Season | 2000 |
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Champions | Chicago Sockers (2nd Title) |
Regular Season Champions | Mid-Michigan Bucks (1st Title) |
Best Player | ![]() |
Top goalscorer | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 USL Premier Development League season was the 6th PDL season. The season began in April 2000 and ended in August 2000.
Chicago Sockers finished the season as national champions, beating Mid-Michigan Bucks 1–0 in the PDL Championship game. Westchester Flames had finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 15 out of their 18 games, suffering just three losses, and finishing with a +26 goal difference.
This is the first year that the PDL used ties in the standings, whereas previous seasons employed a shootout.
The following teams changed their name:
10 New teams were added, including 8 expansion teams:
Team Name | Metro Area | Location | Previous Affiliation |
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![]() | Birmingham area | Birmingham, AL | returned from hiatus |
![]() | Boulder area | Boulder, CO | expansion |
![]() | Broward County area | Fort Lauderdale, FL | expansion |
![]() | Dayton Area | Dayton, OH | expansion |
![]() | New Brunswick area | New Brunswick, NJ | expansion |
![]() | North Jersey area | Paramus, NJ | from D3 Pro League |
![]() | Palm Beach area | Palm Beach, FL | expansion |
![]() | Southwest Florida area | Sarasota, FL | returned from hiatus |
![]() | Tampa Bay Area | Palm Harbor, FL | expansion |
![]() | Thunder Bay Area | Thunder Bay, Ontario | expansion |
Eight teams folded before the season:
Legend |
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Division champion |
Team qualified for playoff berth |
Regular season champion and bye into PDL Semifinals. |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Mid-Michigan Bucks | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 14 | 71 |
2 | Dayton Gems | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 7 | 44 |
3 | West Michigan Edge | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 7 | 43 |
4 | Kalamazoo Kingdom | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 43 |
5 | Indiana Invaders | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 5 | 37 |
6 | Lexington Bluegrass Bandits | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 5 | 25 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Chicago Sockers | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 10 | 62 |
2 | Rockford Raptors | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 8 | 46 |
3 | Des Moines Menace | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 5 | 45 |
4 | Wisconsin Rebels | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 6 | 43 |
5 | Twin Cities Tornado | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 2 | 32 |
6 | Thunder Bay Chill | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 2 | 19 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Louisiana Outlaws [a] | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
2 | Alabama Saints [a] | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Central Jersey Riptide [a] | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 1 | 5 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Westchester Flames | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 10 | 70 |
2 | Vermont Voltage | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 8 | 53 |
3 | New York Freedom | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 8 | 49 |
4 | Brooklyn Knights | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 4 | 41 |
5 | North Jersey Imperials | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 6 | 34 |
6 | New Brunswick Brigade | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 1 | 10 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Tampa Bay Hawks | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 9 | 58 |
2 | Bradenton Academics | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 8 | 53 |
3 | Cocoa Expos | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 6 | 51 |
4 | Central Florida Kraze | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 8 | 50 |
5 | Palm Beach Pumas | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 7 | 41 |
6 | South Florida Future | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 3 | 35 |
7 | Broward County Wolfpack | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 7 | 25 |
8 | Miami Breakers | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 5 | 18 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Colorado Comets | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 7 | 56 |
2 | Wichita Jets | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 7 | 41 |
3 | Boulder Nova | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 7 | 40 |
4 | Kansas City Brass | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 6 | 28 |
5 | Colorado Springs Stampede | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 3 | 25 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Yakima Reds | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 11 | 60 |
2 | Spokane Shadow | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 7 | 54 |
3 | Seattle Sounders Select | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 6 | 51 |
4 | Abbotsford 86ers Select | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 9 | 42 |
5 | Cascade Surge | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 6 | 28 |
6 | Willamette Valley Firebirds | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 71 | −43 | 4 | 16 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | San Fernando Valley Heroes | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 12 | 56 |
2 | Central Coast Roadrunners | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 9 | 53 |
3 | Nevada Zephyrs | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 4 | 32 |
4 | San Gabriel Valley Highlanders | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 4 | 20 |
Mid-Michigan won the PDL Regular Season title and a bye to the National Semi-Finals. This moved Dayton up to the Great Lakes Division first place spot and allowed West Michigan into the playoffs, taking the second place spot for the division.
For the Central and Eastern divisions, the top seeds from each division face the second place team from the opposite division. For the Western Conference, the division champion with the most points will play the wild card, while the two remaining division champions play each other.
Central Semifinals | Central Finals | ||||||||
HL1 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||
GL2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
HL1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
GL1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
GL1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
HL2 | ![]() | 0 |
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Eastern Semifinals | Eastern Finals | ||||||||
NE1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
SE2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
NE1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
SE1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
SE1 | ![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||
NE2 | ![]() | 2 (2) |
![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Western Semifinals | Western Finals | ||||||||
NW | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
WC | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
NW | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
RM | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
RM | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
SW | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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PDL Semifinals | PDL Finals | ||||||||
PDL | ![]() | 5 | |||||||
NW | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
PDL | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
HL1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
NE1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
HL1 | ![]() | 5 | PDL Third Place | ||||||
NW | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
NE1 | ![]() | 5 |
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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