[PDL] For the eighth year in a row, there won’t be back-to-back champions in the Premier Development League as the 2010 champion Portland Timbers U-23s failedto make the 2011 playoffs. The Des Moines Menace and Victoria Highlanders became the final two teams to clinch berths in the playoff field of 20 with victories on Sunday night. Conference championswill be crowned at four locations this weekend.

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