The Michigan Bucks entered the season as the defending champions, but their title defense campaign ended with a loss in the Central Conference semi-finals.
On August 5, 2017, the Charlotte Eagles won their first PDL championship by defeating the Thunder Bay Chill 2-1.
Two Eastern Conference play-in matches were played at Amesbury, MA (Seacoast United Phantoms) and Whippany, NJ (New York Red Bulls U-23).
The PDL Championship Game was held on August 5 in Matthews, NC (Charlotte Eagles).
[13] [13] [14][15][16] [17] F: Tobenna Uzo (MYB) *, Brian White (NYR) *, Joao Costa (CHE) M: Ricardo Gomez (MYB) *, Aaron Molloy (REA) *, Martim Galvão (NAS) D: Douglas Oliveira (CHE), Alex Nelson (MYB), Kevin Politz (NYR), Daniel Kozma (OCN) G: Ben Lundgaard (NYR) * F: Ryan Sierakowski (CHI), Samuel Gainford (STL), Francis Atuahene (MIB) M: Abraham Villon (TBC), Amass Amankona (DDL), Chris Mueller (CHI) D: Mitch Osmond (TBC) *, Nick Walker (MIB) *, Lucas Stauffer (DMM), Brandon Fricke (DMM) G: Michael Yantz (DDL) F: Mark Verso (GSF) *, Ryosuke Kinoshita (FCB), Jose Cuevas (FRE) M: Moshe Perez (TUC) *, Christo Michaelson (POR), Jose Carrera-Garcia (GSF) D: Sergi Nus (FRE) *, Scott DeVoss (COL) *, Sho Goto (VIC), Wouter Verstraaten (POR) G: Jordan Farr (POR) F: Mohamed Kourouma (MIA), Ricardo Diegues (LAK), Julio Moncada (OKC) M: Kevin Varela (TBR), Willian Hopfner (VIL), Angelo Kelly-Rosales (MIS) D: Kevin Coiffic (MIA), Jonathan Parpeix (MIA), Gabriel Torres (VIL), Thomas Vancaeyezeele (MIS) G: Eric Dick (OKC) * denotes All-League player