The 2004 W-League Season was the league's 10th. The
Vancouver Whitecaps Women
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC women was a Canadian soccer club based in Vancouver, British Columbia that played in the USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team was formed in 2001 under the name Vancou ...
won the W-League title, defeating the
New Jersey Wildcats
The New Jersey Wildcats is an American women’s soccer team, founded by Vincent Baldino in 1996. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played ...
4-2 in Ottawa.
Changes from 2003 season
Name changes
One team changed their name in the off-season:
Expansion teams
Fourteen teams were added for the season:
Teams leaving
Two teams folded after the 2004 season:
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New Jersey Lady Stallions
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Northern Kentucky TC Stars Northern Kentucky TC Stars were a W-League club based in Wilder, Kentucky
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Standings
''Orange indicates bye into W-League semifinals as host.''
''Blue indicates division title clinched''
''Green indicates playoff berth clinched''
Central Conference
Atlantic Division
Midwest Division
Eastern Conference
New England Division
North Central Division
Northeast Division
Western Conference
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
Ottawa Fury Women was a Canadian women's soccer team based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 2000, the team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team competed i ...
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
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
W-League Championship Bracket
Divisional Round
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Conference semifinals
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Conference finals
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W-League Semifinals
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W-League Third Place
W-League Finals
See also
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United Soccer Leagues 2004
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2004 PDL Season
The 2004 USL Premier Development League season was the 10th PDL season. The season began in April 2004 and ended in August 2004.
Central Florida Kraze finished the season as national champions, beating Boulder Rapids Reserve 1–0 in the PDL Cham ...
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Women
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2004 in American women's soccer
2004 in Canadian women's soccer