2007 PDL Season

The 2007 USL Premier Development League season was the 13th season of the PDL. The season started on April 28 2007. The regular season ended on July 25 2007.

Laredo Heat finished the season as national champions, beating Michigan Bucks on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on 11 August 2007.

Hampton Roads Piranhas finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +36 goal difference.

Fresno Fuego striker Pablo Campos was the league's top scorer, knocking in 18 goals. Thunder Bay Chill's Gustavo Oliveira led the league with 15 assists, while Hampton Roads Piranhas keeper Evan Newton enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.222 per game, and keeping 8 clean sheets in his 14 games.

Changes From 2006

Name Changes

*The Williamsburg Legacy changed their name to the Virginia Legacy and unveiled a new logo on January 31 2007.
*The Raleigh Elite changed their name to the Cary RailHawks U23's after forming a partnership with their USL First Division parent club Carolina RailHawks FC and unveiled a new logo on March 6 2007.
*Tacoma FC changed their name to Tacoma Tide on March 8 2007.
*The Virginia Beach Submariners were acquired by and renamed as the Hampton Roads Piranhas on April 6 2007, after their parent club, the Virginia Beach Mariners, was terminated on March 30.
*The Boulder Rapids Reserve changed their name to the Colorado Rapids U23's on April 12 2007, as well as their logo and colors, to reflect the changes undertaken by their parent club, the Colorado Rapids.

New Franchises

*Ten teams joined the league this year, including seven brand new franchises:

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

outheast Division

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

16TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Semifinals
RD2=Conference Finals
RD3=National Semifinals
RD4=PDL Championship Game
group1=Eastern Conference
Central Conference
group2=Southern Conference
Western Conference

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Conference Semifinals

footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
5:00 PM ET
team1 =
score = 1 – 1
(AET)
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Cambridge yel|22
Niebles goal|44
Matos yel|87
Matteo yel|89
Damiani yel|111
goals2 = Haywood yel|53
Joseph goal|89
Wheeler yel|89
stadium = Carey Stadium
Ocean City, New Jersey
attendance =
referee = Daun White (USA)penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Matteo pengoal
Charles pengoal
Danny Dragoi pengoal
Berenzen penmiss|saved
Damiani pengoal
Belke pengoal
Cioffi pengoal
penaltyscore = 6 – 5
penalties2 = pengoal Wheeler
pengoal Mottinger
pengoal Lima
pengoal Kinney
penmiss|saved Thomas
pengoal Newton
penmiss|saved Joseph ----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
5:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 3 – 1
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Hlavaty goal|53 (PK) yel|62
Fleak goal|76 goal|77
goals2 = Gold yel|3
Putrus sent off|2|15|90
Swartzendruber goal|57
Moldenhaur yel|62
Alvarado yel|85
stadium = Lake Orion High School
Orion Township, Michigan
attendance =
referee = (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
6:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 1
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Cervantes yel|10
Morin yel|70
goals2 = Franks yel|12
Jata goal|81
stadium = UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
attendance = 143
referee = Rudy Nino (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
7:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 5
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Carmichael sent off|0|22
Holloway yel|24 sent off|0|24
Evans yel|30
goals2 = Chery goal|36 goal|49
Short yel|44
Wright goal|52
Massie goal|57 yel|57
Nyazamba goal|72
stadium = Carey Stadium
Ocean City, New Jersey
attendance = 878
referee = Mark Geiger (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
7:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 2
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Shaw yel|18
Leslie sent off|2|59|72
Borak yel|63
Paladini yel|68
goals2 = Fellows goal|64 goal|76
stadium = Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
attendance = 2,746
referee = Colin Arblaster (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
8:00 PM ET
team1 =
score = 1 – 4
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Clayes yel|29
Angus goal|45 yel|70
goals2 = Dube goal|26
Jafta yel|45
Holody goal|79
Djokic goal|86
Uzoigwe goal|90
stadium = Lake Orion High School
Orion Township, Michigan
attendance =
referee = (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
9:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 4
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Herbet yel|24
goals2 = Morales goal|4 yel|4 goal|26
Galvan goal|7
Ibarra goal|60
Mulamba yel|64
Macias yel|89
stadium = UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
attendance = 1,401
referee = Jeff Katawar (USA)----footballbox|date = July 27, 2007
10:30 ET
team1 =
score = 1 – 4
(AET)
report=
team2 =
goals1 = O'Brien sent off|2|27|74
David goal|63
Schomaker sent off|0|102
goals2 = Nunes goal|22 yel|38
Rivera yel|43
Blanco yel|74 goal|102
Cabello yel|75
Cignetti yel|90
Machado yel|95 goal|108
Campos goal|100
stadium = Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
attendance = 2,746
referee = Mike Kampmeinert (USA)

Conference Finals

footballbox|date = July 28, 2007
7:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 1 – 0
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Dragoi yel|34 goal|38 (PK)
Niebles yel|40
Cioffi yel|49
goals2 = Barnett yel|53
Short yel|54
Stratford yel|88
Nyazamba sent off|0|88
stadium = Carey Stadium
Ocean City, New Jersey
attendance = 231
referee = William Guarini (USA)----footballbox|date = July 28, 2007
7:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 3
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Katic yel|42
Fallon yel|85
Ratner yel|88
goals2 = Dube goal|57
Shipalane goal|74
Daniel yel|79
Uzoigwe goal|89
stadium = Lake Orion High School
Orion Township, Michigan
attendance = 653
referee = (USA)----footballbox|date = July 28, 2007
9:05 PM ET
team1 =
score = 2 – 1
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Galvan yel|32
Ibarra goal|48 (PK) yel|48
Infante yel|71
Morales goal|74
Garcia yel|76
Blackwell yel|90
goals2 = Loyd yel|30
Lahoud goal|54
Lewis yel|84
stadium = UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
attendance = 1,457
referee = Michael Brow (USA)----footballbox|date = July 28, 2007
10:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 3 – 0
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Nunes goal|5 (PK)
Campos goal|51 yel|55 goal|90
Vogt yel|74
goals2 = Van Wagenen yel|80
De Francis yel|90
stadium = Chukchansi Park
Fresno, CA
attendance = 1,872
referee = Yader Reyes (USA)

National Semifinals

footballbox|date = August 4, 2007
7:30 PM ET
team1 =
score = 1 – 1
(AET)
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Smith goal|15
Matos yel|60
Velasquez yel|108
goals2 = Clark yel|17
Dube goal|33
stadium = Lake Orion High School
Orion Township, Michigan
attendance = 1,061
referee = Chad Ulinger (USA)penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Matteo pengoal
Dragoi penmiss|saved
Niebles pengoal
Charles pengoal
Belke pengoal
penaltyscore = 4 – 5
penalties2 = pengoal Uzoigwe
pengoal Djokic
pengoal Brunner
pengoal Shipalane
pengoal Holody

----footballbox|date = August 4, 2007
9:05 PM ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 1
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Codeceira yel|31
Cabello yel|64
Blanco yel|88
Nunes yel|90
goals2 = Quinones yel|34
Infante yel|48
Garcia goal|83
Su yel|90
stadium = UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
attendance = 2,713
referee = Colin Tait (USA)

National Final

footballbox|date = August 11, 2007
TBA ET
team1 =
score = 0 – 0
(AET)
report=
team2 =
goals1 = Nowak yel|80
Djokic yel|86
Holody yel|109
goals2 = Infante yel|109
stadium = UISD Student Activity Center
Laredo, Texas
attendance = 6,640
referee = Oscar Ortiz (USA)penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Djokic pengoal
Balc penmiss|miss
Brunner pengoal
Fuzetti pengoal
Holody penmiss|saved
Daniel penmiss|saved
penaltyscore = 3 – 4
penalties2 = pengoal Galvan
pengoal Ordaz
penmiss|miss Morales
pengoal Blackwell
penmiss|saved Ibarra
pengoal Garcia