1997 PDSL season

August 2023 Premier Development Soccer League 1997 Regular Season Champions Spokane Shadow (1st Title) Central Coast Roadrunners (2nd Title) 239 965 TRI Lester Felician Jackson Chargers BRA Rordigo Costa Detroit Dynamite (21 Goals) USA Alan Beilke Central Coast Roadrunners 16 Games Southwest Florida Manatees Entire Season 16 Games Southwest Florida Manatees Entire Season 1996 1998 The 1997 Premier Development Soccer League season was its 3rd. The season began in April 1997 and ended in August 1997. Central Coast Roadrunners successfully defended the championship, defeating the Cocoa Expos 3-2. Spokane Shadow won the regular season title, winning 14 games to 2 losses. Changes from 1996 season Name changes Miami Tango changed their name to Miami Breakers. Puget Sound Hammerheads merged with the D-3 Pro's Everett BigFoot to become Puget Sound BigFoot. Southern California Gunners changed their name to Southern California Chivas. New teams 7 teams were added for the season. TeamAreaLocationPrevious affiliationAlabama Alabama SaintsBirmingham areaBirmingham, ALexpansionOregon Cascade SurgeWillamette Valley AreaSalem, ORfrom USISL Pro LeagueOhio Cincinnati RiverhawksGreater Cincinnati areaCincinnati, OHexpansionNebraska Lincoln BrigadeLincoln AreaLincoln, NEexpansionCalifornia San Gabriel Valley HighlandersGreater Los Angeles areaGlendale, CAexpansionFlorida Southwest Florida ManateesSouthwest Florida areaCape Coral, FLexpansionWashington Yakima RedsYakima areaYakima, WAfrom USISL Pro League Teams Leaving The Nashville Metros were promoted to the A League. The Arizona Sahuaros (formerly the Arizona Phoenix), Austin Lone Stars, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (formerly Florida Strikers), and San Francisco Bay Seals were promoted to the D-3 Pro League. 6 teams folded after the 1996 season: Birmingham Grasshoppers Fontana Falcons Oklahoma City Heat Orlando Lions Roanoke River Dawgs San Diego Top Guns The Wichita Blue went on hiatus for this year, and the Willamette Valley Firebirds went on hiatus for the next two years. Standings Central Conference Central Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y LIN Lincoln Brigade OMA Omaha Flames SCB Sioux City Breeze DMM Des Moines Menace CSS Colorado Springs Stampede TCT Twin Cities Tornado 10 2 0 4 34 23 7 0 1 8 42 29 8 0 0 8 26 38 6 1 0 9 29 27 6 0 1 9 23 33 3 2 1 10 29 39 -6 Lincoln and Twin Cities were both penalized 6 points. -6 LIN -3 Des Moines was penalized 3 points. #ccccff Division champion C #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q Q Q complete rsssf.com North Central Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y MMB Mid-Michigan Bucks DET Detroit Dynamite KAL Kalamazoo Kingdom WME Grand Rapids Explosion MIC Michigan Madness 12 0 1 3 41 24 9 1 2 4 41 20 8 2 1 5 32 25 7 1 1 7 35 27 0 1 0 15 11 66 -6 Kalamazoo was penalized 6 points. -3 Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Michigan were all penalized 3 points. -3 DET -3 DET #ccccff Division champion C #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q Q Q complete rsssf.com Eastern Conference Mid-South Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y CIN Cincinnati Riverhawks JAC Jackson Chargers LBB Lexington Bluegrass Bandits ALA Alabama Saints CHA Chattanooga Express 10 0 0 5 48 28 9 1 0 6 50 25 8 2 3 3 45 22 5 0 1 10 31 34 4 1 0 11 18 54 -6 Lexington was penalized 6 points. -3 Chattanooga and Jackson were both penalized 3 points. -3 JAC Game between Cincinnati and Tucson was unable to be rescheduled before season's end, games was cancelled because it had no impact on playoffs. #ccccff Division champion C #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q Q Q complete rsssf.com Southeast Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y COC Cocoa Expos SFF South Florida Future WFF West Florida Fury MIA Miami Breakers SFM Southwest Florida Manatees 11 1 2 2 46 23 10 1 0 5 42 22 8 2 1 5 32 23 8 0 1 7 41 24 0 0 0 16 9 74 -3 Cocoa and South Florida were both penalized 3 points. -3 COC -6 West Florida was penalized 6 points. #ccccff Division champion C #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q Q Q complete rsssf.com Western Conference Northwest Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y Regular Season Champions SPO Spokane Shadow YAK Yakima Reds CSC Cascade Surge BEL Bellingham Orcas SEA Puget Sound BigFoot 14 0 0 2 37 16 R 7 0 1 8 31 31 6 2 1 7 28 23 6 0 1 9 26 40 4 1 0 11 27 39 -3 Cascade and Puget Sound were both penalized 3 points. -3 CSC #ccccff Division champion C #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q Q Q complete rsssf.com Southwest Division main WL PK Q 3 4 0 y SGV San Gabriel Valley Highlanders CCR Central Coast Roadrunners TUC Tucson Amigos SCC Southern California Chivas 12 0 0 4 43 20 10 1 2 3 34 17 5 1 0 9 18 41 3 1 0 12 16 32 Game between Cincinnati and Tucson was unable to be rescheduled before season's end, games was cancelled because it had no impact on playoffs. -3 SCC,CIN -3 Southern California and Tucson were both penalized 3 points #ccccff Division champion C #FFBF00 Bye into semifinals as defending champion BYE #ccffcc Qualified for playoff berth Q complete rsssf.com Playoffs Format Central Coast received a bye to the PDL Semifinals as the defending champion. The top four teams from every division except the Southwest earn playoff spots. With Central Coast already receiving a bye, the top two teams from the Southwest Division will play each other, however if Central Coast is in the top two, then the third place team receives a playoff spot. The Division winners would then face each other in the Conference finals. Divisional brackets y Division Semifinals Division Finals Central Finals North Central Division Central Division NC1 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 4 NC4 Michigan Grand Rapids Explosion 3 NC2 Michigan Detroit Dynamite 0 NC3 Michigan Kalamazoo Kingdom (AET) 1 C1 Nebraska Lincoln Brigade 0 C4 Iowa Des Moines Menace 4 C2 Nebraska Omaha Flames 5 C3 Iowa Sioux City Breeze 3 NC1 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks (AET/PSO) 0 (1) NC3 Michigan Kalamazoo Kingdom 0 (0) C4 Iowa Des Moines Menace 6 C2 Nebraska Omaha Flames 0 NC1 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 3 C4 Iowa Des Moines Menace 0 Central Conference Division Semifinals Semifinals July 25, 1997 6:00 PM Iowa Des Moines Menace 4–0 Report Nebraska Lincoln Brigade Jamie Phillips 43:39 72:25 Eric Wilson 61:22 Justin Sells 75:44 Phelps FieldOmaha, Nebraska Semifinals July 25, 1997 7:00 PM Michigan Grand Rapids Explosion 3–4 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks Rob Irvine pen. 70 Sean Toohey 72 87 23 Paul Snape 33 Tino Scicluna 39 Joe Malachino 62 Dennis Brose Calvin CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan Semifinals July 25, 1997 7:30 PM Michigan Kalamazoo Kingdom 1–0 (OT) https://mlive.newsbank.com/search?text=Kingdom&date_from=July+25%2C+1997&date_to=July+27%2C+1997&pub%5B%5D=123DD2ED27BA8D93 Michigan Detroit Dynamite Chris Adrian 97 Ed Annen ComplexKalamazoo, Michigan 1,205 Semifinals July 25, 1997 8:00 PM Nebraska Omaha Flames 5–3 Report 1 Report 2 Iowa Sioux City Breeze Jamie Harris 14:54 83:40 Matt Caution 38:07 Billy Duranzo 81:25 Danny Herrera 86:43 5:45 Brian Hagan 63:21 Alex Vasquez 74:05 Hakeem Koroma 0 Prince Peters Phelps FieldOmaha, Nebraska 983 Central Division Finals Central Division Final July 26, 1997 7:30 PM Nebraska Omaha Flames 0–6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/132107948/ Iowa Des Moines Menace 11:43 37:10 Miguel Calderon 23:19 Craig Scheer 64:30 Eric Wilson 77:34 Jamie Phillips 84:50 Adam Buseck Phelps FieldOmaha, Nebraska 845 North Central Final July 26, 1997 8:00 PM Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 0–0 Michigan Kalamazoo Kingdom Paul Snape Joe Malachino Mali Walton Drew Drummonds 4–3 y West Ottawa High SchoolHolland, Michigan Central Conference Final August 2, 1997 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/19971007030225/http://www.usisl.com/html/press77.htm Iowa Des Moines Menace Dennis Brose 26 75 Paul Snape 60 White Pine StadiumSaginaw Township, Michigan 730 y Division Semifinals Division Finals Eastern Finals Southeast Division Mid-South Division SE1 Florida Cocoa Expos 5 SE4 Florida Miami Breakers 2 SE2 Florida South Florida Future 0 SE3 Florida West Florida Fury 4 MS1 Ohio Cincinnati Riverhawks 7 MS4 Alabama Alabama Saints 4 MS2 Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers (AET) 1 MS3 Kentucky Lexington Bluegrass Bandits 0 SE1 Florida Cocoa Expos 3 SE3 Florida West Florida Fury 1 MS1 Ohio Cincinnati Riverhawks 0 MS2 Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers 3 SE1 Florida Cocoa Expos 2 MS2 Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers 1 Eastern Conference Division Semifinals Semifinals July 25, 1997 6:00 PM Florida South Florida Future 0–4 Florida West Florida Fury Cocoa Expo Sports CenterCocoa, Florida Semifinals July 25, 1997 6:00 PM Ohio Cincinnati Riverhawks 7–4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/102322171/ Alabama Alabama Saints Craig Yaks Shawn Rockey J.T Roberts Ryan Schaffer Maurice Schilten The Sports ClubJackson, Mississippi Semifinals July 25, 1997 8:00 PM Florida Cocoa Expos 5–2 Florida Miami Breakers Cocoa Expo Sports CenterCocoa, Florida Semifinals July 25, 1997 8:00 PM Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers 1–0 (OT) Kentucky Lexington Bluegrass Bandits Lester Felician y The Sports ClubJackson, Mississippi Eastern Conference Division Finals Southeast Division Final July 26, 1997 7:30 PM Florida Cocoa Expos 3–1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174141825/ Florida West Florida Fury Cocoa Expo Sports CenterCocoa, Florida 750 Mid-South Division Final July 26, 1997 7:30 PM Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers 3–0 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/184147193/ Ohio Cincinnati Riverhawks Dominic Schell 43 Lester Felician The Sports ClubJackson, Mississippi 1,200 Eastern Conference Final August 2, 1997 Florida Cocoa Expos 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/19971007030225/http://www.usisl.com/html/press77.htm Mississippi 1996 Jackson Chargers Fitzgerald Haig 14 Eddie Enders 58 69 Dean Farrar Cocoa Expo Sports CenterCocoa, Florida 1,500 y Division Semifinals Division Finals Western Finals Northwest Division Southwest Division NW1 Washington Spokane Shadow (AET/PSO) 4 (1) NW4 Washington Bellingham Orcas 4 (0) NW2 Washington Yakima Reds 1 NW3 Oregon Cascade Surge 0 SW1 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders bye SW2 Arizona Tucson Amigos bye NW1 Washington Spokane Shadow 2 NW2 Washington Yakima Reds 0 SW1 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 2 SW2 Arizona Tucson Amigos 1 NW1 Washington Spokane Shadow 0 SW1 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 1 Western Conference Division Semifinals Semifinals July 26, 1997 6:00 PM Washington Spokane Shadow 4–4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/574859209/ Washington Bellingham Orcas Ryan Edwards 19 Dave Berto 75 80 Zane Higgins 81 6 Jesus Fuentes 29 63 Scot Swanson 62 Robbie Berg y Tim Seeley Dave Berto Jeff Rose Joe Ascolese 2–1 Greg St. Germain Joe Albi StadiumSpokane, Washington 1,708 Semifinals July 26, 1997 8:00 PM Washington Yakima Reds 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/19971210170900/http://www.usisl.com/html/press73.htm Oregon Cascade Surge Davidson Feital 36 Joe Albi StadiumSpokane, Washington Western Conference Division Finals Northwest Division Final July 27, 1997 6:00 PM Washington Spokane Shadow 2–0 Report 1 Report 2 Washington Yakima Reds Craig Waibel 49 Dave Berto 77 pen. Joe Albi StadiumSpokane, Washington 1,258 Southwest Division Final July 27, 1997 7:00 PM California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 2–1 Arizona Tucson Amigos Citrus CollegeGlendora, California Western Conference Final Western Conference Final August 2, 1997 Washington Spokane Shadow 0–1 https://web.archive.org/web/19971007030225/http://www.usisl.com/html/press77.htm California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 73 pen. Sarkis Banyan Joe Albi StadiumSpokane, Washington 1,875 PDSL Finals Brackets y PDSL Semifinals PDSL Finals PDSL Third Place NC1 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 0 H California Central Coast Roadrunners 2 SW1 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 0 (0) SE1 Florida Cocoa Expos (AET/PSO) 0 (1) H California Central Coast Roadrunners 2 SE1 Florida Cocoa Expos 1 NC1 Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 2 SW1 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 3 United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF) PDSL National Semifinals Semifinals August 8, 1997 6:00 PM PDT Florida Cocoa Expos 0–0 California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 3–1 Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California Semifinals August 8, 1997 8:00 PM PDT California Central Coast Roadrunners 2–0 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/809796615/ Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks Joe Munoz 34 Craig Tomlinson 43 Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California 1,000 Third Place Game August 9, 1997 6:00 PM PDT Michigan Mid-Michigan Bucks 2–3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/809796718/ California San Gabriel Valley Highlanders Mike Rawlins 34 Paul Snape 89:49 Grant Shakhbazyan 35 Roni Der Saarkissian 88 Arshak Abyanli Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California PDSL National Championship Game August 9, 1997 8:00 PM PDT California Central Coast Roadrunners 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/19971007030305/http://www.usisl.com/html/press82.htm Florida Cocoa Expos Joe Munoz Craig Tomlinson 85 88 Wally Senk Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California 1,600 Championship MVP: USA Joe Munoz (CCR) Honors Organization of the Year: Kalamazoo Kingdom Executive of the Year: Jeff Robbins, Spokane Shadow Fair Play Award: Detroit Dynamite References 1997 Category:1997 in American men's soccer leagues