2004 USL Pro Soccer League

USL Pro Soccer League
Season	2004
Champions	Utah Blitzz
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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]

Divisions edit

Atlantic Division edit

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 edit

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 edit

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:

^ 3 points deducted?

Western Division edit

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:

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

Playoffs edit

Atlantic Division Finals edit

August 20, 2004

7:35 PM EDT

First Leg

Harrisburg City Islanders	0–4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Oduor 23' Henning 45'	Report	Flavius 5' Chevalier 30' Chulis 52' Hartung 58' Bragg 77'

Skyline Sports Complex, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 2,291

Referee: Stan Nagle

August 21, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

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

Moon Area High School, Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 776

Referee: Jeffrey Mellen

Pittsburgh wins series 7-1 on aggregate

Southern Division Finals edit

August 20, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Wilmington Hammerheads	2–2	Charlotte Eagles
Bagley 25' Bryant 60' McNab 62' Miller 70' Zarate 88'	Report	Meek 42' Coggins 64' Long 64' Hotchkin 75'

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,382

Referee: Abbas Piran

August 21, 2004

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Charlotte Eagles	3–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
Coggins 23' Daka 84' Lemons 90'	Report	Karalexis 12' Bagley 14' McNab 17' Corrie 39' 67' Miller 53'

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,036

Referee: Roni Canales

Charlotte wins series 5-4 on aggregate

Western Division Final edit

August 20, 2004

9:30 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	2–1	San Diego Gauchos
Evans 9' Boyce 54' Gutierrez 55' Cummins 90'	Report	Gomez 54'

Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attendance: 4,789

Referee: Feliciano Palomino

Semi-finals edit

August 28, 2004

5:00 PM EDT

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

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
Coggins 12' Daka 47'	Report	Carey 49' O'Brien 69' Fleming 77' Manganello 79'

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,408

Referee: Charles Mitchell

Championship edit

USL Pro Soccer League Championship Game

September 4, 2004

7:00 PM EDT

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

Waddell Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,034

References edit

^ "USA 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

[table_hth_NVR0.96011374097323-2] 3 points deducted?

[table_hth_CAL0.7018872507391-3] California was penalized 3 points for use of an ineligible player in a game. California was penalized another 3 points for a forfeit.

[1] "USA 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

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