PHILADELPHIA - John McCarthy, who spent the summer playing for the Ocean City Nor'easters of the USL Premier Development League, was named to the Eastern Conference All-Conference Team, announced Monday by the United Soccer Leagues (USL).

McCarthy played 14 of 17 regular season games in goal, registering 67 saves and recording a .725 goals against average. He helped the squad to a 13-3 record as well as the Mid-Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference titles. The team finished with the third best record in the 73-team Premier Development League, including all conferences.

The squad clinched a playoff berth with a 1-0 win over Brooklyn before falling in the playoffs, 1-0, to Ottawa.

2012 PDL All-Conference Team (uslsoccer.com)

Eastern Conference
GK - John McCarthy, Ocean City Nor'easters
D - Patrick Boucher, CFC Azul
D - Marcello Castro, Ottawa Fury
D - Greg Cochrane, Reading United AC
D - Sebastian Ibeagha, Carolina Dynamo
MF- Christian Barreiro, Baltimore Bohemians
MF - Jason Massie, GPS Portland
MF - Stephen Okai, Reading United AC
F - Deshorn Brown, Reading United AC
F - Alencar Junior, Worcester Hydra
F - David Neuberth, Real Maryland Monarchs