United Soccer Leagues Wednesday unveiled the alignment of all 68 teams that will compete in the 2010 season of the Premier Development League.
The league will still have four two-division conferences -- Central, Eastern, Southern and Western -- with at least six teams in each divisions.
The 2010 PDL will feature five new teams -- the Dayton (OH) Dutch Lions, MPS Portland Phoenix and four yet-to-be-named teams in Albany, NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL, central New Jersey, and Rochester MN -- as well as the addition of two former USL Second Division teams in the Bermuda Hogges and the Western Mass Pioneers, both playing the Eastern Conference, and the return of the Vermont Voltage, who took the 2009 season off due to reconstruction of their stadium.
Two teams also change names in 2010 -- the Reading Rage, now affiliated with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union, becomes Reading United, and the Seattle Wolves are now the Washington Crossfire after merging operations with the Crossfire Soccer Club.
Here are the conference and divisional alignments for the 2010 Premier Development League:
CENTRAL CONFERENCE
Great Lakes Division: Chicago Fire, Cincinnati Kings, Dayton Dutch Lions, Forest City London, Indiana Invaders, Kalamazoo Outrage, Michigan Bucks, Toronto Lynx
Heartland Division: Des Moines Menace, Kansas City Brass, Real Colorado Foxes, Rochester, MN (name TBA), Springfield Demize, St. Louis Lions, Thunder Bay Chill
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Mid Atlantic Division: Bermuda Hogges, Carolina Dynamo, Central Jersey (name TBA), Hampton Roads Piranhas, Newark Ironbound Express, New Jersey Rangers, Northern Virginia Royals, Ocean City Barons, Reading United, West Virginia Chaos
Northeast Division: Albany, NY (name TBA), Brooklyn Knights, Long Island Rough Riders, New Hampshire Phantoms, Ottawa Fury, MPS Portland (ME) Phoenix, Vermont Voltage, Western Mass Pioneers, Westchester Flames
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Mid South Division: DFW Tornados, El Paso Patriots, Houston Leones, Laredo Heat, Rio Grande Valley Bravos, West Texas United Sockers
Southeast Division: Atlanta Blackhawks, Baton Rouge Capitals, Central Florida Kraze, Fort Lauderdale, FL (name TBA), IMG Bradenton Academics, Mississippi Brilla, Nashville Metros, New Orleans Jesters, Panama City Pirates
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Northwest Division: Abbostford Mariners, Kitsap Pumas, Portland Timbers U23, Spokane Spiders, Tacoma Tide, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, Victoria Highlanders, Washington Crossfire, Yakima Reds
Southwest Division: BYU Cougars, Fresno Fuego, Hollywood United Hitmen, Lancaster Rattlers, Los Angeles Legends, Ogden Outlaws, Orange County Blue Star, Southern California Seahorses, Ventura County Fusion
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