2003 MPSL season

August 2023 March 2026 Men's Premier Soccer League 2003 Regular Season Champions Utah Salt Ratz (1st Title) Arizona Sahuaros (1st Title) KC Nordfors, Utah13 goals Arizona 11, Tucson 0(July 26) 45 167 2004 The 2003 Men's Premier Soccer League season was the inaugural season of the MPSL. Arizona Sahuaros finished the season as national champions, beating Utah Salt Ratz in the MPSL Championship game Three of the teams who contested the first season - Arizona Sahuaros, Chico Rooks and Northern Nevada Aces - previously competed in the United Soccer Leagues, but left to form the breakaway MPSL in protest at the way the USL was being run. Final standings Purple indicates regular season title clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Utah Salt Ratz1512304419 +25362Chico Rooks*1411303417 +17333Arizona Sahuaros158613022 +8254Northern Nevada Aces154832030 -10155Tucson Tiburons1541011636 -20136Las Vegas Strikers1521032340 -179 * Chico Rooks played only 14 league games as they represented the MPSL In the USASA National Cup. Playoffs Semi-finals August 4, 2003 Chico Rooks 0 - 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20030807091340/http://www.mpsl.info/newsfiles/news20030804sahuarosblankchicoplayintitlegame.aspx Arizona Sahuaros Araujo 87 University Soccer Stadium, Chico Chico, California August 4, 2003 Utah Salt Ratz 9 - 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20031231184442/http://www.mpsl.info/newsfiles/news20030803ratzstormintotitlegame.aspx Northern Nevada Aces Nordfors 16 28 34 Huber 42 Stevenson 55 Oshay 67 pen. Hansen Callister Waters Soaring Eagle StadiumDraper, Utah Championship August 9, 2003 Utah Salt Ratz 1 - 2 (AET)* Arizona Sahuaros Hickman 13 Coelho 59 100 Soaring Eagle StadiumDraper, Utah Overtime Note: 2 ten minute periods with Golden Goal. PK's if still tied. Semi-Finals Championship 30px 160px 1 Utah Salt Ratz 9 4 Northern Nevada Aces 0 2 Chico Rooks 0 3 Arizona Sahuaros 1 1 Utah Salt Ratz 1 3 Arizona Sahuaros 2 References US soccer history archives for 2003 2003 Category:2003 in American men's soccer leagues