2004 W-League

The 2004 W-League Season was the league's 10th. The Vancouver Whitecaps Women won the W-League title, defeating the New Jersey Wildcats 4-2 in Ottawa.

Contents 1 Changes from 2003 season 1.1 Name Changes 1.2 Expansion Teams 1.3 Teams Leaving 2 Standings 2.1 Central Conference 2.1.1 Atlantic Division 2.1.2 Midwest Division 2.1.3 Eastern Conference 2.1.3.1 New England Division 2.1.3.2 North Central Division 2.1.3.3 Northeast Division 2.1.4 Western Conference 3 Playoffs 3.1 Format 3.2 Conference Brackets 3.3 W-League Championship Bracket 4 Divisional Round 5 Conference semifinals 6 Conference finals 7 W-League Semifinals 8 W-League Third Place 9 W-League Finals 10 See also

Changes from 2003 season

Name Changes

One team changed their name in the off-season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Previous Name
Carolina Dynamo	Greensboro area	Greensboro Twisters

Expansion Teams

Fourteen teams were added for the season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Bradenton Athletics	Sun Coast area	Bradenton, FL	expansion
Calgary Wildfire	Calgary area	Calgary, AB	expansion
Cleveland Internationals Women	Cleveland area	Cleveland, CA	expansion
Detroit Jaguars	Detroit area	Livonia, ON	expansion
Edmonton Aviators Women	Edmonton area	Edmonton, AB	expansion
Fort Wayne Fever	Fort Wayne area	Fort Wayne, IN	expansion
London Gryphons	London area	London, ON	expansion
Montreal Xtreme	Montreal area	Montreal, QC	expansion
Rhode Island Stingrays	Providence area	Providence, RI	WPSL
Richmond Kickers Destiny	Richmond area	Richmond, VA	expansion
St. Louis Archers	St. Louis area	St. Louis, MO	expansion
Sudbury Canadians	Sudbury area	Sudbury, ON	expansion
Western Mass Lady Pioneers	Springfield area	Ludlow, MA	expansion
West Michigan Firewomen	Grand Rapids area	Grand Rapids, MI	expansion

Teams Leaving

Two teams folded after the 2004 season:

• New Jersey Lady Stallions
• Northern Kentucky TC Stars

Standings

Orange indicates bye into W-League semifinals as host.
Blue indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Central Conference

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Hampton Roads Piranhas	14	12	1	1	30	8	+22	37
2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	14	11	2	1	45	16	+29	34
3	Asheville Splash	14	7	4	3	32	13	+19	24
4	Richmond Kickers Destiny	14	5	7	2	32	29	+3	17
5	Carolina Dynamo Women	14	5	8	1	24	35	-11	16
6	Northern Virginia Majestics	14	2	11	1	17	44	-27	7
7	Bradenton Athletics	14	2	11	1	18	53	-35	7

Midwest Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Chicago Cobras	13	12	0	1	42	12	+30	37
2	Fort Wayne Fever	13	10	2	1	48	16	+32	31
3	Detroit Jaguars	13	8	5	0	33	18	+15	24
4	Cleveland Internationals Women	13	7	6	0	27	16	+11	21
5	Cincinnati Ladyhawks	13	4	9	0	14	28	-14	12
6	Windy City Bluez	13	4	9	0	21	39	-18	12
7	West Michigan Firewomen	13	1	12	0	6	36	-30	3
8	London Gryphons*	3	1	2	0	4	16	-12	3
9	St. Louis Archers*	2	0	2	0	18	45	-27	0

*St. Louis folded after two games, and London played three games as an associate member.

Eastern Conference

New England Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Boston Renegades	14	10	4	0	56	28	+28	30
2	Western Mass Lady Pioneers	14	7	7	0	30	23	+7	21
3	New Hampshire Lady Phantoms	14	3	11	0	13	40	-27	9
4	Rhode Island Stingrays	14	2	12	0	10	68	-58	6

North Central Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Ottawa Fury Women	14	13	1	0	68	7	+61	39
2	Montreal Xtreme	14	11	3	0	57	19	+38	33
3	Rochester Ravens	14	8	6	0	33	26	+7	24
4	Toronto Inferno	14	3	11	0	13	38	+25	9
5	Sudbury Canadians	14	1	13	0	15	77	-62	3

Northeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	New Jersey Wildcats	14	14	0	0	76	5	+71	42
2	Long Island Lady Riders	14	11	3	0	48	29	+19	33
3	New Jersey Lady Stallions	14	10	4	0	44	22	+19	30
4	New York Magic	14	3	11	0	13	47	-34	9
5	South Jersey Banshees	14	2	12	0	13	65	-52	6

Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	14	13	0	1	57	11	+46	40
2	Seattle Sounders Women	14	11	2	1	44	12	-32	34
3	Edmonton Aviators Women	14	7	5	2	21	16	+5	23
4	Denver Lady Cougars	14	6	7	1	24	25	-1	19
5	Arizona Heatwave	14	6	7	1	25	36	-11	19
6	Mile High Mustangs	14	4	7	3	18	34	-16	15
7	Calgary Wildfire	14	2	12	0	13	41	-28	6
8	Fort Collins Force	14	1	10	3	18	45	-27	6

Playoffs

Format

Seven teams each from the Eastern Conference, four teams from the Central Conference and two from the Western Conference qualify for the playoffs. The Ottawa Fury Women received a bye into the W-League semifinals as hosts. All matchups are in a one-leg format.

In the Central Conference, the Division champions play the second-place team from the same division, who will play each other to advance to the W-League Semifinals.

In the Eastern Conference, the top two teams in each division play each other, except for the Division champion with the best record, that receives a bye to the Conference Semifinals, and Ottawa, who has a bye to the W-League Semifinals. The team with the worst record in the Conference Semifinals plays the team with the Divisional Finals bye, and the other two teams play each other. The winners play to advance to the W-League Semifinals.

The two teams in the Western Conference will play each other to advance to the W-League Semifinals.

Conference Brackets

Central Conference

	Divisional Finals					Central Finals
	MW1	Chicago Cobras	3
	MW2	Fort Wayne Fever	2
						MW	Chicago Cobras (AET)	3
						A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2
	A1	Hampton Roads Piranhas	0
	A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2

Eastern Conference

Division Finals

Eastern Semifinals

Eastern Championship

NWE1

Boston Renegades (AET)

1

NWE2

Western Mass Lady Pioneers

0

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

2

NWE1

Boston Renegades

0

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

6

NC1

Montreal Xtreme

3

NC1

Montreal Xtreme

5

NC2

Rochester Ravens

0

NC1

Montreal Xtreme (AET)

6

NE2

Long Island Lady Riders

5

NE2

Long Island Lady Riders (AET)

1

NE3

New Jersey Lady Stallions

0

Western Conference

	Western Finals
	W1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	1
	W2	Seattle Sounders Women	0

W-League Championship Bracket

Semifinal

H

Ottawa Fury Women

1

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

2

Championship

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats (AET/PK)

0 (2)

Semifinal

W1

Vancouver Whitecaps Women

0 (4)

W1

Vancouver Whitecaps Women

2

MW1

Chicago Cobras

1

Third Place

H

Ottawa Fury Women

1

MW1

Chicago Cobras

0

Divisional Round

July 27, 2004 7:30 PM EDT	Western Mass Lady Pioneers	0 - 1 (AET)	Boston Renegades	Bowditch Stadium Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 400 Referee: Niko Bratsis (USA)
		Report	Welcome  104'

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July 28, 2004 5:00 PM EDT	Rochester Lady Rhinos	0 - 3	Montreal Xtreme	Soccerplexe Catalogna Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 647 Referee: Carole Anne Chenara (USA)
	Vieira 14'	Report	Bilodeau 41' Morneau  45' Le Palme  51' Holland  81'

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July 28, 2004 8:30 PM EDT	New Jersey Lady Stallions	0 - 1 (AET)	Long Island Lady Riders	Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium Stony Brook, New York Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Richard Sanchez (USA)
		Report	Stansfield 44' Prinzevalli 90' Shulman  104'

Conference semifinals

July 28, 2004	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2 - 0	Hampton Roads Piranhas	Virginia Wesleyan College Virginia Beach, Virginia Attendance: 565 Referee: Scott Johnson (USA)
	Okosieme  19' Swinehart  63'	Report

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July 28, 2004 7:00 PM CDT	Fort Wayne Fever	2 - 3	Chicago Cobras	Mooseheart Memorial Stadium Mooseheart, Illinois Attendance: 390
	Cinalli  45' 68' Boland  85' (PK)	Report	Graczyk  21'  41' Lindenmuth  67'

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July 31, 2004 5:00 PM EDT	Montreal Xtreme	5 - 4 (AET)	Long Island Lady Riders	Mercer County Community College West Windsor, New Jersey Attendance: 676 Referee: Teri O'Connor (USA)
	Lesage  6'  17' Vanderpool  41'  57' Bilodeau 69' None 77' Pinard  117'	Report	McCabe  4' Mustonen  8' O'Brien  26' Stansfield  35' DeCristoforo 63' Mullen 74'

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July 31, 2004 7:30 PM EDT	Boston Renegades	0 - 2	New Jersey Wildcats	Mercer County Community College West Windsor, New Jersey Attendance: 676 Referee: John Schleckman
	Munoz 25' Frederick 39'	Report	Makinen  18'  55' (PK)

Conference finals

July 31, 2004 7:00 PM PDT	Seattle Sounders Women	0 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	Swangard Stadium Burnaby, British Columbia Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Jill Proctor (USA)
		Report	Franko  45' Neil 90'

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August 1, 2004 1:00 PM CDT	Charlotte Lady Eagles	1 - 2 (AET)	Chicago Cobras	Mooseheart Memorial Stadium Mooseheart, Illinois Attendance: 110 Referee: Victor Herrera (USA)
	Cooper  26' (OG)	Report	Bogus  81' Schneider 85' B. Cooper  100'

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August 1, 2004 5:00 EDT	Montreal Xtreme	5 - 6	New Jersey Wildcats	Mercer County Community College West Windsor, New Jersey Attendance: 645 Referee: Hossam Saad (USA)
	Walsh  45' Vaillancourt  47'  55'  90' Pinard 48' Hemsley  66'	Report	Pichon  16'  21'  44' 79'  85'  89' Makoski  65'

W-League Semifinals

August 7, 2004	New Jersey Wildcats	2 - 1	Ottawa Fury Women	Keith Harris Stadium Ottawa, Ontario Attendance: 850
	Pichon  35' (PK),  68' Makoski 45' MacNamara 72' J. Willis 82'	Report	Matheson  32' Robinson  83' (PK)

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August 7, 2004	Chicago Cobras	1 - 2	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	Keith Harris Stadium Ottawa, Ontario Attendance: 850
	Janss  68'	Report	Neil  53' Allen  58'

W-League Third Place

August 8, 2004	Chicago Cobras	0 - 1	Ottawa Fury Women	Keith Harris Stadium Ottawa, Ontario
		Report	Vermeulen  11'

W-League Finals

August 8, 2004	New Jersey Wildcats	0 - 0	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	Keith Harris Stadium Ottawa, Ontario
		Report
		Penalties
	Makinen Pichon St. Louis Makoski	2 – 4	Franko Neil Lang McLeod

See also

• United Soccer Leagues 2004
• 2004 PDL Season

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