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.

USL Premier Development League

Season	2006
Champions	Michigan Bucks (1st Title)
Regular Season Champions	Carolina Dynamo (1st Title)
Matches played	472
Goals scored	1,626 (3.44 per match)
Best Player	Frederico Moojen Augusta Fireball
Top goalscorer	John Cunliffe Boulder Rapids Reserve, Frederico Moojen Augusta Fireball (18 Goals Each)
Best goalkeeper	Eric Reed Southern California Seahorses
Longest winless run	California Gold Entire Season
Longest losing run	California Gold Entire Season
← 2005 2007 →

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
Atlanta Silverbacks U23's	Atlanta area	Chamblee, Georgia	expansion
Delaware Dynasty	Wilmington area	New Castle, Delaware	expansion
Los Angeles Storm	San Gabriel Valley area	Glendora, California	Previously Springfield Storm
Northern Virginia Royals	Northern Virginia area	Fairfax, Virginia	previously in USL-2
Ogden Outlaws	Ogden area	Ogden, Utah	expansion
San Fernando Valley Quakes	San Fernando Valley area	Los Angeles, California	expansion
San Francisco Seals	San Francisco area	San Francisco, California	expansion
St. Louis Lions	St. Louis area	Cottleville, Missouri	expansion
Tacoma FC	Tacoma area	University Place, Washington	expansion
Virginia Beach Submariners	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
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Heartland Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New England Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Bracket

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

National Semifinals

PDL Championship Game

NWE

Cape Cod Crusaders

3

WC

Williamsburg Legacy

0

NWE

Cape Cod Crusaders

1

Eastern Conference

NE

Westchester Flames

2

MA

Virginia Beach Submariners

1

NE

Westchester Flames

3

NE

Westchester Flames

2

MS

Laredo Heat

3

SA

Carolina Dynamo

0

SE

Bradenton Academics (OT)

1

SE

Bradenton Academics

1

Southern Conference

MS

Laredo Heat

2

MS

Laredo Heat

3

WC

Augusta FireBall

2

MS

Laredo Heat

1

GL2

Michigan Bucks

2

HL1

Boulder Rapids Reserve

0

GL2

Michigan Bucks

4

GL2

Michigan Bucks

4

Central Conference

GL1

Chicago Fire Premier

1

GL1

Chicago Fire Premier (PSO)

3 (5)

HL2

Des Moines Menace

3 (3)

GL2

Michigan Bucks

2

SW2

Orange County Blue Star

0

SW1

Southern California Seahorses

1

NW2

BYU Cougars

2

NW2

BYU Cougars

2 (2)

Western Conference

SW2

Orange County Blue Star (PSO)

2 (4)

NW1

Abbotsford Rangers

2

SW2

Orange County Blue Star

3

Conference semifinals

July 28, 2006

5:30 PM ET

Cape Cod Crusaders	3 – 0	Williamsburg Legacy
Chavez  48' Bulow 70' 75' (PK) O'Reilly 90'	(Report)	Monroe  33'

Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Referee: Chuck Watts (USA)

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July 28, 2006

5:30 PM ET

Laredo Heat	3 – 2	Augusta FireBall
Almack 38' Presas 75' 87'	(Report)	Charowski 52' Irizarry 90+'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Referee: (USA)

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July 28, 2006

7:00 PM ET

Boulder Rapids Reserve	0 – 4	Michigan Bucks
Christensen  23' Seager  63'	(Report)	Uzoigwe 18' Jafta 32' Traylor  37' Holody 43' Dube 71'

Waukee Stadium
Waukee, Iowa

Referee: (USA)

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July 28, 2006

7:30 PM ET

Orange County Blue Star	3 – 2	Abbotsford Rangers
Hamilton 53' Rivera  62' Larrabee 70' Lopez 84'	(Report)	Peetoom 37' Wilson 44' Riehl  46'

South Stadium
Provo, Utah

Referee: (USA)

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July 28, 2006

8:00 PM ET

Virginia Beach Submariners	1 – 3	Westchester Flames
Gilkerson  45' Templeman  48' Haywood 64'	(Report)	Shapiro 15' 20' Davies 32' Trott  54'

Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Attendance: 550

Referee: James Conlee (USA)

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July 28, 2006

8:00 PM ET

Carolina Dynamo	0 – 1 (AET)	Bradenton Academics
	(Report)	Dallman 115'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Referee: (USA)

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July 28, 2006

9:30 PM ET

Des Moines Menace	3 – 3 (AET)	Chicago Fire Premier
Boltnar 62' 111' Oliveira  66' Hamburger  73' Moffat  97' Kother 113'	(Report)	Guzmán  29' Bush  60' Anderson 73' North 93' 108' Ubiparipović  101'
Penalties
Munns Boltnar Kariotis Dombrowski	3 – 5	Ubiparipović DiRaimondo Guzmán Hlavaty Anderson

Waukee Stadium
Waukee, Iowa

Attendance: 1,453

Referee: Dan Cataldi (USA)

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July 28, 2006

10:00 PM ET

BYU Cougars	2 – 1	Southern California Seahorses
Clark 37' A. Van Wagenen  45' Norton  58' Cavanaugh 61' H. Van Wagenen  64'	(Report)	Hansen  14' 45' (PK) Jepson  40' Young  53'

South Stadium
Provo, Utah

Attendance: 444

Referee: (USA)

Conference finals

July 29, 2006

5:00 PM ET

Cape Cod Crusaders	1 – 2	Westchester Flames
Britcher 84'	(Report)	Meyer 71' Davies 86'

Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Referee: (USA)

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July 29, 2006

7:30 PM ET

Laredo Heat	2 – 1	Bradenton Academics
Macias  29' Almack  31' Sanchez 41' Galvan  67' Infante 89'	(Report)	Collings  18' Bello 39'  75'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Attendance: 120

Referee: Charles Mitchell (USA)

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July 29, 2006

8:30 PM ET

Chicago Fire Premier	1 – 4	Michigan Bucks
Bode 24' Guzmán  30' DeGurian  59'  72'	(Report)	Turpin  20' 34' Jafta 27' 62' 66' Uzoigwe  45'

Waukee Stadium
Waukee, Iowa

Attendance: 238

Referee: Doug Jotzke (USA)

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July 29, 2006
9:30 PM ET

BYU Cougars	2 – 2 (AET)	Orange County Blue Star
Marshall 86' Norton 90'	(Report)	Marion 26'  72' Evans 41' Lopez  43' Shager  78' Kljestan  94'
Penalties
Winn Trejo Gilliam Osborne	2 – 4	Theslof Larrabee Higgins Valdez

South Stadium
Provo, Utah

Attendance: 555

Referee: (USA)

National semifinals

August 5, 2006

7:30 PM ET

Michigan Bucks	2 – 0	Orange County Blue Star
Uzoigwe 45' 48' Holody  62'	(Report)	Saunders  2' Valdez  29' Higgins  46'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Attendance: 826

Referee: Marc Lawrence (USA)

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August 5, 2006

9:05 PM ET

Laredo Heat	3 – 2	Westchester Flames
Galvan 40' Ibarra 42' (PK) Infante 90'  90'	(Report)	Davies 15' (PK) Shapiro 34'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Attendance: 2,417

Referee: Michael Brow (USA)

National final

August 12, 2006

9:35 PM ET

Laredo Heat	1 – 2	Michigan Bucks
Macias 17'  17' Galvan  78' Sanchez  87'	(Report)	Uzoigwe 4'  56' Shipalane 8'

UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Fernando Galvan (USA)

See also

• United Soccer Leagues 2006

External links

• 2006 Table of Standings