Utah Salt Ratz

The team folded in 2004, when the then-new Real Salt Lake franchise joined the first division, Major League Soccer.

The team was owned by Ralph Hansen, who started the club with money he had embezzled from Intermountain Health Care in Sandy, Utah.

They would go on to defeat the Northern Nevada Aces 9–0 in the playoff semi-final, but would lose out to rivals Arizona Sahuaros 2–1 in the Championship final.

[3] The team would fold following their championship victory in 2004, in part to make way for the newly debuted first division professional club, Real Salt Lake, which would begin play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2005.

This decision would mimic that of the Utah Blitzz, the neighboring third division USL Pro Select League team, that would fold in the same year to make way for the new MLS club.