6	West Michigan Edge*	15	4	11	0	26	50	−24	12
7	Cleveland Internationals*	16	2	13	1	19	53	−34	7
8	Columbus Shooting Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Heartland Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire Reserves	18	17	0	1	73	7	+66	52
2	Boulder Rapids Reserve	18	13	4	1	51	28	+23	40
3	Des Moines Menace	18	12	6	0	51	29	+22	36
4	Thunder Bay Chill	18	11	7	0	28	28	0	33
5	St. Louis Strikers	18	7	11	0	34	63	−29	21
6	Kansas City Brass	18	6	11	1	36	60	−24	19
7	Colorado Springs Blizzard	18	5	11	2	36	48	−12	17
8	Sioux Falls Spitfire	18	5	12	1	45	57	−12	16
9	Indiana Blast	18	5	12	1	38	56	−18	16
10	Wisconsin Rebels	18	2	15	1	26	71	−45	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Dynamo	18	11	6	1	58	37	+21	34
2	Williamsburg Legacy	18	11	7	0	35	27	+8	33
3	Richmond Kickers Future	18	9	5	4	48	31	+17	31
4	Raleigh CASL Elite	18	7	9	2	26	44	−18	23
5	Chesapeake Dragons	18	4	13	1	35	55	−20	13
6	West Virginia Chaos	18	4	13	1	25	46	−21	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Jersey Barons	18	14	0	4	50	15	+35	46
2	Cape Cod Crusaders	18	13	5	0	38	15	+23	39
3	Albany Blackwatch Highlanders	18	12	3	3	45	23	+22	39
4	Rhode Island Stingrays	18	10	8	0	55	34	+21	30
5	Reading Rage	18	8	8	2	32	25	+7	26
6	Brooklyn Knights	18	8	9	1	34	39	−5	25
7	New Jersey Stallions	18	4	13	1	19	43	−24	13
8	Vermont Voltage	18	2	15	1	11	58	−47	7
9	Jersey Falcons	18	2	16	0	18	68	−50	5[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1 point deducted

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	El Paso Patriots	18	15	3	0	64	23	+41	45
2	DFW Tornados	18	14	4	0	52	19	+33	41[a]
3	Memphis Express	18	12	6	0	37	23	+14	36
4	Nashville Metros	18	7	9	2	31	32	−1	23
5	New Orleans Shell Shockers	18	5	12	1	26	54	−28	15[b]
6	Lafayette Swamp Cats	18	4	13	1	19	52	−33	13
7	Austin Lightning	18	2	13	3	21	46	−25	9
8	Laredo Heat *	8	2	5	1	12	15	−3	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1 point deducted
2. 1 point deducted

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Florida Kraze	18	14	3	1	46	19	+27	43
2	Cocoa Expos	18	11	5	2	39	26	+13	35
3	Ajax Orlando Prospects	18	11	6	1	47	26	+21	34
4	Bradenton Academics	18	8	10	0	35	34	+1	24
5	Palm Beach Pumas	18	2	16	0	18	67	−49	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cascade Surge	16	11	4	1	40	23	+17	34
2	Spokane Shadow	16	11	4	1	36	31	+5	34
3	Abbotsford Rangers	16	4	11	1	22	36	−14	13
4	Yakima Reds	16	3	11	2	27	37	−10	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Orange County Blue Star	18	12	3	3	39	21	+18	39
2	Fresno Fuego	18	11	5	2	46	27	+19	35
3	Southern California Seahorses	18	8	7	3	41	34	+7	27
4	BYU Cougars	18	8	9	1	36	35	+1	25
5	Nevada Wonders	18	6	11	1	29	44	−15	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

National Semifinals

PDL Championship Game

NE1

South Jersey Barons

2

MA2

Williamsburg Legacy

1

NE1

South Jersey Barons

2

Eastern Conference

MA1

Carolina Dynamo

3

MA1

Carolina Dynamo

3

NE2

Cape Cod Crusaders

2

MA1

Carolina Dynamo

1 (1)

SE1

Central Florida Kraze (PSO)

1 (2)

MS1

El Paso Patriots

4

SE2

Cocoa Expos

5

SE2

Cocoa Expos

1

Southern Conference

SE1

Central Florida Kraze

3

SE1

Central Florida Kraze

4

MS2

DFW Tornados

2

SE1

Central Florida Kraze

1

HL2

Boulder Rapids Reserve

0

HL1

Chicago Fire Reserves

3

GL2

Fort Wayne Fever

1

HL1

Chicago Fire Reserves

0

Central Conference

HL2

Boulder Rapids Reserve

1

GL1

Michigan Bucks

2

HL2

Boulder Rapids Reserve

3

HL2

Boulder Rapids Reserve

3

SW2

Fresno Fuego

0

SW1

Orange County Blue Star

3

NW2

Spokane Shadow

2

SW1

Orange County Blue Star

1

Western Conference

SW2

Fresno Fuego

2

NW1

Cascade Surge

1

SW2

Fresno Fuego

2

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Conference semifinals

July 23, 2004

5:30 PM EDT

South Jersey Barons	2–1 (OT)	Williamsburg Legacy
Ruben Mingo 47' Neil Holloway  66' Matt Maher 94'	Report	9' 87' Patrick Scherder  60' Gonzalo Segares  63' Robbie Wright  76' Clayton Voss

Macpherson Stadium
Browns Summit, North Carolina

Referee: Jeff Muschik

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July 23, 2004

6:00 PM EDT

Michigan Bucks	2–3	Boulder Rapids Reserve
Richard Strong 17' Mychal Turpin  33' Joseph Kabwe 70'	Report	34' John Pulido  34' 51' Miguel Guante  66' Colin Clark  68' 74' Brett Branan 82' (pen.) Javier Vegas

Hefner Stadium
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Attendance: 350

Referee: David Jarze

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July 23, 2004

6:00 PM EDT

El Paso Patriots	4–5	Cocoa Expos
Miguel Larrosa 12', 32' (pen.)  67' Salvador Mercado 23' Esteban Palacios  34' Ricky Francis 77' Paul Cabrera  87'	Report	30' (pen.) Frederico Moojen 45' Jordan Hughes  51' Derek Smith 70', 90' David Atkinson 74' Robin Chan  82' Charles Hupp  85' Declain McGrory  90' James Phillips

Showalter Field
Winter Park, Florida

Attendance: 400

Referee: Merrit Guthrie

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July 23, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Carolina Dynamo	3–2	Cape Cod Crusaders
Marcus Storey 6', 81' Michael Farrell  51' Jamal Shteiwi 89'	Report	4' Thucanil Ncube 32' Brendan Burke  47' Neil Jones  78' David Bulow  90' Kurt Morsink

Macpherson Stadium
Browns Summit, North Carolina

Attendance: 874

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July 23, 2004

8:00 PM EDT

Orange County Blue Star	3–2 (OT)	Spokane Shadow
Nick Theslof 14' Michael Enfield 18' 100' Cameron Dunn  71' Daniel Kennedy  94'	Report	9'  89' Kieran Barton  25' 83' Garth Cummings  44' Evan Cummings  49' Troy Ready  65' Brett Hite

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

Attendance: 1,327

Referee: Dinesh Singh

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July 23, 2004

8:00 PM EDT

Central Florida Kraze	4–2	DFW Tornados
Orville Mullings 22', 74', 78' Sasha Barber  44' Sean Steed  55' Sherwin Sargeant  61' Daniel Robertson  82' Clifton Philip 90'	Report	49' James Koehler 58' Mark Rowland  74' Joard Odera  78' Robert Hammett

Showalter Field
Winter Park, Florida

Attendance: 450

Referee: Shane Moody

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July 23, 2004

8:30 PM EDT

Fort Wayne Fever	1–3	Chicago Fire Reserves
Paul Dolinsky  38' Joshua Tudela 44' Salim Bullen  79'	Report	19' James Klatter 47' Nowaf Jaman  75' Daniel O'Rourke 88' Julian Nash

Hefner Stadium
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Attendance: 690

Referee: Tony Delois

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July 23, 2004

10:30 PM EDT

Fresno Fuego	2–1	Cascade Surge
Jarrod Souza  39' Victor Lopez  42' Eddie Gutierrez 45' Gaston Cignetti  58' Raul Rivera 70' Orlando Ramirez  87'	Report	13' Nick Donaldson  24' Carlos Calderson 31'  33' Adrian Balc  44' Dana McGregor  84' Andriy Budnyy

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

Attendance: 1,675

Referee: Miguel Chicas

Conference Finals

July 24, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Carolina Dynamo	3–2	South Jersey Barons
Jamal Shteiwi 10' Michael Farrell  21' Marcus Storey 40' Ryan Caugherty 90'	Report	15' 38' Ruben Mingo 44' (pen.) Tony Donatelli  45' Leon Brown  51' David Daigle  71'  88' Gene Braxton

Macpherson Stadium
Browns Summit, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,021

Referee: Mark Kadlecik

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July 24, 2004

8:00 PM EDT

Central Florida Kraze	3–1	Cocoa Expos
Orville Mullings 19' William Judino  40' Justin Cook 44' Jonathan Hargis  58' Sasha Barber  62' Sherwin Sargeant  68' Clifton Philip 90'	Report 1 Report 2	42' Andrew Sypura  77' 89' James Phillips  90' Matthew Balkanloo  90' Derek Smith

Showalter Field
Winter Park, Florida

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Chris Kenney

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July 24, 2004

8:30 PM EDT

Chicago Fire Reserves	0–1 (OT)	Boulder Rapids Reserve
Drew Moor  20' Thabiso Khumalo  52' Daniel O'Rourke  90'	Report	47' Colin Clark  90' 98' John Pulido  90' Brett Branan

Hefner Stadium
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Attendance: 160

Referee: Cien Asoera

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July 24, 2004

10:30 PM EDT

Fresno Fuego	2–1	Orange County Blue Star
Gaston Cignetti  29' 47' Raul Rivera 51'  51' Derek Lopez  69'	Report	20' Brad Evans  64' Rogelio Lopez  71'  90' Thomas Poltl  82'  90' Cameron Dunn

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

Attendance: 2,177

Referee: Cory Dean

National Semifinals

July 30, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Boulder Rapids Reserve	3–0	Fresno Fuego
Javier Vegas 47' (pen.)  83' Alejandro Salazar 60' Peter Lowry 84' Aaron Pitchkolan  88'	Report	85' Marco Lopez

Pleasant View Field
Boulder, Colorado

Attendance: 500

Referee: Jose Carro

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July 31, 2004

8:00 PM EDT

Central Florida Kraze	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Carolina Dynamo
Eric Vasquez  41' Justin Cook 45' Sherwin Sargeant  46' Orville Mullings  90' Clifton Philip  90'	Report	27'  68' Stephen Rhyne  84' James Riley  115' Ryan Caugherty
Penalties
Sean Steed Eric Vasquez Sasha Barber Xavier Delgado Daniell Robertson	2–1	James Riley Ryan Caugherty Tim Merritt Marcus Storey Amir Lowery

UCF Soccer Complex
Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 750

Referee: Sean Hurd

PDL Championship Game

August 7, 2004

7:00 PM EDT

Central Florida Kraze	1–0	Boulder Rapids Reserve
Justin Cook 88'

UCF Soccer Complex
Orlando, Florida