2011 PDL season


The 2011 USL Premier Development League season was the 17th season of the PDL. The regular season began on April 29, 2011, when the Los Angeles Blues 23 played Fresno Fuego, and ended on July 24. The playoffs began on Tuesday, July 26 and concluded with the PDL Championship Game on August 6. As in previous years, the PDL Championship Game was broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel in the United States, with commentary by Steve Bell and Keith Tabatznik.
The Kitsap Pumas ended the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat 1-0 in the 2011 PDL Championship game. The playoffs were held at the home of the Pumas in Bremerton, Washington.
Fresno Fuego had the best regular-season record, posting an unbeaten 13-0-3 record. Fresno midfielder Milton Blanco was named League MVP, after leading the league in points and assists and helping his team to the Southwest Division title. Two Michigan Bucks players - Stewart Givens and Mitch Hildebrandt - were given end-of-season awards as Defender of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year respectively, while their coach Gary Parsons was named Coach of the Year. Jake Keegan of the Westchester Flames was named Rookie of the Year after tallying 16 goals in 16 games to take the league goal-scoring crown. Keegan accounted for 64 percent of Westchester’s goals in 2011 and also finished third in the league in points with 34.

Changes from 2010

Name changes

Team NameMetro AreaLocationPrevious Affiliation
Akron Summit AssaultAkron areaAkron, OHexpansion
Fredericksburg HotspurFredericksburg areaFredericksburg, VAexpansion
Hamilton RageHamilton areaHamilton, ONexpansion
FC Jax DestroyersJacksonville areaJacksonville, FLexpansion
Los Angeles Blues 23West Los Angeles areaPacific Palisades, CAexpansion
North Sound SeaWolvesSnohomish County areaEverett, WAexpansion
Real Maryland MonarchsMontgomery County areaRockville, MDfrom USL Second Division
Rio Grande Valley GrandesRio Grande Valley areaEdinburg, TXexpansion
River City RoversLouisville areaLouisville, KYexpansion
WSA WinnipegWinnipeg areaWinnipeg, MBexpansion

Folding/moving

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.

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Southern Conference

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

League post-season tournament

Division matches for qualification

Bracket

Conference Quarterfinals

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Conference Semifinals

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Conference Finals

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PDL Semifinals

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PDL Final

Award Winners and Finalists

MVP: Milton Blanco , Mitch Hildebrandt, Chandler Hoffman

Rookie of the Year: Albert Edward, Brian Holt, Jake Keegan

Defender of the Year: Dillon Barna, Stewart Givens , Wilson Neto

Goalkeeper of the Year: Mitch Hildebrandt

Coach of the Year: Tony Colistro, Pete Fewing, Gary Parsons

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Hakan Ilhan, Jake Keegan *, Dominick Sarle

M: Keishen Bean, Jason Massie, Stephen Okai

D: Matthew Baker, Brian Fekete, Shaun Foster, Kyle Manscuk

G: Brian Holt

Central Conference

F: Adam Mena, Branden Stelmak, Brandon Swartzendruber

M: Tom Catalano, Albert Edward, John Sosa *

D: Kevin Cope, Stewart Givens *, Jonathan Raj, Wilson Neto *

G: Mitch Hildebrandt *

Southern Conference

F: Moses Aduny, Esteban Bayona, Achille Campion

M: Michael Azira, Enrique Cervantes, Jonathan Mendoza *

D: Carlos Ordaz, Guilherme Reis, Daniel Sackman, Hugo Samano Contreras

G: Keneil Baker

Western Conference

F: Milton Blanco *, Chandler Hoffman *, Brent Richards

M: Danny Barrera *, Nikolas Besagno, Jose Cuevas

D: Dillon Barna *, Fernando De Alba, Ryan Kawulok, Daniel Scott *

G. Bryan Meredith
* denotes All-League player