Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2013 PDL season

FieldValue
competitionUSL Premier Development League
season2013
shieldtitleRegular Season Champions
shieldThunder Bay Chill (1st Title)
winnersAustin Aztex (1st Title)
matches424
total goals1365
best playerUSA Kris Tyrpak Austin Aztex
league topscorerUSA Peter Caringi Baltimore Bohemians (16 Goals)
best goalkeeperCAN Chad Bush Ottawa Fury
biggest home winREA 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 winMIS 6, FTL 0
(May 23)
OTT 6, VMT 0
(June 29)
AUS 6, WTX 0
(July 18)
null
highest attendance4,617
BYU @ FRE
(May 9)
lowest attendance20
INF @ PRE
(July 21)
average attendance588 (338 of 424 games reporting)
prevseason2012
nextseason2014

(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) (May 23) OTT 6, VMT 0 (June 29) AUS 6, WTX 0 (July 18) BYU @ FRE (May 9) INF @ PRE (July 21)

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. 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.

Changes from 2012

Name changes

  • Hamilton FC Rage rebranded as K-W United FC
  • Bradenton Academics rebranded as IMG Academy Bradenton
  • 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.

Team nameMetro areaLocationPrevious affiliation
Massachusetts Real Boston RamsGreater BostonWeymouth, Massachusettsexpansion
Florida SW Florida AdrenalineNaples-Marco Island areaNaples, Floridaexpansion
New York F.A. EuroNew York metropolitan areaBrooklyn, New Yorkexpansion
Oklahoma Oklahoma City FCOklahoma City MetroplexOklahoma City, Oklahomaexpansion

Folding/moving

  • Thirteen teams were announced as leaving the league prior to the beginning of the season:
    • 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.

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

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

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.

Central Conference | team-width=175 | RD1-seed1=GL2 | RD1-team1=Michigan Bucks | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=GL3 | RD1-team2=Chicago Fire Premier | RD1-score2=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.

Western Conference | team-width=175 | RD1-seed1=NW2 | RD1-team1=Portland Timbers U23's (PEN) | RD1-score1=1 (5) | RD1-seed2=NW3 | RD1-team2=Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 | RD1-score2=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.

RD1=Northeast Division
Eastern Conferenceteam-width=175RD1-seed1=NE1Ottawa Fury]]'''RD1-score1=6RD1-seed2=NE2RD1-team2=GPS Portland PhoenixRD1-score2=0RD1=Mid Atlantic Division
Eastern Conferenceteam-width=175RD1-seed1=MA2RD1-team1= Baltimore BohemiansRD1-score1=1RD1-seed2=MA3AET]])'''RD1-score2=3RD1=South Atlantic Division
Eastern Conferenceteam-width=175RD1-seed1=SA1RD1-team1=Carolina DynamoRD1-score1=2RD1-seed2=SA2RD1-team2=Virginia Beach PiranhasRD1-score2=1

Peters Walker Steinberger Uzoigwe Pontiac, Michigan Basso Jones Ottawa, Ontario Fernandez Tana Shinsky Arjona Kansaye Rosenberry Alashe Marini Towson, Maryland Ibeagha Dunker Shihata Villegas Browns Summit, North Carolina Phillips Greer Plavisc Lakhan Jhutty Cousens McKenna Miller Ribas Meves Plavisc Visintin Cousens Adekugbe Camas, Washington

Eastern Conference Championship

Rajkovic Barron Foster Haworth Lowe Madison Pinto Ocean City, New Jersey Report Dennis Israel Martinez Durand Smith Curran Tribbett Dennis Kollie Ilhan Fender Smith Ocean City, New Jersey Tweneboa Tassano Ocean City, New Jersey

Central Conference Championship

Villon Campano-Franco Thunder Bay, Ontario Beresford

Dillon Omoregie

Southern Conference Championship

Gourlay Ibarra Monteiro Austin, Texas Shelton Cuero Cruz Saye Austin, Texas Shelton Souza Austin, Texas

Western Conference Championship

Bhandal Levis Ravenhill Mitrou Mirković Lopez Schmetz Kiffe Ventura, California Box score

  • Edmonds
  • Hewett
  • Murphy
  • Sanchez
  • Greer
  • Reinhart
  • McFarlin

Ventura, California Report Sturrock Ventura, California

Playoff Bracket

| team-width =175 | RD1-seed01 = MS1 | RD1-team01 = Austin Aztex | RD1-score01= 4 | RD1-seed02 = SE2 | RD1-team02 = Panama City Beach Pirates | RD1-score02= 0 | RD1-seed03 = SE1 | RD1-team03 = Ocala Stampede | RD1-score03= 0 | RD1-seed04 = MS2 | RD1-team04 = Laredo Heat | RD1-score04= 2 | RD1-seed05 = NE1 | RD1-team05 = Ottawa Fury | RD1-score05= 3 | RD1-seed06 = MA3 | RD1-team06 = Reading United | RD1-score06= 2 | RD1-seed07 = MA1 | RD1-team07 = Ocean City Nor'easters (PEN) | RD1-score07= 0 (5) | RD1-seed08 = SA1 | RD1-team08 = Carolina Dynamo | RD1-score08= 0 (3) | RD1-seed09 = NW1 | RD1-team09 = Victoria Highlanders (AET) | RD1-score09= 3 | RD1-seed10 = SW2 | RD1-team10 = Ventura County Fusion | RD1-score10= 2 | RD1-seed11 = SW1 | RD1-team11 = Fresno Fuego | RD1-score11= 1 (3) | RD1-seed12 = NW2 | RD1-team12 = Portland Timbers U23s (PEN) | RD1-score12= 1 (4) | RD1-seed13 =GL1 | RD1-team13 =Forest City London (PEN) | RD1-score13= 0 (4) | RD1-seed14 =HL2 | RD1-team14 =Real Colorado Foxes | RD1-score14= 0 (3) | RD1-seed15 = HL1 | RD1-team15 = Thunder Bay Chill | RD1-score15= 1 | RD1-seed16 = GL2 | RD1-team16 = Michigan Bucks | RD1-score16= 0 | RD2-seed01 = MS1 | RD2-team01 = Austin Aztex | RD2-score01= 2 | RD2-seed02 = MS2 | RD2-team02 = Laredo Heat | RD2-score02= 0 | RD2-seed03 = NE1 | RD2-team03 = Ottawa Fury | RD2-score03= 1 | RD2-seed04 = MA1 | RD2-team04 = Ocean City Nor'easters | RD2-score04= 3 | RD2-seed05 = NW1 | RD2-team05 = Victoria Highlanders | RD2-score05= 1 | RD2-seed06 = NW2 | RD2-team06 = Portland Timbers U23s | RD2-score06= 0 | RD2-seed07 = GL1 | RD2-team07 = Forest City London | RD2-score07= 0 | RD2-seed08 = HL1 | RD2-team08 = Thunder Bay Chill | RD2-score08= 3 | RD3-seed01 = MS1 | RD3-team01 = Austin Aztex | RD3-score01= 1 | RD3-seed02 = MA1 | RD3-team02 = Ocean City Nor'easters | RD3-score02= 0 | RD3-seed03 = HL1 | RD3-team03 = Thunder Bay Chill | RD3-score03= 2 | RD3-seed04 = NW1 | RD3-team04 = Victoria Highlanders | RD3-score04= 0 | RD4-seed01 = MS1 | RD4-team01 = Austin Aztex | RD4-score01= 3 | RD4-seed02 = HL1 | RD4-team02 = Thunder Bay Chill | RD4-score02= 1

PDL Championship

Semi-finals

Report Silva Austin, Texas Report Rocha Umar Austin, Texas

Championship

Report Pope Shelton Cortes Paterson Intermoia Villon Austin, Texas

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)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

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*

References

References

  1. "PDL Regular Schedule Released".
  2. (December 10, 2012). "Real Boston Rams Join PDL". uslsoccer.com.
  3. (August 21, 2012). "SW Florida Soccer Club Joins PDL". uslsoccer.com.
  4. [http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/standings/index_E.html Official Standings] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-07)
  5. (July 18, 2013). "Bucks To Host Divisional Playoff". United Soccer Leagues (USL).
  6. (July 16, 2013). "Aztex To Host Southern Championships". United Soccer Leagues (USL).
  7. (3 August 2013). "PDL Award Winners Announced". United Soccer Leagues (USL).
  8. (30 July 2013). "PDL All-Conference Teams Announced". United Soccer Leagues (USL).
  9. (31 July 2013). "Reading, Fury Lead All-League Selections". United Soccer Leagues (USL).
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

usl-league-two-seasons 2013-in-american-soccer-leagues
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2013 PDL season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report