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The 1998 Premier Development Soccer League season was the 4th PDSL season. The season began in April 1998 and ended in August 1998.
Contents
- Name changes
- New teams
- Teams Leaving
- Standings
- Central Division
- Great Lakes Division
- Northwest Division
- Southeast Division
- Southwest Division
- Format
- References
San Gabriel Valley Highlanders won the championship, defeating the Jackson Chargers 3-2. Jackson won the regular season title, winning all 16 games and posting a whopping +84 goal difference. Four teams from the Pacific Coast Soccer League joined as associate members this season, with two (Abbotsford and Seattle) going on to become full members in 1999.
Name changes
New teams
13 teams were added for the season, 9 expansion teams and four associates from the Pacific Coast Soccer League.
Teams Leaving
The Cincinnati Riverhawks were promoted to the A-League and the Miami Breakers were promoted to the D3 Pro League following the 1997 season.
7 teams folded after the 1997 season:
The Lexington Bluegrass Bandits and Tucson Amigos went on hiatus for this year.
Standings
Blue denotes team has won their division.
Green denotes team has won playoff spot.
Orange denotes team gets bye into semifinals as host.
** denotes team is a provisional team and does not play a full schedule.
Central Division
* Des Moines and Sioux City were both penalized 6 points. Colorado Springs was penalized 3 points.
Great Lakes Division
* Lansing was penalized 3 points.
Northwest Division
Abbotsford, Okanagan Valley, Seattle Hibernian, and Victoria are all associate members.
* Seattle BigFoot was penalized 6 points. Abbotsford was penalized 3 points.
Southeast Division
* Bradenton, Central Florida, and South Florida were all penalized 3 points.
Southwest Division
* Northern Arizona, San Gabriel Valley, and Silicon Valley were all penalized 3 points.
Format
Kalamazoo hosted the Finals and received a bye to the National Semi-Finals.
The top four teams from the Central, Great Lakes, Southeast, and Southwest divisions, however, if Kalamazoo places in the top four in the Central Division, the fifth place team will take their spot. The top two teams in the Northwest Division will play the top two associate teams from the PCSL. The team with the most points to lose in the Divisional rounds will play in the Regional round as a wild card against the Divisional champion with the most points. The remaining four teams will play each other based on geography.