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2004 MPSL season
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Flag of New Mexico.svg | border | 20px]] Albuquerque Asylum | Albuquerque area | Albuquerque, NM | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of Idaho.svg | border | 20px]] Idaho Wolves | State of Idaho | Idaho Falls, ID | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] Sacramento Knights | Sacramento area | Sacramento, CA | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] Salinas Valley Samba | Salinas Valley area | Salinas, CA | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] Sonoma County Sol | Sonoma County area | Santa Rosa, CA | expansion |
Folding
- One team left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
- Tucson Tiburons - Tucson, Arizona
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
| score-width=30px | team-width=160px
| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= Chico Rooks | RD1-score1= 0 | RD1-seed2= 4 | RD1-team2= Utah Salt Ratz | RD1-score2= 1 | RD1-seed3= 2 | RD1-team3= Albuquerque Asylum | RD1-score3= 1 | RD1-seed4= 3 | RD1-team4= Arizona Sahuaros | RD1-score4= 4
| RD2-seed1= 4 | RD2-team1= Utah Salt Ratz | RD2-score1= 4 | RD2-seed2= 3 | RD2-team2= Arizona Sahuaros | RD2-score2= 2
- Simmons
- Acosta
- Martinez Chico, California
- Baca
- Gantenbein
- Urbica
- Coelho
- Araujo Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
- Christensen
- Acosta
- Bowers
- Coelho
- Urbica Draper, Utah
References
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