2003 MPSL season

Men's Premier Soccer League
Season 2003
Champions Arizona Sahuaros
Matches played 45
Goals scored 167 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer KC Nordfors, Utah
13 goals
Highest scoring Arizona 11, Tucson 0
(July 26)
2004 →

The 2003 Men's Premier Soccer League season was the inaugural season of the MPSL.

Arizona Sahuaros finished the season as national champions, beating Utah Salt Ratz in the MPSL Championship game

Three of the teams who contested the first season - Arizona Sahuaros, Chico Rooks and Northern Nevada Aces - previously competed in the United Soccer Leagues, but left to form the breakaway MPSL in protest at the way the USL was being run.

Final standings

Purple indicates regular season title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Utah Salt Ratz 15 12 3 0 44 19 +25 36
2 Chico Rooks* 14 11 3 0 34 17 +17 33
3 Arizona Sahuaros 15 8 6 1 30 22 +8 25
4 Northern Nevada Aces 15 4 8 3 20 30 -10 15
5 Tucson Tiburons 15 4 10 1 16 36 -20 13
6 Las Vegas Strikers 15 2 10 3 23 40 -17 9

* Chico Rooks played only 14 league games as they represented the MPSL In the USASA National Cup.

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Championship

August 9, 2003
Arizona Sahuaros 2 - 1 (OT)* Utah Salt Ratz
Manoel Coelho  59'  100' Kenny Hickman  13'
Semi-Finals Championship
      
1 Utah Salt Ratz 9
4 Northern Nevada Aces 0
1 Utah Salt Ratz 1
3 Arizona Sahuaros 2
2 Chico Rooks 0
3 Arizona Sahuaros 1

References

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