2013 PDL season

The 2013 USL Premier Development League season was the 19th season of the PDL. The regular season began on May 4 with three matches and ended on July 21 with nine matches.^[1] The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners to determine the league's champion. Four teams were added to the league and 13 teams dropped, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 64 across nine divisions for 2013.^[1]

USL Premier Development League

Season	2013
Champions	Austin Aztex (1st Title)
Regular Season Champions	Thunder Bay Chill (1st Title)
Matches played	424
Goals scored	1,365 (3.22 per match)
Best Player	Kris Tyrpak Austin Aztex
Top goalscorer	Peter Caringi Baltimore Bohemians (16 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Chad Bush Ottawa Fury
Biggest home win	REA 8, WES 0 (May 11) VSI 8, FTL 0 (May 25) TUC 9, OCB 1 (June 6) BAL 8, WES 0 (June 12) AUS 8, ELP 0 (June 15) WTS 8, ELP 0 (June 22)
Biggest away win	MIS 6, FTL 0 (May 23) OTT 6, VMT 0 (June 29) AUS 6, WTX 0 (July 18)
Highest attendance	4,617 BYU @ FRE (May 9)
Lowest attendance	20 INF @ PRE (July 21)
Average attendance	588 (338 of 424 games reporting)
← 2012 2014 →

Changes from 2012

Name changes

• Hamilton FC Rage rebranded as K-W United FC
• Bradenton Academics rebranded as IMG Academy Bradenton^[1]
• New Jersey Rangers rebranded as NJ-LUSO Rangers FC
• Palmetto FC Bantams rebranded as SC United Bantams
• VSI Tampa Flames rebranded as VSI Tampa Bay FC (PDL)
• Pali Blues rebranded as OC Blues Strikers FC
• Texas Dutch Lions rebranded as Houston Dutch Lions

New teams

Four new clubs joined the PDL this coming season.^[1]

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Real Boston Rams	Greater Boston	Weymouth, Massachusetts	expansion [2]
SW Florida Adrenaline	Naples-Marco Island area	Naples, Florida	expansion [3]
F.A. Euro	New York metropolitan area	Brooklyn, New York	expansion [1]
Oklahoma City FC	Oklahoma City Metroplex	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	expansion [1]

Folding/moving

• Thirteen teams were announced as leaving the league prior to the beginning of the season:^[1]
  • Boston Victory S.C. – Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Bermuda Hogges – Pembroke, Bermuda
  • Brooklyn Knights – Maspeth, New York
  • Cincinnati Kings – Cincinnati, Ohio
  • FC Jax Destroyers – Jacksonville, Florida
  • Fraser Valley Mariners – Abbotsford, British Columbia
  • Fredericksburg Hotspur – Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Nashville Metros – Nashville, Tennessee
  • New Orleans Jesters - New Orleans, Louisiana - left to join National Premier Soccer League
  • Ogden Outlaws – Ogden, Utah
  • Orange County Blue Star – Irvine, California
  • Real Maryland F.C. – Rockville, Maryland
  • Worcester Hydra – Worcester, Massachusetts

Standings

2013 Premier Development League standings.^[4]

Key to colours in group tables
Team in position to win Division Title
Team in position to qualify for playoff berth

Note: The first tie-breaker in PDL standings is head-to-head results between teams tied on points, which is why some teams with inferior goal differences finish ahead in the standings.

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Forest City London	14	10	2	2	32	15	+17	32
2	Michigan Bucks	14	8	3	3	36	17	+19	27
3	Chicago Fire Premier	14	6	8	0	23	28	−5	18
4	K-W United FC	14	5	6	3	23	21	+2	18
5	Toronto Lynx	14	5	7	2	13	24	−11	17
6	Chicago Inferno	14	4	7	3	16	27	−11	15
7	River City Rovers	14	4	9	1	19	30	−11	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Heartland Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thunder Bay Chill	14	12	1	1	35	10	+25	37
2	Real Colorado Foxes	14	9	3	2	28	14	+14	29
3	Des Moines Menace	14	6	6	2	19	16	+3	20
4	Kansas City Brass	14	5	8	1	20	35	−15	16
5	St. Louis Lions	14	4	7	3	20	28	−8	15
6	Springfield Demize	14	3	6	5	14	20	−6	14
7	WSA Winnipeg	14	3	9	2	19	28	−9	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ocean City Nor'easters	14	11	2	1	40	15	+25	34
2	Baltimore Bohemians	14	8	1	5	42	15	+27	29
3	Reading United	14	8	1	5	39	12	+27	29
4	Jersey Express	14	8	1	5	38	15	+23	29
5	Long Island Rough Riders[a]	14	7	5	2	28	22	+6	20
6	F.A. Euro	14	4	8	2	18	33	−15	14
7	NJ-LUSO Rangers FC	14	4	9	1	13	36	−23	13
8	Central Jersey Spartans	14	2	12	0	13	35	−22	6
9	Westchester Flames	14	0	13	1	9	57	−48	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Long Island Rough Riders deducted three points.

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ottawa Fury	14	11	1	2	40	7	+33	35
2	GPS Portland Phoenix	14	7	3	4	20	17	+3	25
3	Vermont Voltage	14	6	5	3	28	28	0	21
4	Western Mass Pioneers	14	5	3	6	23	15	+8	21
5	Real Boston Rams	14	4	8	2	18	28	−10	14
6	Connecticut FC Azul	14	2	6	6	13	19	−6	12
7	Seacoast United Phantoms	14	0	9	5	2	30	−28	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Dynamo	14	9	2	3	29	9	+20	30
2	Virginia Beach Piranhas	14	7	4	3	24	20	+4	24
3	Northern Virginia Royals	14	5	4	5	21	16	+5	20
4	West Virginia Chaos	14	5	7	2	20	25	−5	17
5	SC United Bantams	14	5	8	1	20	26	−6	16
6	King's Warriors	14	4	10	0	20	38	−18	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austin Aztex	14	11	1	2	38	8	+30	35
2	Laredo Heat	14	8	2	4	30	13	+17	28
3	Oklahoma City FC	14	8	4	2	33	21	+12	26
4	West Texas Sockers	14	3	8	3	27	41	−14	12
5	Houston Dutch Lions	14	3	9	2	18	34	−16	11
6	El Paso Patriots	14	1	10	3	13	42	−29	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ocala Stampede	14	11	3	0	40	16	+24	33
2	Panama City Beach Pirates	14	10	3	1	20	11	+9	31
3	Orlando City U-23	14	8	4	2	27	14	+13	26
4	VSI Tampa Bay FC	14	6	3	5	25	13	+12	23
5	Mississippi Brilla	14	6	7	1	28	24	+4	19
6	IMG Academy Bradenton	14	4	5	5	16	17	−1	17
7	SW Florida Adrenaline	14	2	8	4	24	36	−12	10
8	Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy	14	0	14	0	9	58	−49	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Victoria Highlanders	14	8	2	4	31	18	+13	28
2	Portland Timbers U23's	14	7	3	4	18	12	+6	25
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (J)	14	7	4	3	30	22	+8	24
4	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	14	4	5	5	18	23	−5	17
5	Kitsap Pumas	14	3	4	7	22	24	−2	16
6	Washington Crossfire	14	4	7	3	15	18	−3	15
7	North Sound SeaWolves	14	2	10	2	15	32	−17	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(J) Juan de Fuca Plate

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fresno Fuego	14	11	1	2	32	8	+24	35
2	Ventura County Fusion	14	7	3	4	18	16	+2	25
3	Los Angeles Misioneros	14	7	4	3	16	14	+2	24
4	BYU Cougars	14	6	6	2	18	19	−1	20
5	FC Tucson	14	5	5	4	31	17	+14	19
6	OC Blues Strikers FC	14	1	10	3	15	48	−33	6
7	Southern California Seahorses	14	1	11	2	17	29	−12	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Conference Championships

Divisional Playoffs

Five of the divisions have additional matches in order for teams to qualify for the conference championship.

In the Great Lakes Division, the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for a play-in match. Winner advances with the 1st place team to the conference final four.

	Great Lakes Division Central Conference
	GL2	Michigan Bucks	4
	GL3	Chicago Fire Premier	0

In the Northwest Division, the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for a play-in match. Winner advances with the 1st place team to the conference final four.

	Northwest Division Western Conference
	NW2	Portland Timbers U23's (PEN)	1 (5)
	NW3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23	1 (4)

In the Eastern Conference, the 1st place team in the Mid-Atlantic Division automatically qualifies for the conference final four. The 2nd and 3rd place teams in the Mid-Atlantic Division and the 1st and 2nd place teams in the Northeast Division and the South Atlantic Divisions play each other to qualify for the conference final four.

Northeast Division Eastern Conference       NE1 Ottawa Fury 6 NE2 GPS Portland Phoenix 0

Mid Atlantic Division Eastern Conference       MA2 Baltimore Bohemians 1 MA3 Reading United (AET) 3

South Atlantic Division Eastern Conference       SA1 Carolina Dynamo 2 SA2 Virginia Beach Piranhas 1

Michigan Bucks v Chicago Fire Premier

July 23, 2013	Michigan Bucks	4–0	Chicago Fire Premier	Ultimate Soccer Arenas Pontiac, Michigan
8:00PM EDT	Catalano  60' Peters 64' Walker 75' Steinberger 86' Uzoigwe 86'	Report	Selvaggi  64'	Attendance: 681 Referee: Marc Lawrence

Ottawa Fury v GPS Portland Phoenix

July 23, 2013	Ottawa Fury	6–0	GPS Portland Phoenix	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, Ontario
7:00PM EDT	Haworth 11', 50' (pen.), 55' Basso 81', 90+' Jones 89'	Report	Wadham  90'	Attendance: 316 Referee: Pierre Acouri

Baltimore Bohemians v Reading United

July 23, 2013	Baltimore Bohemians	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Reading United	Paul Angelo Russo Stadium Towson, Maryland
6:00PM EDT	Caltabiano 29'  38' Fernandez  71' Tana  90+3' Shinsky  96' Arjona  111' Kansaye  117'	Report	Neto 2'  82' Rosenberry  41'  49' Alashe 96' Marini 102'	Attendance: 357 Referee: Michael Donovan

Carolina Dynamo v Virginia Beach Piranhas

July 23, 2013	Carolina Dynamo	2–1	Virginia Beach Piranhas	Macpherson Stadium Browns Summit, North Carolina
7:00PM EDT	Nyepon 35' Ibeagha 90' Dunker  00'	Report	Cyrus 75' (pen.) Shihata  00' Villegas  00'	Referee: Chris Spivey

Portland Timbers U23s v Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23

July 23, 2013	Portland Timbers U23s	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23	Doc Harris Stadium Camas, Washington
7:00PM PDT	Barnes  44' Phillips 68' Greer  110'	Report	Adekugbe  62' Plavisc  79' Lakhan  79' Jhutty 83' Cousens  117'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Timon Berry
	Penalties
	Barnes McKenna Miller Ribas Meves		Jhutty Plavisc Visintin Cousens Adekugbe

Eastern Conference Championship

Ottawa Fury v Reading United

July 27, 2013	Ottawa Fury	3–2	Reading United	Tennessee Avenue Soccer Complex Ocean City, New Jersey
3:00pm EDT	Jones 27' Rajkovic  33' Barron  50' Foster  60' Haworth 75', 86' (pen.)	Report	Dacres 16' Lowe  48' Madison  60' Pinto 71'	Attendance: 130

Ocean City Nor'easters v Carolina Dynamo

July 27, 2013	Ocean City Nor'easters	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Carolina Dynamo	Tennessee Avenue Soccer Complex Ocean City, New Jersey
5:00pm EDT	O'Neil  6' Dennis  43' Israel  69'	Report Report	Campbell  29' Martinez  72' Durand  111' Smith  114'	Attendance: 456 Referee: Kris Larwa
	Penalties
	Reid Curran Tribbett Dennis Kollie		Mahdi Ilhan Fender Smith

Ocean City Nor'easters v Ottawa Fury

July 28, 2013	Ocean City Nor'easters	3–1	Ottawa Fury	Carey Stadium Ocean City, New Jersey
7:00pm EDT	Reid 14' Tweneboa 30' Tassano 42'	Report	Haworth 45+'	Attendance: 752

Central Conference Championship

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Thunder Bay Chill v Michigan Bucks

July 27, 2013	Thunder Bay Chill	1–0	Michigan Bucks	Chapples Park Stadium Thunder Bay, Ontario
3:00pm EDT	Omoregie 38' Villon  67' Campano-Franco  90'	Report		Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Justin Tasev

Forest City London v Real Colorado Foxes

July 27, 2013	Forest City London	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Real Colorado Foxes	Chapples Park Stadium Thunder Bay, Ontario
6:00pm EDT	Johnson  82' Beresford  90+'	Report		Referee: Michael Stenbring
	Penalties

Thunder Bay Chill v Forest City London

July 28, 2013	Thunder Bay Chill	3–0	Forest City London	Chapples Park Stadium Thunder Bay, Ontario
6:00pm EDT	Campano 35'  69' Dillon 41' Omoregie 84'	Report	Boyd  90'	Attendance: 2,048 Referee: Justin Taser

Southern Conference Championship

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Ocala Stampede v Laredo Heat

July 26, 2013	Ocala Stampede	0–2	Laredo Heat	House Park Austin, Texas
5:00pm CDT	Hogg  50' Gourlay  89'	Report	Hernandez  40' Ibarra 72' (pen.) Monteiro 90+1'	Referee: Elie Aguilar

Austin Aztex v Panama City Beach Pirates

July 26, 2013	Austin Aztex	4–0	Panama City Beach Pirates	House Park Austin, Texas
7:30pm CDT	Seoane 9' Shelton 37' Cuero 51' Cruz 88'	Report	D. Russell  28' Saye  55'	Attendance: 2,481 Referee: Hayden Edwards

Austin Aztex v Laredo Heat

July 27, 2013	Austin Aztex	2–0	Laredo Heat	House Park Austin, Texas
7:30pm CDT	Seoane 25'  52' Shelton 86'	Report	Hernandez  52' Souza  53'	Attendance: 2,673 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Western Conference Championship

Ventura County Fusion v Victoria Highlanders

July 27, 2013	Ventura County Fusion	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Victoria Highlanders	Ventura College Ventura, California
5:00pm PDT	Chongo 8' Mirković  58' Lopez 44' Schmetz  85' Kiffe  118'	Report	O'Neill 22' (pen.)  58' Bhandal  55' Levis 66', 96' Ravenhill  76' Mitrou  88'	Attendance: 782 Referee: Manuel Torres

Fresno Fuego v Portland Timbers U23s

July 27, 2013	Fresno Fuego	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Portland Timbers U23s	Ventura College Ventura, California
7:30pm PDT	Edmonds  43' Hewett 79' Murphy  85' Sanchez  104'	Report Box score	Greer  22' Reinhart 77' McFarlin  106'	Attendance: 150
	Penalties

Victoria Highlanders v Portland Timbers U23s

July 28, 2013	Victoria Highlanders	1–0	Portland Timbers U23s	Ventura College Ventura, California
5:00pm PDT	Levis 16' Sturrock  90'	Report Report		Attendance: 50 Referee: Robert Sarfaraz

Playoff Bracket

Conference Semifinals (July 26–27)

Conference Finals (July 27–28)

Semi-Finals (August 2)

Championship (August 4)

MS1

Austin Aztex

4

SE2

Panama City Beach Pirates

0

MS1

Austin Aztex

2

Southern Conference

MS2

Laredo Heat

0

SE1

Ocala Stampede

0

MS2

Laredo Heat

2

MS1

Austin Aztex

1

MA1

Ocean City Nor'easters

0

NE1

Ottawa Fury

3

MA3

Reading United

2

NE1

Ottawa Fury

1

Eastern Conference

MA1

Ocean City Nor'easters

3

MA1

Ocean City Nor'easters (PEN)

0 (5)

SA1

Carolina Dynamo

0 (3)

MS1

Austin Aztex

3

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

1

NW1

Victoria Highlanders (AET)

3

SW2

Ventura County Fusion

2

NW1

Victoria Highlanders

1

Western Conference

NW2

Portland Timbers U23s

0

SW1

Fresno Fuego

1 (3)

NW2

Portland Timbers U23s (PEN)

1 (4)

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

2

NW1

Victoria Highlanders

0

GL1

Forest City London (PEN)

0 (4)

HL2

Real Colorado Foxes

0 (3)

GL1

Forest City London

0

Central Conference

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

3

HL1

Thunder Bay Chill

1

GL2

Michigan Bucks

0

PDL Championship

Semi-finals

Thunder Bay Chill v Victoria Highlanders

August 2, 2013	Thunder Bay Chill	2–0	Victoria Highlanders	House Park Austin, Texas
5:00pm CDT	Campano-Franco 55' Silva 90+'	Report Report		Referee: Jason Anno

Austin Aztex v Ocean City Nor'easters

August 2, 2013	Austin Aztex	1–0	Ocean City Nor'easters	House Park Austin, Texas
7:30pm CDT	Seoane 52'  69' Rocha  76'	Report Report	Curran  33' Umar  44'	Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Christopher Mercado

Championship

Austin Aztex v Thunder Bay Chill

August 4, 2013	Austin Aztex	3–1	Thunder Bay Chill	House Park Austin, Texas
7:30pm CDT	Seoane 7' (pen.) 22' Pope  11' Shelton 45+' Cortes  89'	Report Report	Adan 2' Paterson  7' Intermoia  51' Villon  82'	Attendance: 4,253 Referee: Hayden Edwards

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kris Tyrpak, (AUS)
• Young (U21) Player of the Year: Pete Caringi (BAL)
• Coach of the Year: Paul Dalglish, (AUS)
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Chad Bush, (OTT)

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All-League and All-Conference Teams

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Eastern Conference

F: Pete Caringi (BAL) *, Carl Haworth (OTT) *, Dwayne Reid (OCN)
M: Brandt Bronico (CAR), Brayan Martinez (JER), Jason Plumhoff (REA) *
D: Shaun Foster (OTT), Damion Lowe (REA) *, Gilbert Manier (GPP), Hugh Roberts (BAL)
G: Chad Bush (OTT) *

Central Conference

F: Moses Danto (WSA), Oliver Gore (RCO), Zach Steinberger (MIB)
M: Bryan Ciesiulka (CHI), Jordan Green (KCB), Matt Walker (MIB)
D: Brandon Fricke (DSM) *, Tyler Hemming (LON), Nolan Intermoia (THU), Axel Sjöberg (THU) *
G: Tyson Farago (WSA)

Western Conference

F: Niall Cousens (VAN), Brett Levis (VIC), Tyler Reinhart (FRE)
M: Zach Barnes (POR), Paul Islas (FRE) *, Bobby Jhutty (VAN) *
D: Derrick Bassi (VAN), Chris Brundage (SEA), Tyler Hughes (VIC), Trevor Spurgeon (FRE)
G: David Meves (POR)

Southern Conference

F: Adam Black (OKC), Tyler Blackwood (ORL), Kris Tyrpak (AUS) *
M: Itode Fubara (ORL), Jack McVey (TAM), Tony Rocha (AUS)
D: Taian de Souza (PAN) *, Max Gunderson (AUS), Walter Kromholz (HOU), Felipe Souza (LAR)
G: Devin Cook (AUS)

* denotes All-League player

See also

• 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season