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2014 PDL season

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Champions
  
Michigan Bucks

Biggest away win
  
VIC 7, LAU 0(June 22)

Champion
  
Michigan Bucks

Matches played
  
443

Biggest home win
  
LIR 8, NJL 0(July 12)

Start date
  
2014

Goals scored
  
1,381

Highest scoring
  
LIR 8, NJL 0(July 12)KWU 6, TOR 2(July 16)WMA 7, WES 1(July 19)

Longest winning run
  
10, Seacoast United(June 8 - July 19)

Longest unbeaten run
  
14, Ocala Stampede(June 5 - July 27)

Similar
  
2016 PDL season, 2009 PDL season, 2011 PDL season, 2013–14 Professional Arena So

The 2014 USL Premier Development League 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 were the defending champions.

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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.
  • NJ-LUSO Rangers FC became NJ-LUSO Parma.
  • North Sound SeaWolves became Puget Sound Gunners FC.
  • OC Blues Strikers FC became OC Pateadores Blues

    • Folding/moving

  • Central Jersey Spartans - Folded
  • El Paso Patriots - Folded
  • Kansas City Brass - Folded
  • Oklahoma City FC - Withdrew - joined NPSL, new team to play in the 2015 NASL
  • Ottawa Fury - Folded, new Ottawa Fury FC team plays in the NASL
  • VSI Tampa Bay FC - Folded
  • Virginia Beach Piranhas - Folded
  • Chicago Inferno - Folded in 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.

    Heartland Division

    Note: Chicago Inferno withdrew from the league on June 20.

    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.

    Championship

    Championship MVP: Adam Grinwis, (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)

    • Eastern Conference

    F: Anthony Grant (SUP) *, Jeff McClure (CIN), Alencar Junior (WMA)
    M: Boluwatife Akinyode (NJL), Shaun Foster (LIR), Walter Hines (JER)
    D: Kouassi Sylvain N’Guessan (JER), Jake Stovall (CIN), Tom Wharf (LIR), Travis Brent (WVA)
    G: Alex Bono (REA)

    Central Conference

    F: Chris Hellmann (DMM) *, Moses Danto (WSA), Dzenan Catic (MIB) *
    M: Zach Steinberger (MIB) *, Drew Conner (CHI), Ralph Lundy (DMM)
    D: Nolan Intermoia (THU) *, Ken Tribbett (MIB), Blake Jones (STL), Dan Keller (CHI)
    G: Yuta Nomura (SPR)

    Western Conference

    F: Javier Castro (LAM), Cody Cook (VAN), Kharlton Belmar (POR)
    M: Ricardo Velazco (TUC) *, Jose Cuevas (FRE) *, Bryan de la Fuente (LAM)
    D: Ramon Martin Del Campo (SJO) *, James Kiffe (VEN), Cory Keitz (KIT) *, Jordan Farahani (VAN)
    G: Billy Thompson (TUC) *

    Southern Conference

    F: Jesus Cortes (AUS), Ilija Ilic (OCA), Adi Kavara (PAN)
    M: Antonio Rocha (AUS), Michael Lightbourne (PAN), Karamba Janneh (OCA)
    D: Yair Hernandez (LAR) *, Walker Hume (MIO), Ben Knight (OCA), Kalen Ryden (AUS)
    G: Devin Cook (AUS)

    * denotes All-League player

    References

    2014 PDL season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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