2004 MPSL season
Appearance
(Redirected from 2004 NPSL Season)
Season | 2004 |
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Champions | Utah Salt Ratz |
Top goalscorer | KC Nordfors, Utah 13 goals |
← 2003 2005 → |
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
[edit]New Franchises
[edit]- Five franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:
Team Name | Metro Area | Location | Previous Affiliation |
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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
[edit]- One team left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
Final standings
[edit]Purple indicates regular season title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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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
[edit]Semi finals
[edit]Utah Salt Ratz 1-0 Chico Rooks
Arizona Sahuaros 4-1 Albuquerque Asylum
Final
[edit]Utah Salt Ratz 4-2 Arizona Sahuaros
Bracket
[edit]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 |
Semifinals
Albuquerque Asylum | 1–4 | Arizona Sahuaros |
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Report |
MPSL Championship Game
Utah Salt Ratz | 4–2 | Arizona Sahuaros |
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Report |