The Michigan Bucks scored twice in the first nine minutes and went on to beat the host Laredo Heat, 2-1, to win the Premier Development League championship in front of nearly 7,000 fans. The Bucks won their first league title in their 11th season in the USL.
The Bucks, who got goals from Kenny Uzoigwa and Mychal Turpin, came from the 13th-seeded position, the lowest ever in league history, to win the title. Along the way, they knocked off third-seeded Boulder (4-0), fourth-seeded Chicago (4-1) and ninth-seeded Orange County (2-0) before topping the fifth-seeded Heat.
PLAYOFF RESULTS
Round of 16
July 28
Cape Cod 3 (Bulow 70, pen. 75, O'Rielly 90) Williamsburg 0.
Virginia Beach 1 (Haywood 64) Westchester 3 (Shapiro 15, 20, Davies 32).
Boulder 0 Michigan 4 (Uzoigwe 18, Jafta 32, Holody 43, Dube 71).
Des Moines 3 (Boltnar pen. 62, 111, Kother 113) Chicago 3 (R Anderson 73, North 93, 108).
(Chicago wins 5-3 on penalties).
Laredo 3 (Almack 38, Presas 75, 87) Augusta 2 (Charowski 52, Irazarry 90).
Carolina 0 Bradenton 1 (Dallman 115) (OT).
Abbotsford 2 (Peetoom 37, Wilson 44) Orange County 3 (Hamilton 53, Larrabee 70, Lopez 84).
BYU 2 (Clark 37, Cavanaugh 61) Southern California 1 (Hansen pen. 45).
Quarterfinals
July 29
Chicago 1 (Bode 24) Michigan 4 (Jafta 27, 62, 66, Turpin 34).
Cape Cod 1 (Britcher 84) Westchester 2 (Meyer 71, Davies 86).
Laredo 2 (Sanchez 41, Su 84) Bradenton 1 (Bello 39).
BYU 2 (Marshall 86, Norton 90) Orange County 2 (Marian 26, Evans 41).
(Orange County wins 4-2 on penalties.)
Semifinals
Aug. 5
Michigan 2 (Uzoigwe 45, 48) Orange County 0.
Laredo 3 (Galvan 40, Ibarra pen. 42, Infante 90) Westchester 2 (Davies pen. 15, Shapiro 34).
Final
Aug. 12
Laredo 1 (Macias 18) Michigan 2 (Uzoigwe 4, Turpin pen. 9).