2012 PDL season

USL Premier Development League
Season2012
ChampionsForest City London
Matches played584
Goals scored1,702 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer13 goals: 2 tied: Deshorn Brown of Reading United AC
Sullivan Silva of Thunder Bay Chill
Biggest home win2 tied: Austin Aztex 7–0 Texas Dutch Lions 24 May 2012
Austin Aztex 7–0 West Texas Sockers 6 July 2012
Biggest away winVentura County Fusion 6–0 Fresno Fuego 31 May 2012
Highest scoringWSA Winnipeg 6–3 Springfield Demize 14 July 2012
Longest winning run11 wins: Thunder Bay Chill
Longest unbeaten run13 matches: 3 tied: Carolina Dynamo, Michigan Bucks, Ventura County Fusion
Longest winless run16 matches: Fraser Valley Mariners
Longest losing run13 losses: Fraser Valley Mariners
Highest attendance8,174 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 at Portland Timbers U23 1 June 2012
Lowest attendance0 Michigan Bucks at Chicago Fire Premier 1 July 2012[1]
Average attendance487[2]
2011
2013

The 2012 USL Premier Development League season was the 18th season of the PDL. The regular season began on 22 April with a match between the Los Angeles Misioneros and Fresno Fuego, and ended with 14 matches on 15 July 2012.[3] The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners which determined the league's champion, Forest City London. Thirteen teams were added to the league and 4 teams dropped, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 73 for 2012.[3]

  1. ^ "Official Match Report". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ Note that of 584 matches, 74(13%) did not report attendance
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PDL-sched was invoked but never defined (see the help page).