2004 in American soccer explained

Country:	the United States
Soccer:	yes
Season:	2004
Division1:	Supporters' Shield
Champions1:	Columbus Crew
Division2:	NASL
Division3:	USL Pro
Division4:	NPSL
Division5:	PDL
Domestic:	US Open Cup
Leaguecup:	MLS Cup
Lchampions:	D.C. United
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2005
Flagicon:	yes

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

National team

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.

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2004 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Position	Eastern Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1		49	30	12	5	13	40	32	+8	16,872
2		42	30	11	10	9	43	42	+1	17,232
3		40	30	11	12	7	47	49	-2	17,195
4		33	30	8	13	9	42	43	-1	12,226
5		33	30	8	13	9	36	44	-8	17,153
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1		49	30	14	9	7	38	30	+8	14,816
2		43	30	11	9	10	42	40	+2	23,809
3		41	30	10	9	11	29	32	-3	14,195
4		38	30	9	10	11	41	35	+6	13,001
5		36	30	10	14	6	34	45	-11	9,088

MLS Cup

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	348	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

Final

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

Final

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

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

San Jose Earthquakes

References