2004 MPSL season

Men's Premier Soccer League
Season 2004
Champions Utah Salt Ratz
Top goalscorer KC Nordfors, Utah
13 goals
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The 2004 Men's Premier Soccer League season was the 2nd season of the MPSL.

Utah Salt Ratz finished the season as national champions, beating Arizona Sahuaros in the MPSL Championship game

Changes From 2003

New Franchises

  • Five franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:
Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Albuquerque Asylum Albuquerque area Albuquerque, NM expansion
Idaho Wolves State of Idaho Idaho Falls, ID expansion
Sacramento Knights Sacramento area Sacramento, CA expansion
Salinas Valley Samba Salinas Valley area Salinas, CA expansion
Sonoma County Sol Sonoma County area Santa Rosa, CA expansion

Folding

Final standings

Purple indicates regular season title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Chico Rooks 16 13 2 1 51 40 11 40
2 Albuquerque Asylum 16 12 4 0 40 16 24 36
3 Arizona Sahuaros 16 11 5 0 27 18 9 33
4 Utah Salt Ratz 16 11 5 0 44 16 28 33
5 Salinas Valley Samba 16 9 6 1 35 21 14 28
6 Sonoma County Sol 16 9 7 0 41 25 16 27
7 Sacramento Knights 15 8 7 0 34 20 14 24
8 Las Vegas Strikers 16 3 13 0 19 39 -20 9
9 Northern Nevada Aces 16 2 14 0 12 71 -59 6
10 Idaho Wolves 15 0 15 0 8 61 -53 0
  • the first tiebreaker used was head-to-head results, which explains why Arizona finished ahead of Utah despite having an inferior goal difference and scoring less goals.

Playoffs

Semi finals

Utah Salt Ratz 1-0 Chico Rooks
Arizona Sahuaros 4-1 Albuquerque Asylum

Final

Utah Salt Ratz 4-2 Arizona Sahuaros

Bracket

Semi-Finals Championship
      
1 Chico Rooks 0
4 Utah Salt Ratz 1
4 Utah Salt Ratz 4
3 Arizona Sahuaros 2
2 Albuquerque Asylum 1
3 Arizona Sahuaros 4

References

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