West Virginia Chaos PDL

The Premier Development League (PDL) of United Soccer Leagues (USL) is the top under 23 men’s amateur league in North America. Players in the PDL have the ability to compete throughout the summer months in a professionalized setting maintaining their collegiate eligibility while being exposed to scouts and opportunities with professional teams in North America and now in Europe that have made the PDL a proving ground for players that aspire to reach the highest-levels of the game. This was most evident with the 2008 MLS Super Draft, seeing 39 of the 56 player’s drafted coming from PDL teams. Over the past five years the West Virginia Chaos themselves have impressively seen four alumni join the professional ranks, Steven Kehoe now with Llangefni Town of the Welsh Premier Division, Chase Harrison with the Rochester Raging Rhinos of the USL-1, Nick Noble with the Chicago Fire of the MLS and Greg Terhune with the MLS Columbus Crew.

The 2008 PDL campaign features a 67-team format within four conferences. Each team play 16 PDL regular season matches. Their schedule is augmented by participation in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and various exhibitions. The US Open Cup is an open cup competition that allows any amateur and professional team to qualify for meaningful competition and offers amateur teams a chance to play against professional USL-1, USL-2 and MLS teams for the oldest domestic competition in North America.

Chaos have they set their sights on the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference and the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup qualifying. The Central Conference is arguably the strongest in the PDL featuring the ’06 Champion and ’07 runner-up Michigan Bucks an affiliate of the MLS Columbus Crew, the Central Conference also boasts the U23 Colorado Rapids and the Chicago Fire Premier who are affiliates of their MLS teams and the Central Conference also features two of the leagues highest attended franchises, the Des Moines Menace averaged a league high and just under 3,900 fans a game the Toronto Lynx averaged nearly 1,100 fans a year ago fourth best in the nation.

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