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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
Carolina Dynamo	Greensboro area	Greensboro Twisters

Expansion teams

Fourteen teams were added for the season:

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

Teams leaving

Two teams folded after the 2004 season:

• New Jersey Lady Stallions
• Northern Kentucky TC Stars

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

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

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 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	Chicago Cobras	3
	MW2	Fort Wayne Fever	2
						MW	Chicago Cobras (AET)	3
						A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2
	A1	Hampton Roads Piranhas	0
	A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2

Eastern Conference

Division Finals

Eastern Semifinals

Eastern Championship

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

2

NWE1

Boston Renegades

0

NWE1

Boston Renegades (AET)

1

NWE2

Western Mass Lady Pioneers

0

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

6

NC1

Montreal Xtreme

5

NC1

Montreal Xtreme

3

NC2

Rochester Ravens

0

NC1

Montreal Xtreme (AET)

6

NE2

Long Island Lady Riders

5

NE2

Long Island Lady Riders (AET)

1

NE3

New Jersey Lady Stallions

0

Western Conference

	Western Finals
	W1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	1
	W2	Seattle Sounders Women	0

W-League Championship Bracket

	Semifinals					Championship
	H	Ottawa Fury Women	1
	NE1	New Jersey Wildcats	2
						NE1	New Jersey Wildcats (AET/PK)	0 (2)
						W1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	0 (4)
	W1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	2
	MW1	Chicago Cobras	1			Third Place
						H	Ottawa Fury Women	1
						MW1	Chicago Cobras	0

Divisional Round

Western Mass Lady Pioneers	0 - 1 (AET)	Boston Renegades
	Report	Welcome 104'

Rochester Lady Rhinos	0 - 3	Montreal Xtreme
Vieira  14'	Report	Bilodeau  41' Morneau 45' Le Palme 51' Holland 81'

New Jersey Lady Stallions	0 - 1 (AET)	Long Island Lady Riders
	Report	Stansfield  44' Prinzevalli  90' Shulman 104'

Conference semifinals

Charlotte Lady Eagles	2 - 0	Hampton Roads Piranhas
Okosieme 19' Swinehart 63'	Report

Fort Wayne Fever	2–3	Chicago Cobras
Cinalli 45'  68' Boland 85' (PK)	Report	Graczyk 21' 41' Lindenmuth 67'

Montreal Xtreme	5 - 4 (AET)	Long Island Lady Riders
Lesage 6' 17' Vanderpool 41' 57' Bilodeau  69' None  77' Pinard 117'	Report	McCabe 4' Mustonen 8' O'Brien 26' Stansfield 35' DeCristoforo  63' Mullen  74'

Boston Renegades	0 - 2	New Jersey Wildcats
Munoz  25' Frederick  39'	Report	Makinen 18' 55' (PK)

Conference finals

Seattle Sounders Women	0 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	Report	Franko 45' Neil  90'

Charlotte Lady Eagles	1 - 2 (AET)	Chicago Cobras
Cooper 26' (OG)	Report	Bogus 81' Schneider  85' B. Cooper 100'

Montreal Xtreme	5 - 6	New Jersey Wildcats
Walsh 45' Vaillancourt 47' 55' 90' Pinard  48' Hemsley 66'	Report	Pichon 16' 21' 44'  79' 85' 89' Makoski 65'

W-League Semifinals

New Jersey Wildcats	2 - 1	Ottawa Fury Women
Pichon 35' (PK), 68' Makoski  45' MacNamara  72' J. Willis  82'	Report	Matheson  32' Robinson 83' (PK)

Chicago Cobras	1 - 2	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Janss 68'	Report	Neil 53' Allen 58'

W-League Third Place

Chicago Cobras	0 - 1	Ottawa Fury Women
	Report	Vermeulen 11'

W-League Finals

New Jersey Wildcats	0 - 0	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	Report
Penalties
Makinen Pichon St. Louis Makoski	2 – 4	Franko Neil Lang McLeod

See also

• United Soccer Leagues 2004
• 2004 PDL Season

• USL W-League (1995–2015) seasons
• 2004 in American soccer leagues
• 2004 in American women's soccer
• 2004 in Canadian women's soccer