2017 PDL season
The 2017 USL Premier Development League season is the 23rd season of the PDL. The Michigan Bucks entered the season as the defending champions, but their title defense campaign ended with a loss in the Central Conference semi-finals. On August 5, 2017, the Charlotte Eagles won their first PDL championship by defeating the Thunder Bay Chill 2-1. Standings. Central Conference. Great Lakes Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Heartland Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Eastern Conference. Northeast Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Mid Atlantic Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> South Atlantic Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Southern Conference. Mid South Division . <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Southeast Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Western Conference. Mountain Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Northwest Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Southwest Division. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Playoffs. Divisional Qualification. Matches in the Divisional Qualification round were held on July 18. Two Eastern Conference play-in matches were played at Amesbury, MA (Seacoast United Phantoms) and Whippany, NJ (New York Red Bulls U-23). One Western Conference play-in match was played at Salem, OR (Portland Timbers U23s). Conference Championships. The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 21–23. Matches were played at: Tucson, AZ (Western Conference, host FC Tucson ); Statesboro, GA (Eastern Conference, host South Georgia Tormenta FC); Pontiac, MI (Central Conference, host Michigan Bucks); and Clinton, MS (Southern Conference, host Mississippi Brilla FC). The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals. PDL Championship. The PDL semifinals were held on July 29, with matches played at Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Eagles) and Thunder Bay, ON (Thunder Bay Chill). The PDL Championship Game was held on August 5 in Matthews, NC (Charlotte Eagles). All-League and All-Conference Teams. Eastern Conference. F: Tobenna Uzo (MYB) *, Brian White (NYR) *, Joao Costa (CHE) M: Ricardo Gomez (MYB) *, Aaron Molloy (REA) *, Martim Galvão  (NAS) D: Douglas Oliveira (CHE), Alex Nelson (MYB), Kevin Politz (NYR), Daniel Kozma (OCN) G: Ben Lundgaard (NYR) * Central Conference. F: Ryan Sierakowski (CHI), Samuel Gainford (STL), Francis Atuahene (MIB) M: Abraham Villon (TBC), Amass Amankona (DDL), Chris Mueller (CHI) D: Mitchell Osmond (TBC) *, Nick Walker (MIB) *, Lucas Stauffer (DMM), Brandon Fricke (DMM) G: Michael Yantz (DDL) Western Conference. F: Mark Verso (GSF) *, Ryosuke Kinoshita (FCB), Jose Cuevas (FRE) M: Moshe Perez (TUC) *, Christo Michaelson (POR), Jose Carrera-Garcia (GSF) D: Sergi Nus (FRE) *, Scott DeVoss (COL) *, Sho Goto (VIC), Wouter Verstraaten (POR) G: Jordan Farr (POR) Southern Conference. F : Mohamed Kourouma (MIA), Ricardo Diegues (LAK), Julio Moncada (OKC) M: Kevin Varela (TBR), Willian Hopfner (VIL), Angelo Kelly-Rosales (MIS) D: Kevin Coiffic (MIA), Jonathan Parpeix (MIA), Gabriel Torres (VIL), Thomas Vancaeyezeele (MIS) G: Eric Dick (OKC) "<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes All-League player"