USL News Release

 

Monday, August 8, 2005

 

TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues announced the 2005 Premier Development League All-Conference Teams Monday, honoring the top 44 players of the season as voted on by the team coaches and general managers.

The Chicago Fire Premier and Ocean City Barons led the way with four players recognized in their respective conferences while the Richmond Kickers Future, Cascade Surge and regular season champion Orange County Blue Star saw three players honored.

The 2005 PDL finalists Des Moines Menace had one representative honored with two-time league MVP Tomas Boltnar receiving the nod in the Central Conference. The championship host El Paso Patriots placed two on the Southern Conference list in midfielder Miguel Larrosa and forward Daniel Frias, who won the scoring championship in 2004.

The PDL Championship will feature the Central Conference champion Des Moines Menace visiting the Southern Conference champion El Paso Patriots Saturday, August 13. The game will be at Socorro Stadium at 10:30 pm ET and will be broadcast LIVE on Fox Soccer Channel.

 

The PDL All-League Team will be announced Tuesday with the Defender of the Year and U-19 Player of the Year honors being announced Wednesday, the Coach of the Year Thursday and the Most Valuable Player at the Championship media luncheon Friday.

The Chicago Fire Premier’s Jed Zayner was honored at the back with forwards Kyle Brown and David Leung joining him on the list. Eric Pogue, a late-season addition in goal from Toledo, was also honored. Michigan was the only other team in the conference with two as Bucks defender Kevin Taylor was selected along with midfielder Ryan McMahen. Des Moines, Boulder, West Michigan, Indiana and Kansas City each saw one player honored.

The Ocean City Barons and Richmond Kickers Future players took the lion’s share of the honors in the Eastern Conference. Ocean City saw a player recognized at each position with goalkeeper Ryan Carr, defender John Thompson, midfielder Tony Donatelli and forward Ruben Mingo being honored. Richmond’s trio included defender Stephen Shirley and the forward combo of Cristian Neagu and Dominic Oduro. Reading, Cape Cod, Carolina and Vermont each saw one player honored.

Joining El Paso’s duo of Frias and Larrosa on the Southern Conference list were a pair of Austin Lightning midfielders Sonny Guadarrama and Marcelino Uriarte. Seven other teams saw one player make the list.

Regular season champion Orange County’s trio of honorees were led by Goalkeeper of the Year Nathan Pena. He was joined by forward Kai Kamara and defender Jordan Harvey from the Blue Star. The Cascade Surge saw defender Josh Westerman, midfielder Dana McGregor and forward Andriy Budnyy honored from their division champion side.

 

 

PDL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
Central Conference
G	Eric Pogue	Toledo / Chicago
D	Liam Girard	Boulder
D	Kevin Taylor	Michigan
D	Jed Zayner	Chicago
M	Tomas Boltnar	Des Moines
M	Daniel Bustos	West Michigan
M	Stephan David	Indiana
M	Ryan McMahen	Michigan
F	Kyle Brown	Chicago
F	David Leung	Chicago
F	Kyle Perkins	Kansas City
Eastern Conference
G	Ryan Carr	Ocean City
D	David Horst	Reading
D	Kareem Smith	Cape Cod
D	Stephen Shirley	Richmond
D	John Thompson	Ocean City
M	Tony Donatelli	Ocean City
M	Justin Moose	Carolina
M	Bo Simic	Vermont
F	Ruben Mingo	Ocean City
F	Cristian Neagu	Richmond
F	Dominic Oduro	Richmond
Southern Conference
G	Ryan Shaughnessy	Laredo
D	Daniell Robertson	Central Florida
D	John Rodrigues	Nashville
D	Brad Whitsett	Memphis
M	Sonny Guadarrama	Austin
M	Miguel Larrosa	El Paso
M	Dax McCarty	Ajax Orlando
M	Marcelino Uriarte	Austin
F	Pablo Araya	New Orleans
F	Daniel Frias	El Paso
F	Freddy Moojen	Cocoa
Western Conference
G	Nathan Pena	Orange County
D	Jose Delgadillo	Fresno
D	Jordan Harvey	Orange County
D	Josh Westermann	Cascade
M	Manuel Brasil	California
M	Frabricio Codeceira	Fresno
M	Dana McGregor	Cascade
M	BJ Pugmire	BYU
F	Andriy Budnyy	Cascade
F	Brett Hite	Spokane
F	Kei Kamara	Orange County