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2004 USL A-League - Wikipedia

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USL A-League
Season	2004
Champions	Montreal Impact (2nd title)
Premiers	Portland Timbers (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Dante Washington, Alan Gordon (17 goals)
← 2003 2005 USL-1 →

The 2004 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2004.

Standings

Western Conference

Conference Semifinal round of playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portland Timbers	28	18	7	3	58	30	+28	57
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	14	9	5	38	29	+9	47
3	Minnesota Thunder	28	13	9	6	33	23	+10	45
4	Seattle Sounders	28	13	11	4	40	34	+6	43
5	Milwaukee Wave United	28	12	12	4	44	48	−4	40
6	Calgary Mustangs	28	4	18	6	30	51	−21	18
7	Edmonton F.C.	28	4	18	6	19	56	−37	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Conference Semifinal round of playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Impact (C)	28	17	6	5	36	15	+21	56
2	Richmond Kickers	28	17	8	3	44	29	+15	54
3	Syracuse Salty Dogs	28	15	8	5	40	29	+11	50
4	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	10	3	36	32	+4	48
5	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	14	11	3	41	48	−7	45
6	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	11	14	3	43	41	+2	36
7	Toronto Lynx	28	10	16	2	38	50	−12	32
8	Charleston Battery	28	7	15	6	30	39	−9	27
9	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	5	17	6	22	48	−26	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals				Final

1	Montreal Impact	1	1	2

8	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	0	0
					Montreal Impact	2	1	3

					Syracuse Salty Dogs	0	1	1
4	Syracuse Salty Dogs (aet) (p)	1	1	2 (5)

5	Richmond Kickers	0	2	2 (4)
									Montreal Impact	2

									Seattle Sounders	0
2	Minnesota Thunder	0	0	0

7	Vancouver Whitecaps	2	1	3
					Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1

					Seattle Sounders	1	1	2
3	Seattle Sounders (aet)	1	2	3

6	Portland Timbers	2	0	2

Eastern Conference

Richmond Kickers vs Syracuse Salty Dogs

September 3, 2004
7:00 PM (EST)

Richmond Kickers (VA)	0–1	Syracuse Salty Dogs (NY)
Tim Brown 76' Mike Burke 78'	Report	18' Temoc Suarez 53' Rene Rivas 63' Lars Lyssand 81' Ian Woan

University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia

Attendance: 2,776

Referee: Abbas Piran

September 5, 2004
5:00 PM (EST)

Syracuse Salty Dogs (NY)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers (VA)
Ian Woan 41' Rene Rivas 43' Jonny Steele 60'	Report	6' Tim Brown 35' Richie Williams 77' Peter Luzak 90' Kevin Knight
Penalties
Scott Schweitzer David Lara Ian Woan Timothy O'Neill Mauro Carabajal Byron Foss	5–4	Robert Ukrop Paul Lekics Dustin Swinehart Kevin Jeffrey David Hayes Chris Fox

SUNY Cortland Stadium, Cortland, New York

Attendance: 2,564

Referee: Ronnie Canales

The Syracuse Salty Dogs advance, 5–4, on penalty kicks after the series ended tied 2–2 on aggregate.

Rochester Rhinos vs Montreal Impact

September 3, 2004
7:35 PM (EST)

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	0–1	Montreal Impact (QC)
Shaun Tsakiris 56' Chris Carrieri 80'	Report	53' Eduardo Sebrango

Frontier Field, Rochester, New York

Attendance: 7,124

Referee: Roni Canales, United States

September 5, 2004
7:00 PM (EST)

Montreal Impact (QC)	1–0	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Eduardo Sebrango 32', 32' Mauro Biello 71'	Report	34' 74' Kirk Wilson 51' David Wright 72' Ian Fuller 80' Jefferson Dargout

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec

Referee: Silviu Petrescu, Canada

The Montreal Impact advance 2–0 on aggregate.

Western Conference semifinals

Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders

September 1, 2004
7:05 (PST)

Portland Timbers (OR)	2–1	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Brian Winters 47' Byron Alvarez 52' Andrew Gregor 81' (pen.)	Report	17' Roger Levesque 28' Jonathan Bolaños 38' Billy Sleeth 45' Preston Burpo 79' Marco Vélez 87' Zach Scott

PGE Park, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 4,863

Referee: Nathan Lacy

September 5, 2004

Seattle Sounders (WA)	2–0 (OT)	Portland Timbers (OR)
Welton Melo 5' 100' Billy Sleeth 20' Ryan Edwards 69' Zach Scott 82'	Report	59' Byron Alvarez

Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 3,490

Referee: Jair Marrufo

The Seattle Sounders advance 3–2 on aggregate.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs Minnesota Thunder

September 3, 2004
10:00 PM (EST)

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	2–0	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Carlo Corazzin 6', 90' Davide Xausa 47' Steve Kindel 58'	Report	90' Godfrey Tenoff

Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 4,135

Referee: Dave Gantar, Canada

September 5, 2004
7:00 PM (EST)

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Freddy Juarez 18' David Castellanos 33' Dustin Branan 53'	Report	66' Ive Sulentic 75' David Morris

James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, Minnesota

Attendance: 589

Referee: Brian D'Amato, United States

The Vancouver Whitecaps advance 3–0 on aggregate.

Eastern Conference final

September 10, 2004
7:30 PM (EST)

Syracuse Salty Dogs (NY)	0–2	Montreal Impact (QC)
Temoc Suarez 26' 49' René Rivas 79' 90'	Report	43' Ze Roberto 50' Joel Bailey 70' Frederick Commodore 73' Mauro Biello

P&C Stadium, Syracuse, New York

Attendance: 6,345

Referee: Andrew Chapin, United States

September 12, 2004
4:00 PM (EST)

Montreal Impact (QC)	1–1	Syracuse Salty Dogs (NY)
Patrick Leduc 20' (pen.) António Ribeiro 85'	Report	32' Lars Lyssand 16', 39' Kupono Low 22' Frank Sanfilippo

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 8,539

Referee: Jose Farias, Canada

The Montreal Impact advanced 3–1 on aggregate.

Western Conference finals

September 10, 2004
11:00 PM (EST)

Seattle Sounders (WA)	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Jonathan Bolaños 57', 57' Chad Brown 90'	Report	32' Geordie Lyall 41' Justin Thompson

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 2,496

Referee: Baldomero Toledo, United States

September 12, 2004
10:00 PM (EST)

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	1–1	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Jason Jordan 18' Steve Kindel 58'	Report	37' Roger Levesque 44' Jason Farrell 69' 72' Welton Melo 86' Chad Brown

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 5,286

Referee: Tiger Liu, Canada

The Seattle Sounders advance 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

September 18, 2004
7:00 PM (EDT)

Montreal Impact (QC)	2–0	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Mauricio Vincello 12', 33' Ze Roberto 14' Nevio Pizzolito 61' Frederick Commodore 78'	Report	17' Darren Sawatzky 43' Billy Sleeth

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 13,648

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

MVP: Mauricio Vincello

USL A-League 2004 Champions
Montreal Impact First title

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Dante Washington	Virginia Beach Mariners	27	17	6	40
2	Byron Alvarez	Portland Timber	25	16	4	36
3	Alan Gordon	Portland Timbers	27	17	1	35
4	Ali Gerba	Toronto Lynx	25	15	4	34
5	Johnny Torres	Milwaukee Wave United	26	11	7	29
6	Mac Cozier	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	4	28
7	Greg Howes	Milwaukee Wave United	24	9	8	26
8	Todd Dusosky	Milwaukee Wave United	23	10	4	24
	McColm Cephas	Richmond Kickers	26	10	4	24
	Chris Carrieri	Rochester Rhinos	27	8	8	24
11	Mauricio Salles	Puerto Rico Islanders	25	11	1	23
12	Jason Jordan	Vancouver Whitecaps	19	7	7	21
13	Welton Melo	Seattle Sounders	23	5	10	20
	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Portland Timber	26	5	10	20
	Matthew Delicâte	Richmond Kickers	26	7	6	20

Awards and All A-League Teams

All A-League First Team
F: Byron Alvarez (Portland Timbers); Alan Gordon (Portland Timbers) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Dante Washington (Virginia Beach Mariners) (Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M: Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Sandro Grande (Montreal Impact); Alex Pineda Chacón (Atlanta Silverbacks); Johnny Torres (Milwaukee Wave United)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Dustin Branan (Minnesota Thunder); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers)
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (MVP & Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Bobby Howe Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)

All A-League Second Team
F: Mac Cozier (Atlanta Silverbacks); Ali Gerba (Toronto Lynx); Greg Howes (Milwaukee Wave United)
M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Portland Timbers); Justin Evans (Charleston Battery); Alfredo Valente (Vancouver Whitecaps); Richie Williams (Richmond Kickers)
D: Craig Demmin (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact); Mark Watson (Charleston Battery)
G: Joe Warren (Minnesota Thunder)

References

External links

United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)

USL A-League and First Division

Seasons
A-League	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
First Division	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Teams
A-League	Atlanta Silverbacks Boston Bulldogs Calgary Mustangs^CA California Jaguars Carolina Dynamo Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Cincinnati Riverhawks Colorado Foxes Connecticut Wolves Edmonton Aviators^CA El Paso Patriots Hershey Wildcats Indiana Blast Jacksonville Cyclones Lehigh Valley Steam Long Island Rough Riders Maryland Mania Milwaukee Rampage Milwaukee Wave United Minnesota Thunder MLS Project 40 Montreal Impact^CA Nashville Metros New Orleans Storm New York Centaurs New York Fever Orange County Waves Orlando Sundogs Pittsburgh Riverhounds Portland Timbers Puerto Rico Islanders Raleigh Capital Express Richmond Kickers Rochester Raging Rhinos Sacramento Geckos San Diego Flash San Francisco Bay Seals Seattle Sounders Staten Island Vipers Syracuse Salty Dogs Toronto Lynx^CA Vancouver Whitecaps FC^CA Virginia Beach Mariners
First Division	Atlanta Silverbacks Austin Aztex California Victory Carolina RailHawks Charleston Battery Cleveland City Stars FC Tampa Bay Miami FC Minnesota Thunder Montreal Impact^CA Portland Timbers Puerto Rico Islanders Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Seattle Sounders Toronto Lynx^CA Vancouver Whitecaps FC^CA Virginia Beach Mariners

^Note CA – Canada (CSA) based team

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Leagues

Men	Major League Soccer A-League Pro Soccer League Premier Development League Men's Premier Soccer League
Women	W-League Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup (2005)

National teams

Men	CONCACAF Gold Cup
Women	Algarve Cup

Team seasons
MLS	Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew D.C. United Dallas Burn Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes
A-League	Atlanta Silverbacks Calgary Mustangs Charleston Battery Edmonton Milwaukee Wave United Minnesota Thunder Montreal Impact Portland Timbers Puerto Rico Islanders Richmond Kickers Rochester Raging Rhinos Seattle Sounders Syracuse Salty Dogs Toronto Lynx Vancouver Whitecaps Virginia Beach Mariners

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