2004 MPSL season

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The 2004 Men's Premier Soccer League season was the 2nd season of the MPSL.

Men's Premier Soccer League
Season2004
ChampionsUtah Salt Ratz
Top goalscorerKC Nordfors, Utah
13 goals
2003
2005

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

Changes from 2003

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New Franchises

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  • 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

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Final standings

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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

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Semi finals

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

Final

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Utah Salt Ratz 4-2 Arizona Sahuaros

Bracket

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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
MPSL Semifinals
Semifinals
Chico Rooks0–1Utah Salt Ratz
Report
Semifinals
Albuquerque Asylum1–4Arizona Sahuaros
Report

MPSL Championship Game
Utah Salt Ratz4–2Arizona Sahuaros
Report

References

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