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2003 PDL season

Field	Value
competition	USL Premier Development League
season	2003
shieldtitle	Regular Season Champions
shield	New Orleans Shell Shockers (1st Title)
winners	Cape Cod Crusaders (2nd Title)
best player	CZE Tomas Baltner Des Moines Menace
league topscorer	ZIM Joseph Ngwenya Cape Cod Crusaders, YUG Bo Vuckovic Vermont Voltage (17 Goals Each)
best goalkeeper	IRL John O'Hara Richmond Kickers Future
prevseason	2002
nextseason	2004

The 2003 USL Premier Development League season was the 9th PDL season. The season began in April 2003 and ended in August 2003.

Cape Cod Crusaders finished the season as national champions for the second time, beating Chicago Fire Reserves 2–0 in the PDL Championship game. New Orleans Shell Shockers finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 16 out of their 18 games, suffering just 2 losses, and finishing with a +35 goal difference.

Cape Cod Crusaders striker Joseph Ngwenya and Vermont Voltage forward Bo Vuckovic were the league's top scorers, each knocking in 17 goals. Des Moines Menace midfielders Tomas Boltnar and Joseph Kabwe and Nashville Metros Ben Buerger led the league with 10 assists each, while Indiana Invaders keeper Christopher Sawyer enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.287 per game, and Richmond Kickers Future keeper kept 7 clean sheets and had a GAA average of 0.568 in his 12 games.

Changes from 2002

New franchises

Thirteen teams joined the league this year, including twelve brand new franchises:

Team name	Metro area	Location	Previous affiliation
British Columbia Abbotsford Rangers	Abbotsford area	Abbotsford, BC	expansion
New York Albany Blackwatch Highlanders	Albany area	Schenectady, NY	expansion
Utah BYU Cougars	Provo area	Provo, UT	expansion
Ohio Columbus Shooting Stars	Columbus area	Columbus, OH	expansion
Indiana Fort Wayne Fever	Fort Wayne area	Fort Wayne, IN	expansion
California Fresno Fuego	Fresno area	Fresno, CA	expansion
New Jersey Jersey Shore Boca	Jersey Shore area	Toms River, NJ	expansion
Nevada Nevada Wonders	Carson City area	Carson City, NV	expansion
Louisiana New Orleans Shell Shockers	New Orleans area	New Orleans, LA	expansion
Missouri St. Louis Strikers	St. Louis area	St. Louis, MO	expansion
New Jersey South Jersey Barons	Greater Trenton area	Trenton, NJ	previously in D3 Pro
Ohio Toledo Slayers	Toledo area	Maumee, OH	expansion
West Virginia West Virginia Chaos	Charleston area	Charleston, WV	expansion

Folding

Ten teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
- Central Coast Roadrunners - San Luis Obispo, California
- Chicago Eagles Select - Chicago, Illinois
- Chico Rooks - Chico, California (left to join the newly formed National Premier Soccer League)
- Dayton Gemini - Dayton, Ohio
- Denver Cougars - Commerce City, Colorado
- Los Angeles Heroes - Los Angeles, California
- Santa Barbara Sharks - Santa Barbara, California (folded during the 2002 season)
- Seattle Sounders Select - Seattle, Washington (folded during the 2002 season)
- Tampa Bay Hawks - Tampa, Florida
- West Michigan Edge - Grand Rapids, Michigan (spending season on hiatus)

Standings

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Playoffs

Conference semifinals

Patrick Grange
Robert Mouw
Jamal Drewry-Sutton
Kirk Harwat
Tighe Dombrowski Berkley, Michigan

David Bulow
Joseph Ngwenya
Luke Vercollone St. Albans, Vermont

Mariano Ilari-Bonfico
Dayton O'Brien
Michael Vogel
Tony Kuhn
Steven Medlock
Itayi Pondwa
Matthew Gowan New Orleans, Louisiana

Geoff Thompson
Bojan Vuckovic
Oliver Ellsworth
Olivier Occean
Carlos García St. Albans, Vermont

Mychal Turpin Berkley, Michigan

Steven Pate
Steve McAnespie
Jeremy Judice
Clifton Philip-Wales New Orleans, Louisiana

Jon Spencer
Drew McCarthy
Taylor McCool Spokane, Washington

Jose Espindola Spokane, Washington

Conference Finals

Dayton O'Brien
Mariano Ilari New Orleans, Louisiana

Kevin Wickart
Robert Mouw Berkley, Michigan

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Olivier Occean
Branko Vuckovic
Scott Palguta
Joseph Ngwenya
David Bulow St. Albans, Vermont

Leonard Griffin
Nick Theslof Spokane, Washington

National Semifinals

David Bulow
Ian Pilarski
Damien Quinn
Marty McNutt South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Jamal Drewry-Sutton
Christopher Rolfe
Nick Theslof Pontiac, Illinois

PDL Championship Game

Joseph Ngwenya
David Bulow Naperville, Illinois

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)]
(July 28, 2003). "Second Half Surge Thwarts Voltage". The Burlington Free Press.

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