The 2017 USL Premier Development League season is the 23rd season of the PDL. The

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entered the season as the defending champions, but their title defense campaign ended with a loss in the Central Conference semi-finals. On August 5, 2017, the

Charlotte Eagles The Charlotte Eagles are an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at ...

won their first PDL championship by defeating the

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2-1.

Changes from 2016

New Teams

Name Changes

*FC Miami City Champions became

FC Miami City Founded in 2014 by Ravy Truchot, FC Miami City (FCMC) is an American soccer club based in South Florida. The club is owned and operated by Strive Football Group, the leading private owner and operator of football clubs and academies. The club ...

*FC Sonic Lehigh Valley became Lehigh Valley United

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– Folded * Floridians FC – Folded *Kitsap Pumas – renamed Kitsap SC and moved to the

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*Kokomo Mantis FC – Folded its PDL team * LA Laguna FC – Folded *

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– Folded its PDL team *

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– moved to the

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* Midland/Odessa Sockers – renamed

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and moved to the

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– Folded *

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– Folded * Southern West Virginia King's Warriors – Folded its PDL team

Standings

Tiebreakers

# Head-to-head results # Goal differential # Goals scored

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Mid Atlantic Division

South Atlantic Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Mountain Division

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Playoffs

* ''After extra time''

Divisional Qualification

Matches in the Divisional Qualification round were held on July 18. Two Eastern Conference play-in matches were played at

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Seacoast United Phantoms The Seacoast United Phantoms (formerly the New Hampshire Phantoms) are an American soccer team based in the coastal region of southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. The team is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where it p ...

) and Whippany, NJ (

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). One Western Conference play-in match was played at

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Conference Championships

The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 21–23. Matches were played at:

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(Western Conference, host FC Tucson); Statesboro, GA (Eastern Conference, host

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);

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(Central Conference, host

); and Clinton, MS (Southern Conference, host

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). The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals.

PDL Championship

The PDL semifinals were held on July 29, with matches played at

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(

) and Thunder Bay, ON (

). The PDL Championship Game was held on August 5 in

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Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Brian White ( NYR) * Golden Boot: Brian White ( NYR) * Young (U21) Player of the Year:

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) * Coach of the Year: Robert Elliott, ( NYR) * Goalkeeper of the Year:

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( NYR) * Defender of the Year: Mitchell Osmond ( TBC) * Creative Player of the Year: Harry Pearse ( JER)

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

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) *, Brian White ( NYR) *, Joao Costa ( CHE)
M: Ricardo Gomez (

) *,

(

) *, Martim Galvão (

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)
D: Douglas Oliveira ( CHE), Alex Nelson (

), Kevin Politz ( NYR), Daniel Kozma ( OCN)
G:

( NYR) *

Central Conference

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), Samuel Gainford ( STL),

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( MIB)
M: Abraham Villon ( TBC), Amass Amankona ( DDL), Chris Mueller (

)
D: Mitchell Osmond ( TBC) *, Nick Walker ( MIB) *, Lucas Stauffer ( DMM),

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( DMM)
G: Michael Yantz ( DDL)

Western Conference

F: Mark Verso ( GSF) *, Ryosuke Kinoshita ( FCB), Jose Cuevas ( FRE)
M: Moshe Perez ( TUC) *, Christo Michaelson ( POR), Jose Carrera-Garcia ( GSF)
D: Sergi Nus ( FRE) *, Scott DeVoss ( COL) *, Sho Goto (

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), Wouter Verstraaten ( POR)
G: Jordan Farr ( POR)

Southern Conference

F: Mohamed Kourouma (

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), Ricardo Diegues ( LAK), Julio Moncada ( OKC)
M: Kevin Varela ( TBR), Willian Hopfner ( VIL),

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(

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)
D: Kevin Coiffic (

), Jonathan Parpeix (

), Gabriel Torres ( VIL), Thomas Vancaeyezeele (

)
G: Eric Dick ( OKC) ''* denotes All-League player''

References

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