USL News Release

Friday, July 25, 2008

TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues announced Friday the statistical award winners for the 2008 Premier Development League season and the All-Conference Teams, honoring 44 of the top players in the league as voted on by team coaches and general managers.

Garnering the Scoring and Goal Scoring Championship for most points and goals in the season was Yakima Reds striker Junior Garcia. After scoring just once in nine games last season, Garcia became the focal point of Yakima’s offense, registering 15 goals and 10 assists while playing in every game this season to also lead the team in minutes played with only 22 minutes spent on the sideline this year. Garcia’s assist total was also good enough for a tied for second in the league with Michael Mattson of Central Florida.

Taking the Assist Leader honor was Fresno’s Fabricio Codeceira. The Fuego veteran hit double digits with 13 on the year after posting at least five each of the past five years and finishing third in the assist table last year with nine.

Miguel Gallardo of the expansion Austin Aztex finished the campaign as the GAA Champion with a goals against average of 0.615 for the season, beating out BYU’s Brandon Gilliam (0.703) and Chicago’s Patrick Sperry (0.727). He also finished the campaign with the league lead in shutouts with nine.

Among the All-Conference selections are a pair of players who are receiving the honor for the fifth time in their careers. Michigan forward and 2007 MVP finalist Kenny Uzoigwe and Fresno Fuego midfielder Fabricio Codeceira. Uzoigwe was initially honored in 2003-04 while playing for the Toledo Slayers and has garnered the All-Conference selection the past three years with Michigan. Codeceira has earned the honors five years straight, all as a member of the Fuego.

Michigan’s Nate Jafta and Cape Cod’s Graham Munro three-time All-Conference selections. Mike Holody (Michigan), Tommy Heinemann (St Louis), Dywane Demmin (Mississippi), Juan Ibarra (Laredo), Ryan Roushandel (Atlanta), Zak Boggs (Bradenton) and Pablo Campos (Fresno) all received the honor for the second straight year. Darius Barnes (Cary) was previously honored in 2006.

PDL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
Central Conference
G	Steve Clark	Michigan Bucks
D	Terry Alvino	Kalamazoo Outrage
D	Mike Holody	Michigan Bucks
D	David Mueller	St Louis Lions
D	Robert Younger	Chicago Fire
M	Nate Jafta	Michigan Bucks
M	Michael Nanchoff	Cleveland
M	Joseph Salem	Des Moines
F	Tommy Heinemann	St Louis Lions
F	Brandon Swartzendruber	Thunder Bay
F	Kenny Uzoigwe	Michigan Bucks
Eastern Conference
G	Tomer Chencinski	Newark Ironbound Express
D	Kalungi Henry	Fredericksburg Gunners
D	Graham Munro	Cape Cod Crusaders
D	Joseph Ruesgen	Newark Ironbound Express
M	Will Beague	Ottawa Fury
M	Adam Gazda	Reading Rage
M	Michael Konicoff	Westchester Flames
M	Jeff Matteo	Brooklyn Knights
F	Jerrod Laventure	Newark Ironbound Express
F	James Taranto	Reading Rage
F	Michael Todd	Long Island Rough Riders
Southern Conference
G	Miguel Gallardo	Austin Aztex
D	Darius Barnes	Cary RailHawks U-23
D	Travis Bender	Central Florida Kraze
D	Dwyane Demmin	Mississippi Brilla
D	Norberto Papandrea	Austin Aztex
M	Leandro Barros	Baton Rouge Capitals
M	Juan Ibarra	Laredo Heat
M	Ryan Roushandel	Atlanta Silverbacks U-23
F	Carlos Araujo	Central Florida Kraze
F	Zak Boggs	Bradenton Academics
F	Felix Garcia	Laredo Heat
Western Conference
G	Frank Logan	Ventura County
D	Doug Carr	San Francisco Seals
D	Juan Viveros	Yakima Reds
D	Mark Lee	Tacoma Tide
M	Junior Burgos	San Francisco Seals
M	Taylor Canel	San Fernando Valley Quakes
M	Fabricio Codeceira	Fresno Fuego
M	Gagandeep Dosanjh	Vancouver Whitecaps
F	Pablo Campos	Fresno Fuego
F	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	Vancouver Whitecaps
F	Junior Garcia	Yakima Reds

Also announced were the players who received the most votes for each team not represented among the All-Conference selections. They were:

Central Conference: Daniel Revivo (Toronto), Jimmy Cummings (Cincinnati), Sterling Flunder (West Virginia), Nicholas Cardenas (Colorado), Mamba Chisoni (Indiana), Bonivenger Misiko (Fort Wayne), Ryan Emerson (West Michigan).
Eastern Conference: Andrew Techanchuk (Hampton Roads), Nathen Belcher (Virginia), Alex Horvath (Northern Virginia), Andrew Dykstra (Richmond), Matt Stedman (Vermont), Tim Murray (New Hampshire), Rhode Island (Tim Ridder), Adam Sternberger (Ocean City), Pat Brown (New Jersey).
Southern Conference: Sebastian Narvaez (El Paso), Bruno Guarda (DFW), Brandon Chagnard (New Orleans), Fernando Benitez (Houston), Matt Watts (Panama City), William Sheanon (Carolina), Ryan McDonald (Nashville), Collin Nicholas (Palm Beach).
Western Conference: Richard Bindrup (BYU), Michael Chessler (Ogden), James Giebelhaus (Abbotsford), Aaron Patrick (Cascade), Nick Barclay (Spokane), Kyle Kaveny (San Jose), Davis Paul (Los Angeles), Eric Franco (Bakersfield), Kyle Schmid (Orange County), Christian Rue (Southern California), Mauricio Harrie (Lancaster).