2004 MPSL season

Football league season

Men's Premier Soccer LeagueSeason| 2004

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Champions| Utah Salt Ratz
Top goalscorer| KC Nordfors, Utah
13 goals

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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

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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

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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

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* One team left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
* Tucson Tiburons \- Tucson, Arizona

## 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  | 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 |

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| 1 | Chico Rooks | 0 | |
| 4 | Utah Salt Ratz | 1 |
| | 4 | Utah Salt Ratz | 4 |
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| | | 3 | Arizona Sahuaros | 2 |
| 2 | Albuquerque Asylum | 1 |

| 3 | Arizona Sahuaros | 4 |

MPSL Semifinals

July 31, 2004

7:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Chico Rooks| 0–1| Utah Salt Ratz

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* Simmons 70'

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* Acosta 58'
* Martinez 70'

University Soccer Stadium, Chico
Chico, California

July 31, 2004

Semifinals

Albuquerque Asylum| 1–4| Arizona Sahuaros

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* Urbica

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MPSL Championship Game

August 8, 2004

5:30 PM MDT

Utah Salt Ratz| 4–2| Arizona Sahuaros

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* Christensen

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Soaring Eagle Stadium
Draper, Utah

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