2003 MPSL season

Football league season

Men's Premier Soccer LeagueSeason| 2003

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Champions| Arizona Sahuaros
Matches played| 45
Goals scored| 167 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer| KC Nordfors, Utah
13 goals
Highest scoring| Arizona 11, Tucson 0
(July 26)

2004 →

The 2003 Men's Premier Soccer League season was the inaugural season of the MPSL.

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

Three of the teams who contested the first season - Arizona Sahuaros, Chico Rooks and Northern Nevada Aces \- previously competed in the United Soccer Leagues, but left to form the breakaway MPSL in protest at the way the USL was being run.

## 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

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1  | Utah Salt Ratz | 15  | 12  | 3  | 0  | 44  | 19  | +25  | 36
2  | Chico Rooks*  | 14  | 11  | 3  | 0  | 34  | 17  | +17  | 33
3  | Arizona Sahuaros | 15  | 8  | 6  | 1  | 30  | 22  | +8  | 25
4  | Northern Nevada Aces | 15  | 4  | 8  | 3  | 20  | 30  | -10  | 15
5  | Tucson Tiburons | 15  | 4  | 10  | 1  | 16  | 36  | -20  | 13
6  | Las Vegas Strikers | 15  | 2  | 10  | 3  | 23  | 40  | -17  | 9

* Chico Rooks played only 14 league games as they represented the MPSL In the USASA National Cup.

## Playoffs

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### Semi-finals

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August 4, 2003

Chico Rooks| 0 - 1| Arizona Sahuaros

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* Araujo 87'

University Soccer Stadium, Chico
Chico, California

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August 4, 2003

Utah Salt Ratz| 9 - 0| Northern Nevada Aces

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* Nordfors 16', 28', 34'
* Huber 42'
* Stevenson 55'
* Oshay 67' (pen.)
* Hansen
* Callister
* Waters

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Soaring Eagle Stadium
Draper, Utah

### Championship

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August 9, 2003

Utah Salt Ratz| 1 - 2 (AET)*| Arizona Sahuaros

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Hickman 13' |  | Coelho 59' 100'

Soaring Eagle Stadium
Draper, Utah

* Overtime Note: 2 ten minute periods with Golden Goal. PK's if still tied.

| Semi-Finals | | | Championship |

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| 1 | Utah Salt Ratz | 9 | |
| 4 | Northern Nevada Aces | 0 |
| | 1 | Utah Salt Ratz | 1 |
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| | | 3 | Arizona Sahuaros | 2 |
| 2 | Chico Rooks | 0 |

| 3 | Arizona Sahuaros | 1 |

## References

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