2004 PDL Season

The 2004 USL Premier Development League season was the 10th PDL season. The season began in April 2004 and ended in August 2004.

Central Florida Kraze finished the season as national champions, beating Boulder Rapids Reserve 1-0 in the PDL Championship game. Chicago Fire Reserves finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 17 out of their 18 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +66 goal difference.

El Paso Patriots striker Julio Frias was the league's top scorer, with 25 goals, while DFW Tornados midfielder Mark Rowland led the league with 11 assists. Chicago Fire Reserves keeper Brad Guzan enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.39 per game in his 13 games.

Changes from 2003

Name changes

*Mid-Michigan Bucks became Michigan Bucks
*Texas Spurs became Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados
*Louisiana Outlaws became Lafayette Swamp Cats

New Franchises

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

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Southeast Division

Playoffs

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

RD1-seed01=NE1
RD1-team01=
RD1-score01=2
RD1-seed02=MA2
RD1-team02=
RD1-score02=1

RD1-seed03=MA1
RD1-team03=
RD1-score03=3
RD1-seed04=NE2
RD1-team04=
RD1-score04=2

RD1-seed05=MS1
RD1-team05=
RD1-score05=4
RD1-seed06=SE2
RD1-team06=
RD1-score06=5

RD1-seed07=SE1
RD1-team07=
RD1-score07=4
RD1-seed08=MS2
RD1-team08=
RD1-score08=2

RD1-seed09=HL1
RD1-team09=
RD1-score09=3
RD1-seed10=GL2
RD1-team10=
RD1-score10=1

RD1-seed11=GL1
RD1-team11=
RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12=HL2
RD1-team12=
RD1-score12=3

RD1-seed13=SW1
RD1-team13=
RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14=NW2
RD1-team14=
RD1-score14=2

RD1-seed15=NW1
RD1-team15=
RD1-score15=1
RD1-seed16=SW2
RD1-team16=
RD1-score16=2

RD2-seed01=NE1
RD2-team01=
RD2-score01=2
RD2-seed02=MA1
RD2-team02=
RD2-score02=3

RD2-seed03=SE2
RD2-team03=
RD2-score03=1
RD2-seed04=SE1
RD2-team04=
RD2-score04=3

RD2-seed05=HL1
RD2-team05=
RD2-score05=0
RD2-seed06=HL2
RD2-team06=
RD2-score06=1

RD2-seed07=SW1
RD2-team07=
RD2-score07=1
RD2-seed08=SW2
RD2-team08=
RD2-score08=2

RD3-seed01=MA1
RD3-team01=
RD3-score01=1 (1)
RD3-seed02=SE1
RD3-team02="')
RD3-score02=1 (2)

RD3-seed03=HL2
RD3-team03=
RD3-score03=3
RD3-seed04=SW2
RD3-team04=
RD3-score04=0

RD4-seed01=SE1
RD4-team01=
RD4-score01=1
RD4-seed02=HL2
RD4-team02=
RD4-score02=0