2004 USL W-League season

USL W-League
Season	2004
Champions	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	← 2003 2005 →

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.

Changes from 2003 season

Name changes

One team changed their name in the off-season:

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

Expansion teams

Fourteen teams were added for the season:

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

Teams leaving

Two teams folded after the 2004 season:

Standings

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

Central Conference

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Midwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	1	2	0	4	16	−12	3
9	St. Louis Archers^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	0	2	0	18	45	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 St. Louis folded after two games, and London played three games as an associate member.

Eastern Conference

New England Division

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

North Central Division

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northeast Division

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	Illinois Chicago Cobras	3

MW2	Indiana Fort Wayne Fever	2
			MW	Illinois Chicago Cobras (AET)	3

			A2	North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles	2
A1	Virginia Hampton Roads Piranhas	0

A2	North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles	2

Eastern Conference

Division Finals

Eastern Semifinals

Eastern Championship

NE1

New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats

2

NWE1

Massachusetts Boston Renegades

0

NWE1

Massachusetts Boston Renegades (AET)

1

NWE2

Massachusetts Western Mass Lady Pioneers

0

NE1

New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats

6

NC1

Quebec Montreal Xtreme

5

NC1

Quebec Montreal Xtreme

3

NC2

New York (state) Rochester Ravens

0

NC1

Quebec Montreal Xtreme (AET)

6

NE2

New York (state) Long Island Lady Riders

5

NE2

New York (state) Long Island Lady Riders (AET)

1

NE3

New Jersey New Jersey Lady Stallions

0

Western Conference

Western Finals

W1	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women	1

W2	Washington (state) Seattle Sounders Women	0

W-League Championship Bracket

Semifinals			Championship

H	Ontario Ottawa Fury Women	1

NE1	New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats	2
			NE1	New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats (AET/PK)	0 (2)

			W1	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women	0 (4)
W1	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women	2

MW1	Illinois Chicago Cobras	1	Third Place


			H	Ontario Ottawa Fury Women	1

			MW1	Illinois Chicago Cobras	0

Divisional Round

July 27, 2004
7:30 PM EDT

Massachusetts Western Mass Lady Pioneers	0 - 1 (AET)	Massachusetts Boston Renegades
	Report	Welcome File:Soccerball shade.svg 104'

Bowditch Stadium
Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 400

Referee: Niko Bratsis (USA)

July 28, 2004
5:00 PM EDT

New York (state) Rochester Lady Rhinos	0 - 3	Quebec Montreal Xtreme
Vieira Yellow card 14'	Report	Bilodeau Yellow card 41' Morneau File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Le Palme File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Holland File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Soccerplexe Catalogna
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 647

Referee: Carole Anne Chenara (USA)

July 28, 2004
8:30 PM EDT

New Jersey New Jersey Lady Stallions	0 - 1 (AET)	New York (state) Long Island Lady Riders
	Report	Stansfield Yellow card 44' Prinzevalli Yellow card 90' Shulman File:Soccerball shade.svg 104'

Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium
Stony Brook, New York

Attendance: 1,865

Referee: Richard Sanchez (USA)

Conference semifinals

July 28, 2004

North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles	2 - 0	Virginia Hampton Roads Piranhas
Okosieme File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Swinehart File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report

Virginia Wesleyan College
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Attendance: 565

Referee: Scott Johnson (USA)

July 28, 2004
7:00 PM CDT

Indiana Fort Wayne Fever	2–3	Illinois Chicago Cobras
Cinalli File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Yellow card 68' Boland File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (PK)	Report	Graczyk File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Lindenmuth File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Mooseheart Memorial Stadium
Mooseheart, Illinois

Attendance: 390

July 31, 2004
5:00 PM EDT

Quebec Montreal Xtreme	5 - 4 (AET)	New York (state) Long Island Lady Riders
Lesage File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Vanderpool File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Bilodeau Yellow card 69' None Yellow card 77' Pinard File:Soccerball shade.svg 117'	Report	McCabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Mustonen File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' O'Brien File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Stansfield File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' DeCristoforo Yellow card 63' Mullen Yellow card 74'

Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, New Jersey

Attendance: 676

Referee: Teri O'Connor (USA)

July 31, 2004
7:30 PM EDT

Massachusetts Boston Renegades	0 - 2	New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats
Munoz Yellow card 25' Frederick Yellow card 39'	Report	Makinen File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (PK)

Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, New Jersey

Attendance: 676

Referee: John Schleckman

Conference finals

July 31, 2004
7:00 PM PDT

Washington (state) Seattle Sounders Women	0 - 1	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	Report	Franko File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Neil Yellow card 90'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 3,886

Referee: Jill Proctor (USA)

August 1, 2004
1:00 PM CDT

North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles	1 - 2 (AET)	Illinois Chicago Cobras
Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (OG)	Report	Bogus File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Schneider Yellow card 85' B. Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg 100'

Mooseheart Memorial Stadium
Mooseheart, Illinois

Attendance: 110

Referee: Victor Herrera (USA)

August 1, 2004
5:00 EDT

Quebec Montreal Xtreme	5 - 6	New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats
Walsh File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Vaillancourt File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Pinard Yellow card 48' Hemsley File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Pichon File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Yellow card 79' File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Makoski File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, New Jersey

Attendance: 645

Referee: Hossam Saad (USA)

W-League Semifinals

August 7, 2004

New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats	2 - 1	Ontario Ottawa Fury Women
Pichon File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (PK), File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Makoski Yellow card 45' MacNamara Yellow card 72' J. Willis Yellow card 82'	Report	Matheson Red card 32' Robinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (PK)

Keith Harris Stadium
Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 850

August 7, 2004

Illinois Chicago Cobras	1 - 2	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Janss File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report	Neil File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Allen File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Keith Harris Stadium
Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 850

W-League Third Place

August 8, 2004

Illinois Chicago Cobras	0 - 1	Ontario Ottawa Fury Women
	Report	Vermeulen File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'

Keith Harris Stadium
Ottawa, Ontario

W-League Finals

August 8, 2004

New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats	0 - 0	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	Report
Penalties
Makinen soccer ball with red X Pichon soccer ball with red X St. Louis soccer ball with check mark Makoski soccer ball with check mark	2 – 4	soccer ball with check mark Franko soccer ball with check mark Neil soccer ball with check mark Lang soccer ball with check mark McLeod

Keith Harris Stadium
Ottawa, Ontario

2004 USL W-League season

Contents

Changes from 2003 season

Name changes

Expansion teams

Teams leaving

Standings

Central Conference

Atlantic Division

Midwest Division

Eastern Conference

New England Division

North Central Division

Northeast Division

Western Conference

Playoffs

Format

Conference Brackets

W-League Championship Bracket

Divisional Round

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

W-League Semifinals

W-League Third Place

W-League Finals

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