USA 2004

USA 2004 PRO SOCCER LEAGUE STANDINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (1st Division)

                           GP   W   D   L   GF  GA  Pts
      Eastern Division
Columbus Crew              30  12  13   5   40  32   49  Qualified
D. C. United               30  11   9  10   43  42   42  Qualified
MetroStars                 30  11   7  12   47  49   40  Qualified
New England Revolution     30   8   9  13   42  43   33  Qualified
Chicago Fire               30   8   9  13   36  44   33

      Western Division
Kansas City Wizards        30  14   7   9   38  30   49  Qualified
Los Angeles Galaxy         30  11  10   9   42  40   43  Qualified
Colorado Rapids            30  10  11   9   29  32   41  Qualified
San Jose Earthquakes       30   9  11  10   41  35   38  Qualified
Dallas Burn                30  10   6  14   34  45   36

[Apr 3]
DC United    2-1 San Jose 
  [Moreno 12, Eskandarian 39; Ekelund 19pen] 
Los Angeles  3-2 New England
  [Ruiz 30, Herzog 59, Kirovski 69; Heaps 48, Noonan 68]
Dallas       1-1 Colorado 
  [Rhine 75pen; Spencer 36]
Kansas City  0–0 Chicago
Columbus     1-3 MetroStars    
  [Hejduk 30; Magee 40, Wolyniec 52, Guevara 88]  

[Apr 10]
San Jose     0-0 Chicago
Los Angeles  1-1 DC United
  [Carlos Ruiz 85; Ronald Cerritos 68]

[Apr 17]
MetroStars   3-2 DC United
  [Fabian Taylor 50, 63, John Wolyniec 57; Ben Olsen 26, Freddy Adu 75]
New England  1-3 San Jose 
  [Taylor Twellman 50; DeWayne DeRosario 53, Alberto Alvarez 55, Brian Ching 75] 
Chicago      0-2 Dallas
  [Edward Johnson 27, Bobby Rhine 70] 
Kansas City  1-0 Columbus
  [Davy Arnaud 42] 
Colorado     1-1 Los Angeles 
  [Jean-Phillippe Peguero 9; Carlos Ruiz 20]

[Apr 24]
DC United    0–1 Chicago  
  [Damani Ralph 57]
Dallas       1-0 Kansas City 
  [Toni Nhleko 17] 
Colorado     1-0 San Jose 
  [Chris Henderson 26]
Los Angeles  2–0 Columbus 
  [Carlos Ruiz 59pen, 83]
[Apr 25]
MetroStars   1–1 New England
  [Amado Guevara 14; Clint Dempsey 12]

[May 1]
San Jose     1-1 DC United          
  [Troy Dayak 33; Dema Kovalenko 66] 
Kansas City  2-0 Colorado         
  [Chris Klein 64, Josh Wolff 84]
New England  2-1 Los Angeles  
  [Joe Franchino  5,Jose Cancela 72pen; Alejandro Moreno 90+]
Columbus     0-0 Dallas 
Chicago      3-0 MetroStars  
  [Dipsy Selolwane 15, Damani Ralph 56, Ante Razov 77]

[May 7]
Colorado     0-0 New England
[May 8]
Dallas       1-3 Los Angeles
  [Toni Nhleko 6; Kirovski 57, 65, Carlos Ruiz 90+]
DC United    1-1 Columbus
  [Dema Kovalenko 4; Ross Paule 90+pen]
Kansas City  2-2 Chicago
  [Chris Klein 9, Davy Arnaud 64; Justin Mapp 52, Dipsy Selowane 73]
San Jose     5-5 MetroStars
  [Brian Ching 12, Chris Brown 24, Landon Donovan 43, Ronnie Ekelund 57pen,
   Craig Waibel 59; Cornell Glen 5, 90, Joselito Vaca 24, 
   Fabian Taylor 44, Amado Guevara 63pen]

[May 15]
Columbus     1-0 New England
  [Edson Buddle 41]
DC United    1-0 Kansas City 
  [Jaime Moreno 75]
MetroStars   1-1 Chicago  
  [Fabian Taylor 13; Ante Razov 51]
Dallas       1-2 San Jose 
  [Eddie Johnson 66; Landon Donovan 13, Brian Ching 45]
Los Angeles  1-1 Colorado 
  [Alejandro Moreno 61; Jean Philippe Peguero 71]

[May 19]
DC United    2-4 Los Angeles 
  [Cerritos 45, Adu 67; Alejandro Moreno 35, 39, 43, Joseph Ngwenya 44]

[May 22]
New England  1–1 MetroStars   
  [Patrick Noonan 7; Cornell Glen 55]
Kansas City  2–0 Dallas     
  [Jack Jewsbury 67, Josh Wolff 60]
Colorado     2-1 DC United           
  [Zizi Roberts 13, Jean Philippe Peguero 52; Joshua Gros 48]
San Jose     4-2 Los Angeles    
  [Brian Ching 44, 48, Mullan 54, Dwayne De Rosario 79; Andreas Herzog 61, 
   Joseph Ngwenya 75]
[May 23]
Chicago      1-3 Columbus 
  [Ralph 49; Cunningham 32pen, Martino 55, Ritch 59]

[May 29]
Columbus     1-0 San Jose       
  [Jeff Cunningham 69]
New England  0-1 DC United 
  [Brian Kamler 5og]
Chicago      1–0 Colorado 
  [Nate Jaqua 66]
Los Angeles  4–1 Dallas 
 [Sasha Victorine 9, Steve Jolley 65og, Jovan Kirovski 72, 90+pen; 
  Ronnie O'Brien 71] 
[May 30]
MetroStars   1-0 Kansas City  
  [John Wolyniec 72]

[Jun 2]
Kansas City  2-3 New England 
  [Josh Wolff 33, Davy Arnaud 37; Pat Noonan 16, 86, 90] 

[Jun 5]
Chicago      3-0 DC United     
  [Damani Ralph  15, 55, 69]  
MetroStars   0–2 Dallas  
  [Edward Johnson 51, Toni Nhleko  90]  
Los Angeles  1-2 Kansas City    
  [Alejandro Moreno 59; Francisco Gomez 65, Diego Gutierrez 86]   
[Jun 6]
New England  1–2 Columbus  
  [Jose Cancela 62pen; Frankie Hejduk 53, Jeff Cunningham 68]  

[Jun 9]
Colorado     0–1 Kansas City  
  [Josh Wolff 90+pen]

[Jun 12]
Los Angeles  3–2 Chicago 
  [Andreas Herzog 10, Joseph Ngwenya 81, Chris Albright 90+;
   Ante Razov  28, 67pen]  
DC United    0–0 Colorado 
Columbus     2-2 Kansas City 
  [Jeff Cunningham 18, 62pen; Jimmy Conrad 21, Shavar Thomas 24]    
Dallas       3-1 New England    
  [Jason Kreis 13, Eddie Johnson 74, Toni Nhleko 84; Clint Dempsey 52]
San Jose     3–1 MetroStars 
  [Jeff Agoos 27, Brian Ching 79, Brian Mullan 89; Mike Parke 58]

[Jun 19]
MetroStars   2-1 Los Angeles
  [Kenny Arena 42, Mike Magee 90; Andreas Herzog 47]
DC United    3-1 Columbus
  [Jaime Moreno 6, Alecko Eskandarian 33, 45; Manny Lagos 90]
New England  1-3 Kansas City
  [Clinton Dempsey 74; Davy Arnaud 41, Matthew Taylor 70, 90]
Chicago      1-1 San Jose
  [Nate Jaqua 7 ; Brian Ching 66]
Colorado     1-1 Dallas
  [Chris Henderson 51; Jason Kreis 49]

[Jun 23]
Los Angeles  0-3 MetroStars  
  [Amado Guevara 16, Eddie Gaven 39, 43]

[Jun 26]
Dallas       1-1 DC United
  [Jason Kreis 37; Alecko Eskandarian 58]
Columbus     1-2 Colorado
  [Edson Buddle 89; Jean-Philippe Peguero 37, Eric Denton 45og]    
New England  2-1 MetroStars
  [Felix Brillant 64, Clinton Dempsey 67; Amado Guevara 90pen]  
San Jose     1-1 Kansas City
  [Richard Mulrooney 79; Jose Burciaga 45]
[Jun 27]  
Chicago      0-1 Los Angeles
  [Jovan Kirovski 79]

[Jun 30]
MetroStars   2–3 Colorado   
  [Eddie Gaven 23, Sergio Galvan Rey 53; Jordan Cila 13, 89, Nat Borchers 78]

[Jul 3]
DC United    6–2 MetroStars 
  [Ryan Nelsen 30, Jaime Moreno 37, Alecko Eskandarian 41, 69,
   Earnie Stewart 57, Ben Olsen 90; Eddie Gaven 18, Fabian Taylor 63]
Columbus     2–0 Chicago
  [Edson Buddle 43, Jeff Cunningham 44]
Kansas City  5–1 Dallas   
  [Davy Arnaud 22, 79, 90, Chris Klein 72, Josh Wolff 75; Jason Kreis 31]
[Jul 4] 
Colorado     1-0 New England     
  [Alberto Delgado 75]
Los Angeles  2-1 San Jose   
  [Carlos Ruiz 45, 55; Dwayne De Rosario 41]

[Jul 7]
San Jose     1-2 Dallas
  [Ramiro Corrales 10; Eric Quill 6, Simo Valakari 89]

[Jul 10]
MetroStars   2-0 San Jose  
  [John Wolyniec 63, Amado Guevara 90pen]
Dallas       0–0 Columbus    
Kansas City  1-0 DC United    
  [Matthew Taylor 17]
Los Angeles  2–0 Colorado  
  [Ned Grabavoy 39, Carlos Ruiz 80]
[Jul 11]
Chicago      1-1 New England
  [Damani Ralph 49pen; Steve Ralston 50]

[Jul 14] 
New England  3-1 Chicago    
  [Clinton Dempsey 47, Taylor Twellman 52, 67; Andy Williams 40]
Colorado     0-0 Los Angeles       

[Jul 17]
San Jose     3–1 Colorado 
  [Brian Ching 22, 50, Landon Donovan 55; Seth Trembly 83]
DC United    1-1 Los Angeles    
  [Ryan Nelsen 45; Carlos Ruiz 66pen]
MetroStars   1–1 Chicago      
  [Amado Guevara 84pen; Damani Ralph 13]
Columbus     1-1 New England  
  [Kyle Martino 45; Clinton Dempsey 31]
Dallas       0-1 Kansas City 
  [Diego Gutierrez 42]

[Jul 24]
Colorado     0–0 Columbus   
MetroStars   2–1 Chicago         
  [Amado Guevara 43pen, John Wolyniec 57; Chris Armas 23]
Dallas       5–1 DC United 
  [Steve Jolley 10, Edward Johnson 31, 73, Brad Davis 45, 63;
   Cory Gibbs 34og]
Kansas City  2–2 Los Angeles  
  [Davy Arnaud 59, Jack Jewsbury 61; Sasha Victorine 67, Tyrone Marshall 90]
San Jose     2–2 New England     
  [Landon Donovan 90+, Brian Ching 90+; Pat Noonan 25, Jose Cancela 54]
 
[Jul 28]
Columbus     2-1 Dallas
  [Edson Buddle 38, 43; Jason Kreis 59]
Kansas City  1-2 MetroStars
  [Chris Klein 37pen; Cornell Glen 23, Amado Guevara 66]
Colorado     2-0 Chicago
  [Jean Philippe Peguero 30, Mark Chung 57]

[Aug 7]   
New England  2–2 Columbus           
  [Steve Ralston 28pen, Pat Noonan 45+; Kyle Martino 20, Edson Buddle 45]
Dallas       1–0 Colorado     
[Edward Johnson 90pen]
San Jose     2-0 DC United           
  [Brian Mullan 17, Dwayne De Rosario 82]
[Aug 8]
MetroStars   3-0 Los Angeles  
  [Amado Guevara 36pen, Eddie Gaven 61, John Wolyniec 64]

[Aug 11]    
DC United    3–1 Colorado  
  [Freddy Adu 35, Earnie Stewart 40, Ritchie Kotschau 64og; John Spencer 73]
Dallas       0-3 New England 
  [Pat Noonan 3, Taylor Twellman 87, Andy Dorman 90]
Chicago      2–1 San Jose               
  [Andy Williams 41, Damani Ralph 81; Ronnie Ekelund 76pen]

[Aug 14]
Chicago      0-3 Colorado           
  [Mark Chung 50, Matt Crawford 67, John Spencer 80]
DC United    2-2 New England   
  [Jaime Moreno 39, 56; Steve Ralston 38, Andy Dorman 85]
Kansas City  0-2 San Jose         
  [Landon Donovan 27, 59]
Los Angeles  0–0 Columbus   
[Aug 15]
MetroStars   0–1 Dallas             
  [Toni Nhleko 90+]

[Aug 18]      
Columbus     2-1 Kansas City     
  [Ross Paule 43pen, Kyle Martino 90+; Taylor Graham 79]

[Aug 21]
Columbus     2-2 DC United      
  [Duncan Oughton 42, Ross Paule 54; Alecko Eskandarian 35, Jaime Moreno 76]
New England  1-2 Kansas City     
  [Taylor Twellman 11; Josh Wolff 39, Davy Arnaud 66]
Colorado     1–0 MetroStars                 
  [Jordan Cila 54]
San Jose     3–0 Dallas                         
  [Ramiro Corrales 5, Cory Gibbs 24og, Brian Ching 52]
Los Angeles  1–1 Chicago                    
  [Carlos Ruiz 89; Damani Ralph 67]

[Aug 28]
New England  0-0 DC United         
Dallas       4–1 Chicago          
  [Ronnie O'Brien 28, Eddie Johnson 33, 65, Toni Nhleko 58; Nate Jaqua 49]
San Jose     0–0 Colorado          
[Aug 29]
MetroStars   1–1 Columbus             
  [John Wolyniec 21; Ross Paule 35]

[Sep 1]
Chicago      3–1 Kansas City
  [Justin Mapp 23, Andy Williams 67, Craig Capano 71; Josh Wolff 36]

[Sep 4]
Columbus     3-1 Los Angeles                
  [Ross Paule 26, 41, 68pen; Joseph Ngwenya 46]
Kansas City  1–0 MetroStars   
  [Josh Wolff 43]
Chicago      3-1 DC United                          
  [Ryan Nelsen 29og, Justin Mapp 65, Kelly Gray 83; Earnie Stewart 58]
New England  0-1 San Jose                     
  [Chris Brown 48]
Colorado     2–1 Dallas   
  [John Spencer 52, Nat Borchers 85; Matt Behncke 43]

[Sep 8]       
San Jose     0-1 Columbus   
  [Tony Sanneh 90+]

[Sep 10]
Colorado     3-1 Kansas City   
  [Mark Chung 24pen, Jordan Cila 60, Kyle Beckerman 90+; Josh Wolff 11pen]
[Sep 11]
MetroStars   3-2 New England    
  [Mike Magee 31pen, Eddie Gaven 45+, Cornell Glen 68; Pat Noonan 5,
   Taylor Twellman 14]
DC United    3–0 Dallas                       
  [Alecko Eskandarian 45+, 82, Freddy Adu 84]
Los Angeles  2-1 San Jose   
  [Sasha Victorine 36, Arturo Torres 75; Ronnie Ekelund 77]

[Sep 18]
Kansas City  1-0 San Jose       
  [Diego Gutierrez 83]
DC United    3–1 Chicago             
  [Christian Gomez 8, Alecko Eskandarian 20, Ben Olsen 40;
   Andy Williams 90+]
New England  6–1 Colorado                          
  [Steve Ralston 27, 36, Taylor Twellman 28, 71, Pat Noonan 41, 50;
   Jean Philippe Peguero 17]
Columbus     4–2 MetroStars             
  [Edson Buddle 9, 52, 65, 74; John Wolyniec 6, Eddie Gaven 49]
Dallas       2-0 Los Angeles 
  [Eddie Johnson 10, 44]

[Sep 25]
Columbus     1-0 DC United        
  [Tony Sanneh 10]
Dallas       0–2 MetroStars         
  [John Wolyniec 30, Cornell Glen 90+]
Kansas City  1–0 Colorado    
  [Igor Simutenkov 55]
Chicago      2-0 New England           
  [Andy Herron 7, 77]
San Jose     0-0 Los Angeles                       

[Oct 2]
Columbus     3-3 Chicago 
  [Kyle Martino 45pen, Jeff Cunningham 56, 64; Damani Ralph 14, 
   Andy Herron 59, 80]
MetroStars   0-1 DC United 
  [Freddy Adu 16]
New England  2-0 Dallas
  [Taylor Twellman 42, Steve Ralston 47]
Colorado     1-1 San Jose´
  [Jean Philippe Peguero 14; Dwayne De Rosario 82]
Los Angeles  1-1 Kansas City 
  [Tyrone Marshall 65; Sasha Victorine 89og]

[Oct 6]
Chicago      0-1 Columbus
  [Edson Buddle 59]

[Oct 9]
MetroStars   1-1 Columbus
  [Sergio Galvan Rey 71; Jeff Cunningham 26]
DC United    1-0 New England
  [Christian Gomez 32]
Los Angeles  2-0 Dallas
  [Jovan Kirovski 68, 85]        
San Jose     0-0 Kansas City       

[Oct 16]
New England  2-1 Chicago
  [Clint Dempsey 55, Steve Ralston 58; Nate Jaqua 56]
Dallas       2-2 San Jose
  [Eddie Johnson 12, Oscar Pareja 62; Brian Ching 34,
   Ramiro Corrales 36]
Kansas City  1-0 Los Angeles
  [Josh Wolff 23]
Colorado     1-1 Columbus
  [Chris Henderson 47pen; Duncan Oughton 40]
[Oct 17]
DC United    3-2 MetroStars
  [Christian Gomez 23, 29, Mike Petke 64; John Wolyniec 14, 
   Ricardo Clark 50]

                           GP   W   D   L   GF  GA  Pts
      Eastern Division
Columbus Crew              30  12  13   5   40  32   49  Qualified
D. C. United               30  11   9  10   43  42   42  Qualified
MetroStars                 30  11   7  12   47  49   40  Qualified
New England Revolution     30   8   9  13   42  43   33  Qualified
Chicago Fire               30   8   9  13   36  44   33

      Western Division
Kansas City Wizards        30  14   7   9   38  30   49  Qualified
Los Angeles Galaxy         30  11  10   9   42  40   43  Qualified
Colorado Rapids            30  10  11   9   29  32   41  Qualified
San Jose Earthquakes       30   9  11  10   41  35   38  Qualified
Dallas Burn                30  10   6  14   34  45   36

NB: two new clubs will be added in 2004: CD Chivas USA (based at Carson City)
    and Real Salt Lake (Salt Lake City)

Conference Semifinals

First Legs 
[Oct 22]
Colorado     1-0 Los Angeles
  [Jean Philippe Peguero 30]
[Oct 23]
New England  1-0 Columbus
  [Avery John 25]
MetroStars   0-2 DC United
  [Earnie Stewart 67, Alecko Eskandarian 88]
[Oct 24]
San Jose     2-0 Kansas City
  [Dwayne De Rosario 40, Craig Waibel 52]

Second Legs 
[Oct 30]
DC United    2-0 MetroStars
  [Jaime Moreno 85, Bryan Namoff 89]
Kansas City  3-0 San Jose
  [Khari Stephenson 26, Brian Ching 48og, Jack Jewsbury 90+]
Los Angeles  2-0 Colorado
  [Carlos Ruiz 30, Tyrone Marshall 45+]
[Oct 31]
Columbus     1-1 New England
  [Edson Buddle 90+; Taylor Twellman 81]

Conference Finals 
[Nov 5]
Kansas City  2-0 Los Angeles
  [Davy Arnaud 24, 69]
[Nov 6]
DC United    3-3 New England    [aet, 4-3 pen]
  [Alecko Eskandarian 11, Jaime Moreno 21, Christian Gomez 67;
   Taylor Twellman 17, Steve Ralston 44, Pat Noonan 85]

MLS Cup [Nov 14, Home Depot Center, Carson, California; att: 25797]
Kansas City  2-3 DC United
  [Jose Burciaga Jr. 6, Josh Wolff 58; Alecko Eskandarian 19, 23,
   Alex Zotinca 26og]
  [KC: Bo Oshoniyi, Alex Zotinca (Diego Walsh 82), Jimmy Conrad,
       Nick Garcia, Jose Burciaga Jr., Khari Stephenson (Igor
       Simutenkov 46), Diego Gutierrez, Kerry Zavagnin, Jack Jewsbury 
       (Matt Taylor 66), Josh Wolff, Davy Arnaud;
   DC: Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Ryan Nelsen, Mike Petke, Earnie
       Stewart (Brandon Prideaux 82), Brian Carroll, Christian Gomez 
       (Joshua Gros 59), Ben Olsen, Dema Kovalenko, Jaime Moreno,
       Alecko Eskandarian (Freddy Adu 65);
   ref: Michael Kennedy]


Topscorers :

12 Brian Ching             San Jose Earthquakes
12 Edward Johnson          Dallas Burns 
11 Edson Buddle            Columbus Crew 
11 Pat Noonan              NE Revolution 
11 Damani Ralph            Chicago Fire
11 Carlos Ruiz             LA Galaxy



Exhibition Games:

[Jul 31]
MLS World Legends – MLS USA Legends       2-2         
Stadium: JFK Stadium (Washington DC).
  [Raul Diaz Arce 37, Mauricio Cienfuegos 49; Eric Wynalda 15, Hugo Perez 25]
MLS WORLD LEGENDS: Jorge Campos; Robert Warzycha, Richard Gough (Martin 
   Vasquez 22), Frank Yallop, Michael Emenalo (Marco Etcheverry re-enters 38),
   Mo Johnston, Marco Etcheverry (Mauricio Ramos 26), Carlos Valderrama 
   (Luis Hernandez re-enters 38), Peter Nowak (Mauricio Cienfuegos 26); 
   Luis Hernandez (Giovanni Savarese 26), Carlos Hermosillo (Raul Diaz Arce 26).
MLS USA LEGENDS: Tony Meola (Juergen Sommer 27); Fernando Clavijo, Alexi Lalas,
   Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri (Frank Klopas 27); Tab Ramos, Mike Sorber,
   Thomas Dooley, John Harkes; Hugo Perez (Mike Burns 27), Eric Wynalda
   (Cobi Jones 27).
SUB:  Cle Kooiman (not used).
REF:  Esse Baharmast.
 
2004 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game
West – East                               2-3         
Stadium: JFK Stadium (Washington DC).
  [Brian Ching 43, Jason Kreis 89; Amado Guevara 20, 22pen, Alecko Eskandarian 74]
WEST: Pat Onstad (Kevin Hartman 47); Cory Gibbs (Kerry Zavagnin 47), Chris
   Albright, Andreas Herzog (Jovan Kirovski 47), Ronnie O'Brien (Richard
   Mulrooney re-enters 73), Richard Mulrooney (Chris Klein 47), Landon
   Donovan, Jeff Agoos (Cory Gibbs re-enters 74), Carlos Ruiz (Brian Ching
   re-enters 73), Jimmy Conrad, Brian Ching (Jason Kreis 47).
Coach: Sigi Schmid (Los Angeles Galaxy) 
EAST: Henry Ring (Jon Busch 46); Frankie Hejduk; Robin Fraser; Damani Ralph
   (Freddy Adu 46); Chris Armas (Shalrie Joseph 46); Amado Guevara (Eddie
   Gaven re-enters 81); Dema Kovalenko; Eddie Pope (Pat Noonan 46); Eddie
   Gaven (Steve Ralston 46); Jim Curtin; Jaime Moreno (Alecko Eskandarian 46) 
Coach: Peter Nowak (D.C. United)
REF:  Michael Kennedy.
All-Star Game Honda MVP: Amado Guevara
Attendance: 21,378

2004 (overview)

list of professional first division champions

list of (all) league winners (leaguewise)

list of (all) league winners (yearwise)

list of us open cup winners

list of (all) cup winners

MLS all-time table


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Dave Litterer and Antonio Zea for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Dave Litterer (spectrum@sover.net) and Antonio Zea (ZJA70@aol.com)
Last updated: 4 Dec 2004

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