Today the Premier Development League (PDL) announced the 2018 schedule for Lansing United. Lansing United will play in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference. The Central Conference is made up of 12 teams. Joining Lansing United in the Great Lakes Division are the Cincinnati Dutch Lions, Dayton Dutch Lions, Derby City Rovers, Michigan Bucks and West Virginia Chaos. The Central Conference playoffs will consist of four teams, the top two in the standings from both the Great Lakes Division and the Heartland Division.
“I am really looking forward to our team competing in arguably to toughest conference in the PDL,” said Lansing United Head Coach/GM Nate Miller. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for the club to showcase the very talented players we have coming in. This is the platform we want, and I look forward to working extremely hard to succeed this summer. The schedule starts thick and fast, so we will need to be ready straight from the off.”
Lansing United will open the 2018 PDL season hosting the Michigan Bucks on Saturday May 12th. The club will call the East Lansing Soccer Complex home once again. With six teams in the division and a fourteen-game schedule Lansing United will face the Cincinnati Dutch Lions, Dayton Dutch Lions, Derby City Rovers, Michigan Bucks all 3 times. With the Michigan Bucks and Derby City at home twice, and Cincinnati and Dayton twice on the road. Lansing United will play the West Virginia Chaos only twice.
Lansing United is once again proud to partner with the Sparrow Foundation in raising funds for the Herbert-Herman Cancer Center. Soon the club will announce a special third jersey that will be auctioned off after a selected home game with all the proceeds being donated to the Herbert-Herman Cancer Center.
The remaining home schedule will be announced in the near future. Season tickets are available on our website www.lanunited.com.
2018 Lansing United PDL Schedule
Saturday May 12 MICHIGAN BUCKS 7PM
Friday May 18 DERBY CITY ROVERS 7PM
Sunday May 20 @Cincinnati Dutch Lions 4PM
Saturday May 26 @Michigan Bucks NOON *Canton Cup
Wednesday May 30 @ West Virginia Chaos 7:30 PM
Sunday June 3 CINCINNATI DUTCH LIONS 4PM
Saturday June 9 @Dayton Dutch Lions 7PM
Saturday June 16 DAYTON DUTCH LIONS 7PM
Friday June 22 MICHIGAN BUCKS 7PM
Sunday June 24 WEST VIRGINIA CHAOS 4PM
Friday June 29 @Cincinnati Dutch Lions 7PM
Saturday July 7 DERBY CITY ROVERS 7PM
Friday July 13 @Derby City Rovers 7PM
Sunday July 15 @Dayton Dutch Lions 4PM