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The 1997 Premier Development Soccer League season was its 3rd. The season began in April 1997 and ended in August 1997.
Contents
- Name changes
- New teams
- Teams Leaving
- Standings
- Central Division
- North Central Division
- Mid South Division
- Southeast Division
- Northwest Division
- Southwest Division
- Format
- References
Central Coast Roadrunners successfully defended the championship, defeating the Cocoa Expos 3-2. Spokane Shadow won the regular season title, winning 14 games to 2 losses.
Name changes
New teams
6 teams were added for the season.
Teams Leaving
The Nashville Metros were promoted to the A League. The Arizona Sahuaros (formerly the Arizona Phoenix), Austin Lone Stars, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (formerly Florida Strikers), and San Francisco Bay Seals were promoted to the D-3 Pro League.
6 teams folded after the 1996 season:
The Wichita Blue went on hiatus for this year, and the Willamette Valley Firebirds went on hiatus for the next two years.
Standings
Blue denotes team has won their division.
Green denotes team has won playoff spot.
Orange denotes team gets bye into semifinals as defending champion.
Central Division
* Lincoln and Twin Cities were both penalized 6 points. Des Moines was penalized 3 points
North Central Division
* Kalamazoo was penalized 6 points. Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Michigan were all penalized 3 points.
Mid-South Division
* Lexington was penalized 6 points. Chattanooga and Jackson were both penalized 3 points.
NOTE: Game between Cincinnati and Tucson was unable to be rescheduled before season's end, games was cancelled because it had no impact on playoffs.
Southeast Division
* West Florida was penalized 6 points. Cocoa and South Florida were both penalized 3 points.
Northwest Division
* Cascade and Puget Sound were both penalized 3 points.
Southwest Division
* Southern California and Tucson were both penalaized 3 points
NOTE: Game between Cincinnati and Tucson was unable to be rescheduled before season's end, games was cancelled because it had no impact on playoffs.
Format
Central Coast received a bye to the PDL Semifinals as the defending champion.
The top four teams from every division except the Southwest earn playoff spots. With Central Coast already receiving a bye, the top two teams from the Southwest Division will play each other, however if Central Coast is in the top two, then the third place team receives a playoff spot. The Division winners would then face each other in the Conference finals.