The 2014

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

season was the 20th season of the PDL. The regular season began on May 3 and ended July 20. The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners to determine the league's champion. Seven teams were added to the league, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 64 for 2014. The

Austin Aztex The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, the team played the 2015 season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyr ...

were the defending champions.

Changes from 2013

New teams

Seven new clubs joined the PDL in 2014.

Name Changes

* Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy became Floridians FC. * West Texas Sockers became Midland/Odessa Sockers. *

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became NJ-LUSO Parma. * North Sound SeaWolves became

Puget Sound Gunners FC Puget Sound Gunners FC was an American soccer team based in Issaquah, Washington, United States. Founded in 2010, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, from 2011 to 2015. In 201 ...

. * OC Blues Strikers FC became OC Pateadores Blues

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Central Jersey Spartans Central Jersey Spartans was an American soccer team based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlan ...

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El Paso Patriots El Paso Patriots was an American soccer team based in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1989, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southe ...

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Kansas City Brass Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division ...

- Folded * Oklahoma City FC - Withdrew - joined NPSL, new team to play in the 2015 NASL * Ottawa Fury - Folded, new

Ottawa Fury FC Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium. The Ottawa Fury FC were diss ...

team plays in the NASL *

VSI Tampa Bay FC VSI Tampa Bay FC was an American soccer team based in Plant City, Florida. They played in USL Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid, in the 2013 season. VSI Tampa Bay FC were owned by VisionPro Sports Institute and were affiliated ...

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Virginia Beach Piranhas The Virginia Beach Piranhas were an amateur American soccer team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Founded in 2006 as the Virginia Beach Submariners as part of the development system of the now-defunct USL First Division franchise ...

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Chicago Inferno The Chicago Inferno is an American soccer club based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. The team originally played from 2012 to 2014 in the USL Premier Development League, the fourth division of the American soccer pyramid, in the Heartland ...

- Folded mid-season

Divisions

The schedule and divisions were announced January 31 with each team to play a 14-game schedule. The Western Conference was split into three divisions (Northwest, Southwest and Mountain).

Standings

2014 Premier Development League standings. 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

Mountain Division

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Conference Championships

Participants in the four conference championships were determined according to the specific rules of each conference. In the two-division Central and Southern Conferences, the top two teams from each division meet in a conference final four. In the Eastern and Western Conferences, both of which are broken into three divisions, additional quarterfinal matches were required. In the Western Conference, two teams from the Northwest Division advanced to the conference final four: the division champion and the winner of a match between the division's second- and third-place teams. The first-place teams from the Mountain and Southwest divisions met the second-place teams of the other division to determine the final two participants. In the Eastern Conference the winner of a match between the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic divisions' second-place teams advanced to the final four along with the three division champions.

Eastern Conference Championship

Central Conference Championship

Southern Conference Championship

Western Conference Championship

Playoff Bracket

PDL Championship

Semi-finals

Championship

Championship MVP:

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, ( MIB)

Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Dzenan Catic, ( MIB) * Young (U21) Player of the Year: Ricardo Velazco ( TUC) * Coach of the Year: Michael Jeffries, ( DMM) * Goalkeeper of the Year: Billy Thompson, ( TUC)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Anthony Grant ( SUP) *, Jeff McClure ( CIN), Alencar Junior ( WMA)
M: Boluwatife Akinyode ( NJL), Shaun Foster (

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), Walter Hines ( JER)
D: Kouassi Sylvain N’Guessan ( JER), Jake Stovall ( CIN), Tom Wharf (

), Travis Brent (

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)
G:

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(

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)

Central Conference

F: Chris Hellmann ( DMM) *, Moses Danto ( WSA), Dzenan Catic ( MIB) *
M:

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( MIB) *, Drew Conner (

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), Ralph Lundy ( DMM)
D: Nolan Intermoia ( THU) *,

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( MIB), Blake Jones (

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), Dan Keller (

)
G: Yuta Nomura ( SPR)

Western Conference

F: Javier Castro ( LAM), Cody Cook (

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( POR)
M: Ricardo Velazco ( TUC) *, Jose Cuevas ( FRE) *,

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( LAM)
D: Ramon Martin Del Campo ( SJO) *, James Kiffe (

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), Cory Keitz ( KIT) *, Jordan Farahani (

)
G: Billy Thompson ( TUC) *

Southern Conference

F: Jesus Cortes ( AUS),

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( OCA), Adi Kavara ( PAN)
M:

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( AUS), Michael Lightbourne ( PAN),

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( OCA)
D: Yair Hernandez ( LAR) *, Walker Hume (

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), Ben Knight ( OCA),

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( AUS)
G: Devin Cook ( AUS) ''* denotes All-League player''

References

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