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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

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

• 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

References

• US soccer history archives for 2004

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