1998 PDSL season

The 1998 Premier Development Soccer League season was the 4th PDSL season. The season began in April 1998 and ended in August 1998.

Premier Development Soccer League

Season	1998
Champions	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
← 1997 1999 →

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders won the championship, defeating the Jackson Chargers 3–2. Jackson won the regular season title, winning all 16 games and posting a whopping +84 goal difference. Four teams from the Pacific Coast Soccer League joined as associate members this season, with two (Abbotsford and Seattle) going on to become full members in 1999.

Changes from the 1997 season

Name changes

• Puget Sound BigFoot changed name to Seattle BigFoot.

New teams

13 teams were added for the season, 9 expansion teams and four associates from the Pacific Coast Soccer League.

Team	Area	Location	Previous affiliation
Abbotsford Athletes In Action	Abbotsford area	Abbotsford, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Bradenton Academics	Southwest Florida area	Bradenton, FL	expansion
Central Florida Lionhearts	Central Florida area	Seminole, FL	expansion
Colorado Comets	Denver area	Commerce City, CO	expansion
Fox River Rebels	Fox Cities area	Menasha, WI	expansion
Indiana Invaders	Michiana area	South Bend, IN	expansion
Kansas City Brass	Kansas City area	Liberty, MO	expansion
Miami Tango	Greater Miami area	Miami, FL	expansion
Northern Arizona Prospectors	Prescott-Chino Valley area	Prescott Valley, AZ	expansion
Okanagan Valley Challenge	Okanagan Valley area	Kelowna, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Seattle Hibernian	Seattle area	Seattle, WA	Pacific Coast Soccer League
Silicon Valley Ambassadors	South San Francisco Bay area	Santa Clara, CA	expansion
Victoria Umbro Select	Vancouver Island area	Victoria, BC	Pacific Coast Soccer League

Teams leaving

The Cincinnati Riverhawks were promoted to the A-League and the Miami Breakers were promoted to the D3 Pro League following the 1997 season.

7 teams folded after the 1997 season:

• Bellingham Orcas
• Chattanooga Express
• Lincoln Brigade
• Michigan Madness
• Omaha Flames (team folded early in 1998 season, division games were rescheduled)
• Southwest Florida Manatees
• West Florida Fury

The Lexington Bluegrass Bandits and Tucson Amigos went on hiatus for this year.

Standings

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

Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Comets	16	13	0	1	2	40	16	+24	39
2	Des Moines Menace	16	9	2	1	4	51	27	+24	29[a]
3	Twin Cities Tornado	16	9	0	1	6	32	33	−1	27
4	Kansas City Brass	16	7	0	1	8	42	29	+13	21
5	Sioux City Breeze	16	5	2	1	8	28	31	−3	17[a]
6	Colorado Springs Stampede	16	4	1	0	11	20	46	−26	13[b]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Des Moines and Sioux City were both penalized 2 points.
2. Colorado Springs was penalized 1 point.

Great Lakes Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Detroit Dynamite	16	12	2	0	2	45	24	+21	38[a]
2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	16	11	0	1	4	38	19	+19	33
3	Kalamazoo Kingdom	16	7	0	1	8	30	34	−4	21
4	Fox River Rebels	16	6	0	0	10	30	37	−7	18
5	Indiana Invaders	16	6	1	0	9	26	33	−7	19[b]
6	Lansing Locomotive	16	3	0	0	13	36	42	−6	6[c]
7	Grand Rapids Explosion	16	0	0	0	16	6	56	−50	0

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Detroit was penalized 2 points.
2. Indiana was penalized 1 point.
3. Lansing was penalized 3 points.

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spokane Shadow	16	13	0	0	3	62	15	+47	39
2	Yakima Reds	16	9	0	0	7	40	28	+12	27
3	Seattle BigFoot	16	8	3	0	5	28	32	−4	27[a]
4	Cascade Surge	16	7	2	2	5	28	28	0	23[b]
5	Seattle Hibernian[c]	8	2	0	1	5	5	16	−11	6
6	Okanagan Valley Challenge[c]	8	2	0	1	5	6	23	−17	6
7	Victoria Umbro Select[c]	8	1	0	2	5	11	19	−8	3
8	Abbotsford Athletes In Action[c]	8	0	1	0	7	9	28	−19	1[d]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Seattle BigFoot was penalized 3 points.
2. Cascade was penalized 2 points.
3. Abbotsford, Okanagan Valley, Seattle Hibernian, and Victoria are all associate members and do not play a full schedule.
4. Abbotsford was penalized 1 point.

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jackson Chargers	16	16	0	0	0	104	17	+87	48
2	Cocoa Expos	16	9	0	0	7	41	36	+5	27
3	Bradenton Academics	16	8	1	0	7	50	42	+8	25[a]
4	Alabama Saints	16	7	0	3	6	40	48	−8	21
5	Miami Tango	16	6	1	0	9	41	39	+2	19[b]
6	Central Florida Lionhearts	16	5	1	0	10	40	55	−15	16[a]
7	South Florida Future	16	4	1	1	10	28	79	−51	13[a]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Bradenton, Central Florida, and South Florida were all penalized 1 point.
2. Miami was penalized 1 point.

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Silicon Valley Ambassadors	16	14	1	0	1	44	20	+24	43[a]
2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	16	10	1	0	5	45	27	+18	31[a]
3	Southern California Chivas	16	7	0	1	8	30	26	+4	21
4	Central Coast Roadrunners	16	5	0	0	11	31	39	−8	15
5	Northern Arizona Prospectors	16	1	1	1	13	23	66	−43	4[a]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Northern Arizona, San Gabriel Valley, and Silicon Valley were all penalized 1 point.

Playoffs

Format

Kalamazoo hosted the Finals and received a bye to the National Semi-Finals.
The top four teams from the Central, Great Lakes, Southeast, and Southwest divisions, however, if Kalamazoo places in the top four in the Central Division, the fifth place team will take their spot. The top two teams in the Northwest Division will play the top two associate teams from the PCSL. The team with the most points to lose in the Divisional rounds will play in the Regional round as a wild card against the Divisional champion with the most points. The remaining four teams will play each other based on geography.

Divisional brackets

	Southeast Semifinals					Southeast Finals
	SE1	Jackson Chargers	7
	SE4	Miami Tango	0
						SE1	Jackson Chargers	8
						SE2	Cocoa Expos	2
	SE2	Cocoa Expos	4
	SE3	Bradenton Academics	3

Cocoa Expos	4–3	Bradenton Academics
Enders 7', 84' Haig 42', 90' (pen.)	Report

Southeast Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson Chargers	7–0	Miami Tango
Mulrooney Maruti Schell Bushey Short Parmar	Report

July 31, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

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Jackson Chargers	8–2	Cocoa Expos
Schell 10' Maruti 17' Oyuga Bennett	Report	Enders Haig pen.'

August 1, 1998

7:45 PM

Southeast Division Final

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

	Southwest Semifinals					Southwest Finals
	SW1	Silicon Valley Ambassadors	1
	SW4	Central Coast Roadrunners (AET)	2
						SW4	Central Coast Roadrunners	2
						SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	2
	SW3	Southern California Chivas	0

Silicon Valley Ambassadors	1–2 (OT) (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Roadrunners
Bruckner  75' 83' (o.g.)	Report 1 Report 2	Harty 81' 93'

Southwest Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

5:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

De Anza College
Cupertino, California

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	2–0	Southern California Chivas

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

De Anza College
Cupertino, California

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San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4–2	Central Coast Roadrunners
Sepanyan Krtotyan Banyan Atamyan	Report 1 Report 2	Rosander Gutierrez Harty 80'

August 2, 1998

Southwest Division Final

Saddleback High School
Santa Ana, California

	Northwest Semifinals					Northwest Finals
	NW1	Spokane Shadow	1
	NWA2	Okanagan Valley Challenge	2
						NWA2	Okanagan Valley Challenge	1
						NW2	Yakima Reds	4
	NW2	Yakima Reds	1
	NWA1	Seattle BigFoot	0

Spokane Shadow	1–2	Okanagan Valley Challenge

Northwest Division Playoffs

August 1, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

Yakima Reds	1–0	Seattle BigFoot
Perry 58:40'

August 1, 1998

8:00 PM

Semifinals

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

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Yakima Reds	4–1	Okanagan Valley Challenge

August 2, 1998

6:00 PM

Northwest Division Final

Joe Albi Stadium
Spokane, Washington

	Central Semifinals					Central Finals
	C1	Colorado Comets	0
	C4	Kansas City Brass	1
						C4	Kansas City Brass	2 (0)
						C2	Des Moines Menace (AET/PSO)	2 (1)
	C2	Des Moines Menace (AET)	2
	C3	Twin Cities Tornado	1

Denver Comets	0–1	Kansas City Brass
	Report	Klusman 29'

Central Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

6:00 PM

Semifinals

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines Menace	2–1 (OT)	Twin Cities Tornado
Modersohn 94'	Report

July 31, 1998

8:00 PM

Semifinals

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

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Des Moines Menace	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City Brass
		Kinsman 67'

August 1, 1998

7:00 PM

Central Division Final

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

	Great Lakes Semifinals					Great Lakes Finals
	GL1	Detroit Dynamite	3
	GL4	Fox River Rebels	2
						GL1	Detroit Dynamite	0
						GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	2
	GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	3
	GL3	Indiana Invaders	0

Mid-Michigan Bucks	3–0	Indiana Invaders
Schomaker 44:55'

Great Lakes Division Playoffs

July 31, 1998

7:00 PM

Semifinals

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Detroit Dynamite	3–2	Fox River Rebels
	Report	Bernstein Rajec

July 31, 1998

Semifinals

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

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Mid-Michigan Bucks	2–0	Detroit Dynamite
Djeukeng 7' Schomaker

August 1, 1998

Great Lakes Division Final

White Pine Stadium
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Round of Six

	Region A
	GL2	Mid-Michigan Bucks	2
	WC	Jackson Chargers	3

	Region B
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4
	NW2	Yakima Reds	2

	Region C
	C2	Des Moines Menace	3
	SE2	Cocoa Expos	1

Jackson Chargers	3–2	Mid-Michigan Bucks
Mulrooney 6' Schell	Report	Armstrong 8', 53'

PDSL Regional Finals

August 8, 1998

The Sports Club
Jackson, Mississippi

Des Moines Menace	3–1	Cocoa Expos
	Report

August 8, 1998

Cara McGrane Memorial Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa

Attendance: 532

San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	4–2	Yakima Reds

August 8, 1998

PDSL finals bracket

	PDL Semifinals					PDL Finals
	WC	Jackson Chargers	2
	H	Kalamazoo Kingdom	0
						WC	Jackson Chargers	2
						SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3
	SW2	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3
	C2	Des Moines Menace	1			PDL Third Place
						H	Kalamazoo Kingdom	1
						C2	Des Moines Menace	4

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San Gabriel Valley Highlanders	3–1	Des Moines Menace
Akopian Banyan Asatourian 75'	Report	Zwaschka 72'

PDL National Semifinals

August 14, 1998

6:00 PM

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo Kingdom	0–2	Jackson Chargers
	Report	Maruti 25' 43' (o.g.)

August 14, 1998

8:00 PM

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Attendance: 3,217

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Kalamazoo Kingdom	1–4	Des Moines Menace
Thompson 89'	Report	Wilson 26' Cisna 67' Reilly 71' Pinkney 77'

Third Place Game

August 15, 1998

5:30 PM

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Jackson Chargers	2–3	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
Maruti o.g.'	Report	80'

PDL Championship Game

August 15, 1998

7:30 PM

Ed Annen Sports Complex
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Honors

• Organization of the Year:^[2] Jackson Chargers
• Executive of the Year: Dave Nesbit, Des Moines Menace
• Fair Play Award: Spokane Shadow

References

1. United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
2. "Blast Named Organization of the Year". Indiana Blast. November 13, 1998. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved May 19, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)