2018 PDL season

The 2018 Premier Development League season was the 24th season of the PDL, and the last under the PDL name. The regular season started on May 4 and ended on July 16. There were a total of 74 teams playing across 11 divisions with the addition of the Deep South division. Calgary Foothills FC won the final championship under the PDL branding, having defeated Reading United AC 4–2 in extra time in the Championship game on August 4, 2018.

Changes from 2017

New teams

A total of 12 new member clubs join the PDL for the 2018 season.

Team	Country	City/area	Stadium	Founded	Head coach	Notes
AHFC Royals	U.S.	Houston, Texas	Campbell Road Sports Park	2017	Jorge Carrasco
Birmingham Hammers	U.S.	Vestavia Hills, Alabama	Sicard Hollow Athletic Complex	2013	Wulf Koch	NPSL
Black Rock FC	U.S.	Lakeville, Connecticut	Hotchkiss Athletic Fields	2013
Colorado Pride Switchbacks U23	U.S.	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Washburn Field & Weidner Field	2018	Diego Zaltron
Corpus Christi FC	U.S.	Corpus Christi, Texas	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium	2017	Sammy Giraldo
Kaw Valley FC	U.S.	Topeka, Kansas	Hummer Sports Complex	2017	István Urbányi
Lansing United	U.S.	East Lansing, Michigan	Archer Stadium	2014	Nate Miller	NPSL
Lionsbridge FC	U.S.	Newport News, Virginia	Pomoco Stadium	2017	Chris Whalley
Memphis City FC	U.S.	Memphis, Tennessee	Christian Brothers University	2015	Mark Franklin	NPSL
Ogden City SC	U.S.	Ogden, Utah	Spence Eccles Ogden Community Sports Complex	2017	Eric Landon
San Francisco Glens SC	U.S.	San Francisco, California	Boxer Stadium	1961	Javier Ayala-Hil
Santa Cruz Breakers FC	U.S.	Aptos, California	Cabrillo College Stadium, Aptos High School, & Monterey Peninsula College	1992

Name changes

Palm Beach Suns FC became Next Academy Palm Beach
Fresno Fuego became Fresno FC U-23
South Florida Surf became North County United

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Standings

Eastern Conference

Mid Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Mountain Division

Southwest Division

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Southern Conference

Deep South Division

Mid South Division

Southeast Division

Playoffs

Bold = winner

* = after extra time, = penalty shootout score

Conference Championships

The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 20–21. Matches were played at: Whittier, CA ; Reading, PA ; Des Moines, IA ; and Statesboro, GA. The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals.

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Ryosuke Kinoshita Golden Boot: Marek Weber Young Player of the Year: Luka Prpa Coach of the Year: Alan McCann, Goalkeeper of the Year: Marco Carducci Defender of the Year: Jordan Skelton

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Ifunanyachi Achara, Khori Bennett, Charlie Ledula

M: Jakov Basic, Ricardo Gomez, Aaron Molloy *, Brian Saramago

D: Prosper Figbe, Kamal Miller, Kevin O'Toole

G: Bennet Strutz

Central Conference

F: Austin Ricci, Kinoshita Ryosuke *, Tucker Stephenson

M: Kyle Carr, Brad Dunwell, Luka Prpa *, Tate Robertson *

D: Ebenezer Ackon, Mark Lindstrom, Grant Stoneman

G: Carlos Mercado

Southern Conference

F: Brandon Guhl, Juan Tejada, Marek Weber *

M: David Graydon, Marco Micaletto *, Leonardo Paiva, Toni Soler

D: Mathieu Laurent, Jordan Skelton *, Gabriel Torres *

G: Pablo Jara

Western Conference

F: Moses Danto *, Santiago Patino, Samuel Villava

M: Elijah Adekugbe, Nico Pasquotti, Matteo Polisi, Willy Spurr

D: Henry Lander, Callum Montgomery *, Dominick Zator

G: Marco Carducci *
''* denotes All-League player''