USL News Release

Friday, July 27, 2007

TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues announced Friday the Premier Development League All-Conference Teams as voted on by team coaches and general managers, honoring 44 of the league’s top players for their play in the 2007 season.

Thirty teams were represented by the 44 players selected to the Central, Eastern, Southern and Western All-Conference Teams. The unbeaten regular season champion Hampton Roads Piranhas became the first team since the introduction of All-Conference Teams in 2003 to have five players honored on their respective All-Conference Team. There were five previous instances of teams having four players honored (Cape Cod 2006, Ocean City 2005 and 2004, Central Florida 2004, and Chicago 2003).

The Kansas City Brass and Michigan Bucks had the next highest number of honorees with three players selected. St Louis opened the season with an 11-game unbeaten record only to see three consecutive losses leave the door open for St Louis to catch up and eventually take the second playoff spot. The defending champion Bucks also opened their campaign with an 11-game unbeaten run and went on to capture the division title. Seven teams had two players honored.

2007 Premier Development League All-Conference Teams

Central Conference
G	Stephen Paterson	Thunder Bay Chill
D	Mike Holody	Michigan Bucks
D	Josh Howard	Kansas City Brass
D	Josh White	Kansas City Brass
M	Tomas Boltnar	Des Moines Menace
M	Keith Gorzcyca	Kansas City Brass
M	Nate Jafta	Michigan Bucks
M	Jake Stacy	West Michigan Edge
F	Tommy Heinemann	St Louis Lions
F	Saidi Isaac	Indiana Invaders
F	Kenny Uzoigwe	Michigan Bucks

Eastern Conference
G	Evan Newton	Hampton Roads Piranhas
D	John Gilkerson	Hampton Roads Piranhas
D	David Horst	Hampton Roads Piranhas
D	Graham Munro	Cape Cod Crusaders
M	Adrian Bumbut	Fredericksburg Gunners
M	Matia Damiani	Brooklyn Knights
M	KK Lima	Hampton Roads Piranhas
M	Matt Narode	Albany Admirals
F	Dwight Barnett	Cape Cod Crusaders
F	Andrew Hoxie	Virginia Legacy
F	Andrew Wheeler	Hampton Roads Piranhas

Southern Conference
G	Diego Restrepo	Bradenton Academics
D	Dwyane Demmin	Mississippi Brilla
D	Jon Leathers	Atlanta Silverbacks U23s
D	Anthony Santiago	Central Florida Kraze
M	Bruno Guarda	DFW Tornados
M	Juan Ibarra	Laredo Heat
M	Ryan Roushandel	Atlanta Silverbacks U23s
M	Shea Salinas	Carolina Dynamo
F	Zak Boggs	Bradenton Academics
F	Tony Judice	Baton Rouge Capitals
F	Tony Taylor	Central Florida Kraze

Western Conference
G	Kevin Guppy	San Fernando Valley Quakes
D	Brad Peetoom	Abbotsford Rangers
D	Luke Sassano	San Jose Frogs
D	Hugh Van Wagenen	BYU Cougars
M	Fabricio Codeceira	Fresno Fuego
M	Sean Franklin	San Fernando Valley Quakes
M	Ciaran O'Brien	Tacoma Tide
M	Brock Trejo	BYU Cougars
F	Pablo Campos	Fresno Fuego
F	Mark Draycott	Ventura County Fusion
F	Stefan Ostergren	Cascade Surge

USL will announce the All-League Team on Monday, July 30.

In addition to the All-Conference Team selections, USL also announced for the first time the top vote recipient from each team that did not have any players honored on the All-Conference lists in 2007. They were:

Central Conference: Neil Hlavaty (Chicago), Jamie Fairweather (Toronto), Matthew Tudich (Cleveland), PJ Wilson (Fort Wayne), Josh Fallin (Colorado), Omar Shoucair (Springfield) and Adam Douglas (Sioux Falls).
Eastern Conference: Byron Carmichael (Ocean City), Gary Higgins (Reading), Jordan Evans (Richmond), Guillermo Fonseca (Delaware), Ryan Jenkins (Northern Virginia), Chris Whalley (West Virginia), Tom Clements (Westchester), Paul Robson (Long Island), Bo Vuckovic (Vermont), Yan Klukowski (Ottawa), Jeff Gonsalves (Rhode Island).
Southern Conference: Omar Mora (El Paso), Dustin Brim (New Orleans), Norberto Papandrea (Austin), Andre Sherard (Cary), Tim McRae (Palm Beach), Jeff Boynton (Nashville) and Salvatore Conigliaro (Cocoa).
Western Conference: Jonny Broadhead (Ogden), Jake Moug (Spokane), Jorge Lopez (Yakima), Ross Schunk (Los Angeles), Eric Conner (San Francisco), John Searles