2004 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States

Season	2004
Supporters' Shield	Columbus Crew
MLS Cup	D.C. United
← 2003 2005 →

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

International Friendly January 18	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)

International Friendly February 18	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)

International Friendly March 13	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)

International Friendly March 31	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)

International Friendly April 29	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)

International Friendly June 2	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)

World Cup Qualifying Preliminary Round June 13	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)

Preliminary Round June 20	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)

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

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage August 18	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)

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage September 4	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)

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage September 8	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)

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage October 9	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)

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage October 13	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)

World Cup Qualifying Group Stage November 17	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

1

E4

New England Revolution

3(3)

Eastern Conference

E2

D.C. United

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

E3

MetroStars

0

0

E2

D.C. United

2

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

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

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

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
		BYE
								New Hampshire Phantoms	0
								Charlotte Eagles	1
		Wilmington Hammerheads	2	0
		Charlotte Eagles	3	1
													Charlotte Eagles	2(4)
													Utah Blitzz (a.e.t.)	2(5)
		Pittsburgh Riverhounds	4	3
		Harrisburg City Islanders	0	1
								Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0
								Utah Blitzz	1
		San Diego Gauchos	1
		Utah Blitzz	2

Final

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

0

MLS

Dallas

2

A-L

Virginia Beach

0

MLS

Dallas

3

MLS

Colorado

0

MLS

Kansas City

1

MLS

San Jose

0

A-L

Minnesota (ASDET)

2

PDL

Rapids Reserve

1

A-L

Minnesota

1

MLS

Los Angeles

0

A-L

Minnesota

2 (4)

MLS

San Jose (ASDET, PSO)

2 (5)

PSL

Utah

1

A-L

Portland

2

A-L

Portland

0

MLS

San Jose

3

MLS

Kansas City (ASDET)

1

MLS

Chicago

0

A-L

Richmond (ASDET)

1

PDL

Cape Cod

0

A-L

Richmond

2

MLS

D.C. United

1

A-L

Richmond

0

MLS

Chicago

1

MLS

Columbus

2

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 ASDET, PSO

1 (3)

A-L

Rochester

1

PDL

Fire Reserves

0

A-L

Rochester

0

A-L

Charleston

1

A-L

Charleston

2

PSL

Wilmington

0

A-L

Charleston

1

MLS

MetroStars

0

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

Chicago Fire

Champions Cup Quarterfinal March 17	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)

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

Champions Cup Semifinal April 14	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)

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

San Jose Earthquakes

Champions Cup Quarterfinal March 17	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)

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

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF

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