2004 MPSL season

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

Men's Premier Soccer League

Season	2004
Champions	Utah Salt Ratz (1st Title)
Regular Season Champions	Chico Rooks (1st Title)
Top goalscorer	KC 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

New Franchises

• 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

• 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

	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

July 31, 2004

7:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Chico Rooks	0–1	Utah Salt Ratz
Simmons  70'	Report	Acosta 58' Martinez  70'

University Soccer Stadium, Chico
Chico, California

July 31, 2004

Semifinals

Albuquerque Asylum	1–4	Arizona Sahuaros
Baca 20' Gantenbein   57'	Report	Urbica Coelho Araujo

Lovelace Soccer Complex
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ron Baca

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MPSL Championship Game

August 8, 2004

5:30 PM MDT

Utah Salt Ratz	4–2	Arizona Sahuaros
Christensen 33', 77' Acosta 61' Bowers 85'	Report	Coelho 5' (pen.) Urbica 56'

Soaring Eagle Stadium
Draper, Utah