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

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 [lower-alpha 1]

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 [lower-alpha 1]

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
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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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