1999 PDL season

USL Premier Development League
Season	1999
Champions	Chicago Sockers
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 USL Premier Development League season was the 5th PDL season. The season began in April 1999 and ended in August 1999.

Chicago Sockers finished the season as national champions, beating Spokane Shadow 3–1 in the PDL Championship game. Jackson Chargers had finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering just two losses, and finishing with a +55 goal difference.

Changes from 1998 season

Name changes

Abbotsford Athletes In Action changed their name to the Abbotsford 86ers Select.
Central Florida Lionhearts changed their name to the Central Florida Kraze.
Fox River Rebels changed their name to the Wisconsin Rebels.
Grand Rapids Explosion changed their name to West Michigan Explosion.
Seattle Hibernians changed their name to Seattle Sounders Select.

New teams

18 teams were added for the season, including 7 expansion teams and four who had returned from hiatus.

Team	Area	Location	Previous affiliation
Brooklyn Knights	Brooklyn (NYC) area	Brooklyn, NY	expansion
Capital District Shockers	New York Capital District area	Albany, NY	from D-3 Pro League
Central Jersey Riptide	Central Jersey area	Trenton, NJ	from D-3 Pro League
Chicago Sockers	Chicago area	Chicago, IL	from D-3 Pro League
Clarksville Gunners	Clarksville area	Clarksville, TN	expansion
Lexington Bluegrass Bandits	Lexington area	Lexington, KY	returned from hiatus
Miami Breakers	Miami area	Miami, FL	from D-3 Pro League
Nevada Zephyrs	Las Vegas area	Las Vegas, NV	expansion
New York Freedom	New York City area	New York, NY	expansion
Orlando Nighthawks	Central Florida area	Orlando, FL	from D-3 Pro League
Rockford Raptors	Rockford area	Rockford, IL	from D-3 Pro League
San Fernando Valley Heroes	Los Angeles area	Los Angeles, CA	from D-3 Pro League
Team St. Louis	St. Louis area	St. Louis, MO	expansion
Tucson Amigos	Tucson area	Tucson, AZ	returned from hiatus
Vermont Voltage	Vermont area	St. Albans, VT	from D-3 Pro League
Westchester Flames	Suburban Mainland New York area	New Rochelle, NY	expansion
Wichita Blue	Wichita area	Wichita, KS	returned from hiatus
Willamette Valley Firebirds	Portland area	Portland, OR	returned from hiatus

Teams leaving

5 teams folded after the 1998 Season:

Alabama Saints and South Florida Future went on hiatus for this season.

Okanagan Valley Challenge and Victoria Umbro Select returned to the PCSL, ending their associate membership. Abbotsford Athletes In Action and Seattle Hibernian retained their membership.

Standings

Legend
Division champion
Team qualified for playoff berth
Team gets bye into semifinals as host.

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Mid-Michigan Bucks	16	13	1	0	2	62	14	+48	11	65
2	Chicago Sockers	16	11	1	1	3	41	14	+27	7	54
3	Wisconsin Rebels	16	10	1	0	5	45	37	+8	9	51
4	Indiana Invaders	16	7	0	0	9	34	44	−10	7	35
5	Kalamazoo Kingdom	16	5	1	1	9	28	45	−17	5	28
6	Rockford Raptors	16	2	0	2	12	23	61	−38	3	13
7	West Michigan Explosion	16	2	0	0	14	17	49	−32	2	10^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ RSSSF recorded 5 total points.

Heartland Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Twin Cities Tornado	16	14	0	0	2	55	18	+37	9	65
2	Sioux City Breeze	16	13	0	0	3	52	25	+27	9	61
3	Colorado Comets	15	8	0	1	6	48	33	+15	9	42
4	Des Moines Menace	16	7	0	1	8	33	36	−3	5	34
5	Kansas City Brass	16	4	2	0	10	23	38	−15	4	24
6	Team St. Louis	6	5	0	0	1	28	8	+20	4	24^[a]
7	Wichita Blue	11	3	0	2	6	13	43	−30	2	16^[b]
8	Colorado Springs Stampede	15	1	2	0	12	21	52	−31	2	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Provisional team: does not play a full schedule.
^ Wichita Blue folded during the season.

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	New York Freedom	16	10	1	1	4	40	27	+13	8	51^[a]
2	Central Jersey Riptide	16	8	0	1	7	40	28	+12	9	42^[b]
3	Brooklyn Knights	16	5	2	0	9	29	42	−13	5	29
4	Westchester Flames	16	6	1	0	9	19	32	−13	3	29
5	Vermont Voltage	16	4	0	1	11	26	42	−16	4	21
6	Capital District Shockers	16	2	0	0	14	18	65	−47	1	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ RSSSF recorded 52 total points.
^ RSSSF recorded 36 total points.

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Jackson Chargers	16	14	0	0	2	67	12	+55	11	67
2	Cocoa Expos	16	10	2	0	4	58	24	+34	10	54
3	Central Florida Kraze	16	10	0	1	5	47	23	+24	8	49
4	Miami Breakers	16	8	1	0	7	29	32	−3	6	40
5	Bradenton Academics	16	8	0	1	7	28	32	−4	5	38
6	Clarksville Gunners	16	5	1	1	9	28	37	−9	3	26
7	Miami Tango	16	4	1	0	11	25	61	−36	5	23
8	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits	6	3	0	0	3	17	14	+3	4	16
9	Orlando Nighthawks	16	1	0	1	14	13	63	−50	0	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Willamette Valley Firebirds	16	14	0	0	2	54	20	+34	10	66
2	Spokane Shadow	16	10	0	0	6	36	21	+15	8	48
3	Abbotsford 86ers Select	16	8	0	1	7	36	32	+4	7	40
4	Seattle Sounders Select	16	6	2	0	8	19	32	−13	1	29
5	Yakima Reds	16	5	1	1	9	31	43	−12	6	29
6	Cascade Surge	16	2	0	1	13	19	47	−28	3	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	San Fernando Valley Heroes	16	9	4	0	3	53	21	+32	8	52
2	Central Coast Roadrunners	16	7	1	1	7	32	24	+8	7	38
3	Nevada Zephyrs	16	7	0	0	9	26	31	−5	4	32
4	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	16	6	0	0	10	33	51	−18	6	30^[a]
5	Silicon Valley Ambassadors	16	5	0	2	9	23	44	−21	2	24
6	Tucson Amigos	16	3	0	2	11	23	41	−18	1	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ RSSSF recorded 27 total points.

Playoffs

Spokane hosted the Finals and received a bye to the National Semi-Finals.

Central Semifinals			Central Finals

GL1	Mid-Michigan Bucks	1

HL2	Sioux City Breeze	2
			HL2	Sioux City Breeze	1

			GL2	Chicago Sockers	3
HL1	Twin Cities Tornado	0

GL2	Chicago Sockers	2

Central Conference Playoffs

August 6, 1999

7:00 PM EDT

Semifinals

Mid-Michigan Bucks	1–2	Sioux City Breeze
Snape 59' Scicluna 65' Dodd 69' Armstrong 80'	Report	Eidelwein 44', 60' (pen.) Koroma 57'

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Attendance: 752

Referee: Shaun Soraghan

August 6, 1999

9:00 PM EDT

Semifinals

Twin Cities Tornado	0–2	Chicago Sockers
	Report	Campuzano 10' Hamnett 70'

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

August 7, 1999

7:30 PM EDT

Conference Final

Sioux City Breeze	1–3	Chicago Sockers
Eidelwein 19'	Report	Campuzano 33' Hamnett 39', 90'

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Attendance: 112

Eastern Semifinals			Eastern Finals

SE1	Jackson Chargers	9

NE2	Brooklyn Knights	1
			HL2	Jackson Chargers	0

			GL2	New York Freedom	1
NE1	New York Freedom	3

SE2	Cocoa Expos	1

Eastern Conference Playoffs

August 6, 1999

7:00 PM CDT

Semifinals

Jackson Chargers	9–1	Brooklyn Knights
Oyuga 10' Maruti 12', 20', 39', 52' Duncan Shortt Coulibaly	Report	Dixon 62'

Jackson, Mississippi

August 6, 1999

9:00 PM CDT

Semifinals

Cocoa Expos	1–3	New York Freedom
Butcher 18'	Report	Sy Camara

Jackson, Mississippi

August 7, 1999

8:30 PM CDT

Conference Final

Jackson Chargers	0–1	New York Freedom
	Report	Vargas 73'

Jackson, Mississippi

Western Semifinals			Western Finals

NW1	Willamette Valley Firebirds	1

SW2	Central Coast Roadrunners	0
			NW1	Willamette Valley Firebirds	5

			NW2	Abbotsford 86ers Select	1
SW1	San Fernando Valley Heroes	1

NW2	Abbotsford 86ers Select	2

Western Conference Playoffs

August 7, 1999

5:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Central Coast Roadrunners	0–1	Willamette Valley Firebirds
	Report	Howes 35'

Citrus College
Glendora, California

August 7, 1999

8:00 PM PDT

Semifinals

San Fernando Valley Heroes	1–2	Abbotsford 86ers Select
	Report	Hall 44' Morris 60'

Citrus College
Glendora, California

August 8, 1999

3:00 PM PDT

Conference Final

Willamette Valley Firebirds	5–1	Abbotsford 86ers Select
Capodanno 34', 88' Ritchie 39' Howes 48', 80'	Report	Strain 17' (pen.)

Citrus College
Glendora, California

PDL Semifinals			PDL Finals

NW1	Willamette Valley Firebirds	1

H	Spokane Shadow	2
			H	Spokane Shadow	1

			GL2	Chicago Sockers	3
NE1	New York Freedom	0

GL2	Chicago Sockers	1	PDL Third Place


			NW1	Willamette Valley Firebirds	2

			NE1	New York Freedom	5

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PDL National Semifinals

August 14, 1999

6:00 PM PDT

Semifinals

Chicago Sockers	1–0	New York Freedom
Harkness 25' Campuzano 71'	Report	Donahue 35' O'Boyle 58' Rambo 90'

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

Attendance: 3,829

August 14, 1999

8:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Spokane Shadow	2–1	Willamette Valley Firebirds
Hampton 20' Saunders 35' Higgins 65' Rose 68' Brown 84'	Report	Howes 16'

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

Attendance: 3,829

Third Place Game

August 15, 1999

6:00 PM PDT

Final

Willamette Valley Firebirds	2–5	New York Freedom
Howes 59', 83'	Report	Navarino 4', 40', 65' Vargas 38' Doramodou 83'

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

PDL Championship Game

August 15, 1999

8:30 PM PDT

Spokane Shadow	1–3	Chicago Sockers
Rose 88'	Report	Codd 18' Dunne 44' McDermott 73'

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

Attendance: 3,843

References

^ United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)

[table_hth_WME0.51727879537143-1] RSSSF recorded 5 total points.

[table_hth_STL0.71158976560067-2] Provisional team: does not play a full schedule.

[table_hth_WIC0.71158976560067-3] Wichita Blue folded during the season.

[table_hth_NYF0.72129180315942-4] RSSSF recorded 52 total points.

[table_hth_CJR0.72129180315942-5] RSSSF recorded 36 total points.

[table_hth_SGV0.76845800912402-6] RSSSF recorded 27 total points.

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