Led by two goals from rising U.S. U-20 star Felix Garcia, the defending champion Laredo Heat beat the Austin Aztex 3-1, to reach the semifinals of the Premier Development League. Two Canadian teams -- the Thunder Bay Chill and Vancouver Whitecaps residency team -- advanced to the final four, where they will also be joined by the Reading Rage. For all the PDL playoff results ...

Central Conference
Divisional Finals
July 22
Chicago 0 Kalamazoo 2.
KAL: Own goal 42
KAL: Mackey 63
July 22
Thunder Bay 3 Colorado 1.
TB: Oliveira (Putrus) 9
TB: Oliveira (Swartzendruber) 56
TB: Swartzendruber (Intermoia) 74
COL: Charles 85
July 23
Cleveland 2 Toronto 1.
Semifinals
July 26
Michigan 1 Kalamazoo 3 (OT).
MIC: Doug DeMartin (Billy Weaver) 31
KAL: Tom Oatley (Eric Alexander) 86
KAL: Lance Muckey (Chase Carricelli) 98
KAL: Tom Oatley (Jordan Fylonenko) 120
Thunder Bay 2 Cleveland 0
TB: Brandon Swartzendruber 66
TB: Nolan Intermoia (Rob Swann) 82
July 27
Final
Thunder Bay 4 Kalamazoo 0.
TB: Scott Milroth (Gustavo Oliveira) 11
TB: Gustavo Oliveira (penalty) 45
TB: Brandon Swartzendruber (Gustavo Oliveira) 59
TB: Casey Gold (Jeremy Gold) 81

Eastern Conference
Semifinals
July 25
Cape Cod 0 Brooklyn 0.
(Brooklyn wins 5-3 on penalties.)
Reading 4 Newark 2.
REA: Jon Ports (James Taranto) 22
NEW: Christopher Karcz (Teddy Niziolek) 30
NEW: Christopher Karcz (Jonathan Bilbao) 62
REA: James Taranto (Tyrell Burgess) 74
REA: Marc Benson 92
REA: Tyrell Burgess (penalty) 109
July 27
Final
Reading 1 Brooklyn 0.
REA: Tyrell Burgess (penalty) 40

Southern Conference
Semifinals
July 25
Austin 2 Bradenton 1
AUS: AJ Godbolt (Ezual Lewis) 56
AUS: Juan Carlos Vicens (Zack Pope) 65
BRA: John Bello (Ryan Maxwell) 74
Central Florida 1 Laredo 2
LAR: Felix Garcia 52
CF: Tanner Wolfe 54
LAR: Greg Mulamba 63
Final
July 26
Laredo 3 Austin 1
AUS: Jamie Watson 26
LAR: Felix Garcia (Juan de Dios Ibarra) 47
LAR: Felix Garcia (Juan de Dios Ibarra) 51
LAR: Greg Mulamba (Silas Blackwell) 68

Western Conference
Semifinals
July 26
Vancouver 3 San Fernando Valley 1
SFV: Ferguson Agwa 82
VAN: Randy Edwini-Bonsu 90
VAN: Randy Edwini-Bonsu 110
VAN: Drew Russell 116
Fresno 0 Tacoma 3
TAC: Daniel Scott 18
TAC: Spencer Schomaker 76
TAC: Chase Tangney 90
July 27
Final
Vancouver 4 Tacoma 1