Residency unveil PDL schedule

January 24, 2008

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in conjunction with the United Soccer Leagues (USL), announced today the 2008 USL Premier Development League (PDL) regular season schedule. The Whitecaps Residency team will kick off their inaugural year at Simon Fraser University against the Abbotsford Mariners on Sunday, May 18, and wrap up the regular season away to Utah-based side, Ogden Outlaws on Saturday, July 19.

The Whitecaps will play in the eight-team Western Conference Northwest Division and will face the Mariners four times and the remaining sides twice for a total of 16 regular season games. In addition to the Mariners and Outlaws, the Residency team will battle Washington State’s Tacoma Tide, Yakima Reds and Spokane Spiders, as well as Oregon’s Cascade Surge, who play out of Salem. Utah’s Brigham Young University Cougars are also part of the Northwest Division.

The top two teams in the Northwest and Southwest Divisions advance to the Western Conference championship tournament. The division champions face the second place team from the opposite division in the conference semifinals. The winner of the Conference championship advances to the PDL semifinals. The four Conference championship tournaments will be held July 25 to 27, with the PDL semifinals set for August 1 and 2. The PDL Championship finals will be held on Saturday, August 9. All playoff hosts are determined via a bid process.

The Whitecaps PDL side will predominately be comprised of players from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency program, with Residency managing director and head coach Thomas Niendorf in charge of the team from the sidelines. In addition to the full-time Residency players, members from the Whitecaps first-team squad, who play out in the USL First Division, will be eligible to be sent down to the PDL team for conditioning stints.

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VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC RESIDENCY - PDL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (PT)	Stadium
Sun., May 18	vs. Abbotsford Mariners	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Fri., May 23	at Cascade Surge	7:05 p.m.	McCulloch Stadium
Sat., May 31	vs. BYU Cougars	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sat., June 7	at Tacoma Tide	7:05 p.m.	Curtis High School
Fri., June 13	vs. Spokane Spiders	7:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sun., June 15	vs. Abbotsford Mariners	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Fri., June 20	vs. Ogden Outlaws	7:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sun., June 22	at Abbotsford Mariners	1:00 p.m.	Bateman Park
Sat., June 28	vs. Tacoma Tide	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sun., June 29	vs. Yakima Reds	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sat., July 5	vs. Cascade Surge	3:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser University
Sun., July 6	at Abbotsford Mariners	1:00 p.m.	Bateman Park
Fri., July 11	at Yakima Reds	7:05 p.m.	Marquette Stadium
Sat., July 12	at Spokane Spiders	7:00 p.m.	Spokane Falls CC
Fri., July 18	at BYU Cougars	6:30 p.m.	South Stadium
Sat., July 19	at Ogden Outlaws	6:00 p.m.	Ogden High School

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