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1998 PDSL season

Field	Value
competition	Premier Development Soccer League
season	1998
shieldtitle	Regular Season Champions
shield	Jackson Chargers (1st Title)
winners	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders (1st Title)
best player	BRA Rodrigo Costa Detroit Dynamite
league topscorer	KEN Bonaventure Maruti Jackson Chargers (27 Goals)
best goalkeeper	USA Joshua Fouts Spokane Shadow
longest wins	Jackson Chargers 16 Games Entire Season
longest unbeaten	Jackson Chargers 16 Games Entire Season
prevseason	1997
nextseason	1999

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

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

Great Lakes Division

Northwest Division

Southeast Division

Southwest Division

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

Eddie Enders
Fitzgerald Haig Jackson, Mississippi
Johnny Mulrooney
Bonaventure Maruti
Dominic Schell
Eric Bushey
Jeremy Short
Sanjeev Parmar Jackson, Mississippi

Dominic Schell
Bonaventure Maruti
Paul Oyuga
Sheldon Bennett
Eddie Enders
Fitzgerald Haig Jackson, Mississippi |RD1-seed1=SW1 |RD1-team1=California Silicon Valley Ambassadors |RD1-score1=1 |RD1-seed2=SW4 |RD1-team2=California Central Coast Roadrunners (AET) |RD1-score2=2 |RD1-seed3=SW2 |RD1-team3=California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders |RD1-score3=2 |RD1-seed4=SW3 |RD1-team4=California Southern California Chivas |RD1-score4=0 |RD2-seed1=SW4 |RD2-team1=California Central Coast Roadrunners |RD2-score1=2 |RD2-seed2=SW2 |RD2-team2=California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders |RD2-score2=4
Niels Bruckner
Clay Harty Cupertino, California Cupertino, California

Zhorzhik Sepanyan
Arutyun Krtotyan
Sarkis Banyan
Sevak Atamyan
Mike Rosander
Abel Gutierrez
Clay Harty Santa Ana, California |RD1-seed1=NW1 |RD1-team1=Washington Spokane Shadow |RD1-score1=1 |RD1-seed2=NWA2 |RD1-team2=British Columbia Okanagan Valley Challenge |RD1-score2=2 |RD1-seed3=NW2 |RD1-team3=Washington Yakima Reds |RD1-score3=1 |RD1-seed4=NWA1 |RD1-team4=Washington Seattle BigFoot |RD1-score4=0 |RD2-seed1=NWA2 |RD2-team1=British Columbia Okanagan Valley Challenge |RD2-score1=1 |RD2-seed2=NW2 |RD2-team2=Washington Yakima Reds |RD2-score2=4
Joe Marks
Eric Ladner
Alex Atherton Spokane, Washington
Jeff Perry Spokane, Washington

Luiz Machado
Nilton Resende
Danny Ferris
Grame Magowan Spokane, Washington |RD1-seed1=C1 |RD1-team1=Colorado Colorado Comets |RD1-score1=0 |RD1-seed2=C4 |RD1-team2=Missouri Kansas City Brass |RD1-score2=1 |RD1-seed3=C2 |RD1-team3=Iowa Des Moines Menace (AET) |RD1-score3=2 |RD1-seed4=C3 |RD1-team4=Minnesota Twin Cities Tornado |RD1-score4=1 |RD2-seed1=C4 |RD2-team1=Missouri Kansas City Brass |RD2-score1= 2 (0) |RD2-seed2=C2 |RD2-team2=Iowa Des Moines Menace (AET/PSO) |RD2-score2=2 (1)
Kelly Klusman Des Moines, Iowa
Alf Bilbao
Seth Modersohn Des Moines, Iowa

Seth Modersohn
Eric Wilson
Jeff Kinsman
Jon Malm

Chad Schomaker
Joe Malachino
Stephen Armstrong Saginaw Township, Michigan
Joe Bernstein
Ran Rajec Saginaw Township, Michigan

Benjamin Djeukeng
Chad Schomaker Saginaw Township, Michigan

Round of Six

Johnny Mulrooney
Dominic Schell
Stephen Armstrong Jackson, Mississippi
Eric Wilson
Seth Modersohn
Eddie Enders Des Moines, Iowa

PDSL finals bracket

Serejah Akopian
Sarkis Banyan
Vahe Asatourian
Brian Zwaschka Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bonaventure Maruti
Jeremy Shortt Kalamazoo, Michigan

Ryan Thompson
Eric Wilson
Luc Cisna
Kyle Reilly
Matt Pinkney Kalamazoo, Michigan

Bonaventure Maruti
Arshak Abyanli Kalamazoo, Michigan

Honors

Organization of the Year: Jackson Chargers
Executive of the Year: Dave Nesbit, Des Moines Menace
Fair Play Award: Spokane Shadow

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)]
(November 13, 1998). "Blast Named Organization of the Year".

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