The 2004 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the

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during the summer of 2004.

Standings

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Playoffs

Eastern Conference

Richmond Kickers vs Syracuse Salty Dogs

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

Rochester Rhinos vs Montreal Impact

''The Montreal Impact advance 2–0 on aggregate.''

Western Conference semifinals

Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders

''The Seattle Sounders advance 3–2 on aggregate.''

Vancouver Whitecaps vs Minnesota Thunder

''The Vancouver Whitecaps advance 3–0 on aggregate.''

Eastern Conference final

''The Montreal Impact advanced 3–1 on aggregate.''

Western Conference finals

''The Seattle Sounders advance 2–1 on aggregate.''

Final

MVP:

Mauricio Vincello Mauricio Vincello (born August 19, 1977, in Salto, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentina, Argentine former Football (soccer), football defender. Playing career Vincello began his career in his native country in Argentina with the youth teams ...

Points leaders

Awards and All A-League Teams

All A-League First Team
F:

Byron Alvarez Byron Álvarez (born October 21, 1978) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the 2010–2011 MISL Most Valuable Player. Early life Alvarez began playing football at sixteen. He appeared with a string of mi ...

(

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

); Alan Gordon (

) (Co-Leading Goalscorer);

Dante Washington Dante Deneen Washington (born November 21, 1970) is an American former soccer player who played as a striker. Washington played college soccer at Radford University, and was named a first team All-American in 1991. He is the NCAA career lead ...

(

Virginia Beach Mariners The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club, who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer. On March 30, 2007 the team folded due ...

) (Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M: Mauro Biello ( Montreal Impact); Sandro Grande ( Montreal Impact); Alex Pineda Chacón (

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); Johnny Torres ( Milwaukee Wave United)
D:

Gabriel Gervais Gabriel Gervais (born September 18, 1976) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender for the Montreal Impact and Canada. He was named president of CF Montreal on March 28, 2022. Club career Gervais was born in Montreal, Qu ...

( Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Dustin Branan (

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional association football, soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. T ...

); Peter Luzak (

Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional S ...

)
G: Greg Sutton ( Montreal Impact) (MVP & Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Bobby Howe

) (Coach of the Year) All A-League Second Team
F: Mac Cozier (

); Ali Gerba (

Toronto Lynx Toronto Lynx was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team last played in the 2014 season of the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes D ...

); Greg Howes ( Milwaukee Wave United)
M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar

); Justin Evans (

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

); Alfredo Valente (

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, ...

); Richie Williams (

)
D: Craig Demmin (

Rochester Raging Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American association football, soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-Major League Soccer ...

);

Nevio Pizzolitto Nevio Pizzolitto (born August 26, 1976) is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played for Montreal Impact in the North American Soccer League. Career Youth Pizzolitto began playing youth soccer with the Sporting-Patriotes of the Quebe ...

( Montreal Impact);

Mark Watson Mark Andrew Watson (born 13 February 1980) is an English comedian, novelist and producer. Early life Watson was born in Bristol to a Welsh people, Welsh mother and English father. He has younger twin sisters and a brother, Paul Watson (footba ...

(

)
G: Joe Warren (

)

References

External links

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