2004 USL Pro Soccer League

The 2004 USL Pro Soccer League was the tenth season of the United Soccer Leagues operated competition. The league was sanctioned as Division III by the United States Soccer Federation.^[1]

USL Pro Soccer League

Season	2004
Champions	Utah Blitzz (2nd Title)
Premiers	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (1st Title)
Matches played	120
Goals scored	423 (3.53 per match)
Best Player	Jacob Coggins Charlotte Eagles
Top goalscorer	Jacob Coggins Charlotte Eagles (20 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Eric Pattison Charlotte Eagles
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Divisions

Atlantic Division

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	17	2	1	48	17	+31	52
Harrisburg City Islanders	20	10	7	3	40	25	+15	33
Long Island Rough Riders	20	8	11	1	31	43	−12	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northern Division

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Hampshire Phantoms	20	10	9	1	46	33	+13	31
Westchester Flames	20	8	9	3	38	43	−5	27
Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	10	2	34	34	0	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Division

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Charlotte Eagles	20	14	4	2	53	19	+34	44
Wilmington Hammerheads	19	10	6	3	32	20	+12	33
Northern Virginia Royals	19	3	16	0	18	64	−46	6[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted?

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Utah Blitzz	20	11	6	3	39	16	+23	36
San Diego Gauchos	20	9	9	2	26	41	−15	29
California Gold	20	2	13	5	18	46	−28	5[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. California was penalized 3 points for use of an ineligible player in a game. California was penalized another 3 points for a forfeit.

Playoffs

Atlantic Division Finals

August 20, 2004

7:35 PM EDT

First Leg

Harrisburg City Islanders	0–4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Moffat Oduor  23' Mike Henning  45'	Report	5' David Flavius 30' Greg Chevalier 52' Matthew Chulis 58' Dan Hartung  77' Andrew Bragg

Skyline Sports Complex, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 2,291

Referee: Stan Nagle

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August 21, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Pittsburgh Riverhounds	3–1	Harrisburg City Islanders
David Flavius 28' Said Ali 32', 57' Arnibal Armas  72'	Report	25' Andrew Guastaferro  52'  64' Moffat Oduor  57' Mike Henning

Moon Area High School, Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 776

Referee: Jeffrey Mellen

Pittsburgh wins series 7-1 on aggregate

Southern Division Finals

August 20, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Wilmington Hammerheads	2–2	Charlotte Eagles
Christopher Bagley 25' Brady Bryant  60' Niel McNab  62' Ryan Miller 70' Juneval Zarate  88'	Report	42' Benjamin Meek 64' Jacob Coggins  64' Jonah Long 75' Jason Hotchkin

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,382

Referee: Abbas Piran

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August 21, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Charlotte Eagles	3–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
Jacob Coggins 23' Patrick Daka 84' Christopher Lemons 90'	Report	12' Timothy Karalexis  14' Christopher Bagley  17' Joseph McNab 39'  67' George Corrie 53' Ryan Miller

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,036

Referee: Roni Canales

Charlotte wins series 5-4 on aggregate

Western Division Final

August 20, 2004

9:30 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	2–1	San Diego Gauchos
Matt Evans 9' Jason Boyce 54' Alejandro Gutierrez  55' William Cummins  90'	Report	54' Herculez Gomez

Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attendance: 4,789

Referee: Feliciano Palomino

Semi-finals

August 28, 2004

5:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Trevor Persson  12' William Cummins  17'  69' Byron Carmichael 50'	Report	30' Gary Depalma  90' Greg Chevalier

Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attendance: 5,866

Referee: Yader Reyes

August 28, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Charlotte Eagles	1–0	New Hampshire Phantoms
Jacob Coggins  12' Patrick Daka 47'	Report	49' Sean Carey  69' Kieran O'Brien  77' Richard Fleming  79' Mark Manganello

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,408

Referee: Charles Mitchell

Championship

USL Pro Soccer League Championship Game

September 4, 2004

7:00 PM EDT

Charlotte Eagles	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Utah Blitzz
Aaron Faro 40' Patrick Daka 58'	Report	66' Richard Breza 80' Byron Carmichael
Penalties
	4–5	Jorge Estrada Luis Zamora

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,034