2012 PDL season
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| Season | 2012 |
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| Champions | Forest City London |
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| Matches played | 584 |
| Goals scored | 1,702 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 13 goals: 2 tied: Deshorn Brown of Reading United AC Sullivan Silva of Thunder Bay Chill |
| Biggest home win | 2 tied: Austin Aztex 7–0 Texas Dutch Lions 24 May 2012 Austin Aztex 7–0 West Texas Sockers 6 July 2012 |
| Biggest away win | Ventura County Fusion 6–0 Fresno Fuego 31 May 2012 |
| Highest scoring | WSA Winnipeg 6–3 Springfield Demize 14 July 2012 |
| Longest winning run | 11 wins: Thunder Bay Chill |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches: 3 tied: Carolina Dynamo, Michigan Bucks, Ventura County Fusion |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches: Fraser Valley Mariners |
| Longest losing run | 13 losses: Fraser Valley Mariners |
| Highest attendance | 8,174 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 at Portland Timbers U23 1 June 2012 |
| Lowest attendance | 0 Michigan Bucks at Chicago Fire Premier July 1, 2012 |
| Average attendance | 487 |
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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. 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.
Thirteen new clubs joined the PDL this coming season.
The Nashville Metros were moved from the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference to the South Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
2012 Premier Development League standings.
Note: The first tie-breaker in PDL standings is head-to-head results between teams tied on points, which is why some teams with inferior goal differences finish ahead in the standings.
* Although River City Rovers qualified for post season play, they ceded the match that was to be played 7/17 to Forest City London.
As in prior years, each of the four conferences will hold a conference championship. In 2012, the location for each conference championship will be held the weekend of July 20th–22nd with the host team decided by a bidding process with preference given to the teams with the best records. The winner of the four conference championships will then compete in the PDL Championship held July 27th–29th and August 4th.
Five of the divisions have additional matches in order for teams to qualify for the conference championship.
In the Great Lakes Division the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for a play in match; however, the 3rd place River City Rovers ceded the match to Forest City London who qualified for the Central Conference Championship.
In the Northwest Division, the top 4 teams qualify for a play-in match with the #4 seed playing at the home pitch of the top seed; and the #3 seed playing at the #2 seed. The winners of these matches then qualify for the Western Conference Championships. These matches were played on 7/14 and 7/15 with Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers U-23 teams winning.
In the Eastern Conference, there are three divisions. The team with the best overall record in the conference qualifies for the Conference Championships directly, and, from that team's division, the 2nd and 3rd place teams compete in a play-in match. In 2012, Ocean City from the Mid Atlantic Division had the best overall all record. Therefore, 3rd place Jersey Expressed traveled to 2nd place Reading United on July 17 to determine the 2nd team from the Mid Atlantic that would qualify for the Conference Championships. Reading United won the match 3–1 with an extra time goal scored in the 119th minute and a penalty goal in stoppage time.
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