2004 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2004
Men's soccer
Supporters' Shield	Columbus Crew
MLS Cup	D.C. United

Last updated September 15, 2025

The 2004 season was the 92nd year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Wins	Losses	Draws
8	1	6

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Win Draw Loss

January 18 International Friendly	United States	1 – 1	Denmark	Carson, California
12:30 UTC−08	Donovan 77'	(Report)	Røll 28'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,461 Referee: Antonio Rodriguez Mendoza (Mexico)

February 18 International Friendly	Netherlands	1 – 0	United States	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 UTC+01	Robben 57'	(Report)		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 29,700 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

March 13 International Friendly	United States	1 – 1	Haiti	Miami, Florida
20:00 UTC−05	Califf 90'	(Report)	Boucicaut 72'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

March 31 International Friendly	Poland	0 – 1	United States	Płock, Poland
19:45 UTC+02		(Report)	Beasley 27'	Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

April 29 International Friendly	United States	1 – 0	Mexico	Dallas, Texas
13:30 UTC−05	Pope 90+2'	(Report)		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 45,048 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

June 2 International Friendly	United States	4 – 0	Honduras	Foxborough, Massachusetts
13:30 UTC−04	McBride 22', 37' Lewis 77' Sanneh 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 11,533 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

June 13 World Cup Qualifying Preliminary Round	United States	3 – 0	Grenada	Columbus, Ohio
13:00 UTC−04	Beasley 45', 71' Vanney 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

June 20 Preliminary Round	Grenada	2 – 3	United States	St. George's, Grenada
13:00 UTC−04	Roberts 12' (pen.) Charles 77'	(Report)	Donovan 6' Wolff 19' Beasley 76'	Stadium: Grenada National Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

July 11 International Friendly	United States	1 – 1	Poland	Chicago
15:00 UTC−05	Bocanegra 88'	(Report)	Wlodarczyk 76'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 39,529 Referee: Jean-François Corrivault (Canada)

August 18 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	Jamaica	1 – 1	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 UTC−04	Whitmore 51'	(Report)	Ching 89'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

September 4 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	United States	2 – 0	El Salvador	Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:00 UTC−04	Ching 6' Donovan 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 25,266 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

September 8 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	Panama	1 – 1	United States	Panama City, Panama
20:00 UTC−05	Brown 71'	(Report)	Jones 90'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

October 9 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	El Salvador	0 – 2	United States	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:00 UTC−06		(Report)	McBride 29' Johnson 76'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

October 13 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	United States	6 – 0	Panama	Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC−04	Donovan 21', 57' Johnson 71', 85', 88' Torres 90' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad & Tobago)

November 17 World Cup Qualifying Group Stage	United States	1 – 1	Jamaica	Columbus, Ohio
19:30 UTC−05	Johnson 15'	(Report)	Williams 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 9,088 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Major League Soccer

Standings

Position	Eastern Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Columbus Crew	49	30	12	5	13	40	32	+8	16,872
2	D.C. United	42	30	11	10	9	43	42	+1	17,232
3	MetroStars	40	30	11	12	7	47	49	-2	17,195
4	New England Revolution	33	30	8	13	9	42	43	-1	12,226
5	Chicago Fire	33	30	8	13	9	36	44	-8	17,153
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Kansas City Wizards	49	30	14	9	7	38	30	+8	14,816
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	43	30	11	9	10	42	40	+2	23,809
3	Colorado Rapids	41	30	10	9	11	29	32	-3	14,195
4	San Jose Earthquakes	38	30	9	10	11	41	35	+6	13,001
5	Dallas Burn	36	30	10	14	6	34	45	-11	9,088

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

MLS Cup 2004

E1

Columbus Crew

0

1

E4

New England Revolution

1

E4

New England Revolution

3(3)

Eastern Conference

E2

D.C. United

3(4) (a.e.t.)

E3

MetroStars

0

E2

D.C. United

2

E2

D.C. United

3

W1

Kansas City Wizards

2

W1

Kansas City Wizards

0

3

W4

San Jose Earthquakes

2

0

W1

Kansas City Wizards

2

Western Conference

W2

Los Angeles Galaxy

0

W3

Colorado Rapids

1

0

W2

Los Angeles Galaxy

0

2

MLS Cup

November 14

12:30 UTC−08

Kansas City Wizards	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	D.C. United
Burciaga 6' Wolff 58' (pen.)	(Report)	Eskandarian 19', 23' Zotinca 26' (o.g.)

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 25,797

Referee: Michael Kennedy

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Montreal Impact	28	17	6	5	36	15	56
2	Richmond Kickers	28	17	8	3	44	29	54
3	Syracuse Salty Dogs	28	15	8	5	40	29	50
4	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	10	3	36	32	48
5	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	14	11	3	41	48	45
6	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	11	14	3	43	41	36
7	Toronto Lynx	28	10	16	2	38	50	32
8	Charleston Battery	28	7	15	6	30	39	27
9	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	5	17	6	22	48	21

Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Portland Timbers	28	18	7	3	58	30	57
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	14	9	5	58	29	47
3	Minnesota Thunder	28	13	9	6	33	23	45
4	Seattle Sounders	28	13	11	4	40	34	43
5	Milwaukee Wave United	28	12	12	4	44	48	40
6	Edmonton Aviators	28	4	18	6	19	56	18
7	Calgary Mustangs	28	4	18	6	30	51	18

Playoffs

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Montreal Impact	1	1	2

Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	0	0
				Montreal Impact	2	1	3

				Syracuse Salty Dogs	1	1	2
Syracuse Salty Dogs	2	1	3

Richmond Kickers	1	0	1
								Montreal Impact	2

								Seattle Sounders	0
Portland Timbers	2	0	2

Seattle Sounders	1	2	3
				Seattle Sounders	1	1	2

				Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1
Minnesota Thunder	0	0	0

Vancouver Whitecaps	2	1	3

Final

September 18

19:00 UTC−07

Montreal Impact	2 – 0	Seattle Sounders
Vincello 33' Commodore 78'

Claude Robillard Sports Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Attendance: 13,648

Pro Soccer League

Standings

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	17	2	1	48	17	52
2	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	10	7	3	40	25	33
3	Long Island Rough Riders	20	8	11	1	31	43	25

Northern Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	10	9	1	46	33	31
2	Westchester Flames	20	8	9	3	38	43	27
3	Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	10	2	34	34	26

Southern Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Charlotte Eagles	20	14	4	2	53	19	44
2	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	10	6	3	32	20	33
3	Northern Virginia Royals	19	3	16	0	18	64	6

Western Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Utah Blitzz	20	11	6	3	39	16	36
2	San Diego Gauchos	20	9	9	2	26	41	29
3	California Gold	20	2	13	5	18	46	5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals				Semifinals		Final

				New Hampshire Phantoms	0

				Charlotte Eagles	1
4	Wilmington Hammerheads	2	0

5	Charlotte Eagles	3	1
						Charlotte Eagles	2(4)

						Utah Blitzz (a.e.t.)	2(5)
2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	4	3

7	Harrisburg City Islanders	0	1
				Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0

				Utah Blitzz	1
3	San Diego Gauchos	1

6	Utah Blitzz	2

Final

September 4

19:00 UTC−04

Charlotte Eagles	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Utah Blitzz
Faro 40' Duka 58'		Breza 66' Carmichael 79'
Penalties
	4 – 5

E.E. Waddell H.S. Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,034

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Third Round

Fourth Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

PDL

Carolina

2

A-L

Atlanta (ASDET)

3

A-L

Atlanta

1

MLS

Kansas City

4

MLS

Kansas City

4

MLS

Dallas

2

MLS

Dallas

0

A-L

Virginia Beach

0

MLS

Dallas

3

MLS

Colorado

0

MLS

Kansas City

1

A-L

Minnesota (ASDET)

2

MLS

San Jose

0

PDL

Rapids Reserve

1

A-L

Minnesota

1

MLS

Los Angeles

0

A-L

Minnesota

2 (4)

PSL

Utah

1

MLS

San Jose (ASDET, PSO)

2 (5)

A-L

Portland

2

A-L

Portland

0

MLS

San Jose

3

MLS

Kansas City (ASDET)

1

A-L

Richmond (ASDET)

1

MLS

Chicago

0

PDL

Cape Cod

0

A-L

Richmond

2

MLS

D.C. United

1

A-L

Richmond

0

MLS

Columbus

2

MLS

Chicago

1

A-L

Syracuse

1

MLS

Columbus

1

MLS

Chicago (ASDET)

2

MLS

Chicago (ASDET)

1

A-L

Charleston

0

MLS

New England

1 (1)

A-L

Rochester

1

A-L

Rochester ASDET, PSO

1 (3)

PDL

Fire Reserves

0

A-L

Rochester

0

A-L

Charleston

2

A-L

Charleston

1

PSL

Wilmington

0

A-L

Charleston

1

MLS

MetroStars

0

Final

September 22

19:30 UTC−05

Kansas City Wizards	1 – 0 (asdet)	Chicago Fire
Simutenkov 95'	(Report)

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 8,819

Referee: Terry Vaughn

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
Chicago Fire	2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Semifinals
San Jose Earthquakes	2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals

Chicago Fire

March 17 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	San Juan Jabloteh	5 – 2	Chicago Fire	Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
	Glen 8', 12', 37' Noray 52', 74'		Elcock 40' (o.g.) Mapp 88'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

March 24 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Chicago Fire	4 – 0	San Juan Jabloteh	Chicago
	Ralph 42' Selolwane 51', 62' Armas 90'			Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Olger Mejia (Costa Rica)

April 14 Champions Cup Semifinal	Deportivo Saprissa	2 – 0	Chicago Fire	San José, Costa Rica
	Núñez 50' Solís 71'			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Attendance: 4,126 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

April 21 Champions Cup Semifinal	Chicago Fire	2 – 1	Deportivo Saprissa	Chicago
	Williams 55' Curtin 86'		Solís 11'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

San Jose Earthquakes

March 17 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Alajuelense	3 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Scott 11' Ledezma 14' Arnáez 62' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

March 24 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 0	Alajuelense	San Jose, California
	Mullan 89'			Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 5,130 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

References

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2004 in American soccer

Contents

National team

Major League Soccer

Standings

Playoffs

MLS Cup

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Playoffs

Final

Pro Soccer League

Standings

Atlantic Division

Northern Division

Southern Division

Western Division

Playoffs

Final

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Chicago Fire

San Jose Earthquakes

References