Season Explorer

2004 season.

The 2004 MLS season had 10 clubs, each playing 30 regular-season matches. Columbus Crew won the Supporters' Shield with 49 points. D.C. United won MLS Cup 2004, beating Kansas City Wizards in the final. All 161 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.

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Standings

2004 MLS standings

1	Kansas CityKansas City WizardsFinalist	30	14	9	7	38	30	+8	49	1.63
2	ColumbusColumbus CrewShield	30	12	5	13	40	32	+8	49	1.63
3	LA GalaxyLA Galaxy	30	11	9	10	42	40	+2	43	1.43
4	D.C.D.C. UnitedMLS Cup	30	11	10	9	43	42	+1	42	1.40
5	ColoradoColorado Rapids	30	10	9	11	29	32	−3	41	1.37
6	MetroStarsMetroStars	30	11	12	7	47	49	−2	40	1.33
7	San JoseSan Jose Earthquakes	30	9	10	11	41	35	+6	38	1.27
8	DallasDallas Burn	30	10	14	6	34	45	−11	36	1.20
9	New EnglandNew England Revolution	30	8	13	9	42	43	−1	33	1.10
10	ChicagoChicago FireSpoon	30	8	13	9	36	44	−8	33	1.10

Overall rank uses the modern MLS tiebreak (points, wins, GD, GF); exact at the top and bottom, best-effort in the middle for older seasons.

MLS Cup

D.C. United

Runner-up Kansas City Wizards

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Supporters’ Shield

Columbus Crew

Wooden SpoonRetroactive

Chicago Fire

33 pts · 8-13-9 · −8 GD

Clubs10

Conferences2East · West

Points3-1-0Win 3 · draw 1 · loss 0

Matches per club30regular season

Notes

Regular-season overtime abolished
Dallas Burn's final season under that name

Leading scorers

Who scored the goals.

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2004 scorers

Player statistics begin in 2013. Scoring charts for earlier seasons are coming.

Results · 161 matches

Every 2004 MLS match, by month.

Regular season, playoffs and MLS Cup. Open a month to see every result; each match has its own page.

April17 matches

May26 matches

June23 matches

July26 matches

August22 matches

September21 matches

October23 matches

November3 matches

Standings

Honors

Structure

Who scored the goals.

2004 scorers

Every 2004 MLS match, by month.