- 2002 Major League Soccer season
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2002 Major League Soccer season Season 2002 MLS Cup Los Angeles Galaxy Supporters' Shield Los Angeles Galaxy Top goalscorer Carlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy
Goals: 24Highest attendance Colorado Rapids
Season: 289,663
Game Avg.: 20,690Lowest attendance San Jose Earthquakes
Season: 156,104
Game Avg.: 11,150Average attendance MLS
Season: 2,215,019
Game Avg.: 15,822The 2002 Major League Soccer season was the league's 7th of competition. On January 8, 2002, after only four years in existence, the Miami Fusion F.C. ceased operations due to low attendance and a unfavorable stadium deal, and the Tampa Bay Mutiny also ceased operations due to the lack of local ownership. MLS eliminated the Central Division and in favor of its original two-conference alignment.
Contents
Final standings
Conference
Eastern Conference GP W L D GF GA GD Pts y - New England Revolution 28 12 14 2 49 49 0 38 x - Columbus Crew 28 11 12 5 44 43 1 38 x - Chicago Fire 28 11 13 4 43 38 5 37 MetroStars 28 11 15 2 41 47 -6 35 D.C. United 28 9 14 5 31 40 -9 32 Western Conference GP* W L D GF GA GD Pts s - Los Angeles Galaxy 28 16 9 3 44 33 11 51 x - San Jose Earthquakes 28 14 11 3 45 35 10 45 x - Dallas Burn 28 12 9 7 44 43 1 43 x - Colorado Rapids 28 13 11 4 43 48 -5 43 x - Kansas City Wizards 28 9 10 9 37 45 -8 36 - Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
x = Playoff berth
y = Conference Winner (Season)
s = Supporters Shield/Conference winner (Season)
- New England Revolution wins first tiebreaker vs. Columbus Crew (head-to-head: 2-1-1)
Dallas Burn wins first tiebreaker vs. Colorado Rapids (head-to-head: 2-1-1)
Overall
Pos Club GP W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification Head-to-head 1 Los Angeles Galaxy (SS) (W1) 28 16 9 3 44 33 +11 51 2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup 2 San Jose Earthquakes 28 14 11 3 45 35 +10 45 2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup1, 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup 3 Dallas Burn 28 12 9 7 44 43 +1 43 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup DAL: 7 pts
COL: 4 pts4 Colorado Rapids 28 13 11 4 43 48 -5 43 5 New England Revolution (E1) 28 12 14 2 49 49 0 38 NE: 7 pts
CLB: 4 pts6 Columbus Crew 28 11 12 5 44 43 +1 38 7 Chicago Fire 28 11 13 4 43 38 +5 37 8 Kansas City Wizards2 28 9 10 9 37 45 -8 36 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs 9 MetroStars2 28 11 15 2 41 47 -6 35 10 D.C. United2 28 9 14 5 31 40 -9 32 Source: MLSSoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored.
(SS) = MLS Supporters' Shield; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.- ^Note 1 - Since Los Angeles Galaxy won MLS Cup 2002 and the Supporters' Shield, San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup by finishing as Supporters' Shield runners-up.
- ^Note 2 - Since Kansas City Wizards, MetroStars, and D.C. United finished outside of the top seven in the league standings, they enter the U.S. Open Cup in the third round proper rather than fourth.
MLS Cup Playoffs
Playoff bracket
Conference Semi-finals Conference Finals MLS Cup 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* (6 Points) 3* 1 5 Kansas City Wizards (3 Points) 2 4 2 Los Angeles Galaxy (6 Points) 4 1 x Colorado Rapids (0 Points) 0 0 x Dallas Burn (4 Points) 4 0 1 Colorado Rapids (SDET)** (4 Points) 2 1 1** Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* 1* New England Revolution 0 New England Revolution (6 Points) 2 1 2 Chicago Fire (3 Points) 0 2 0 New England Revolution (5 Points) 0 1 2 Columbus Crew (2 Points) 0 0 2 San Jose Earthquakes (0 Points) 1 1 x Columbus Crew (6 Points) 2 2 x - Points system
Win = 3 Pts.
Loss = 0 Pts.
Draw = 1 Pts.
- ASDET*=Added Sudden Death Extra Time (Game tie breaker)
SDET**=Sudden Death Extra Time (Series tie breaker)
Teams will advance at 5 points.
Conference Semi-finals
September 25, 2002 Kansas City Wizards 2 – 3 (AET) Los Angeles Galaxy Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 14,585Preki 25'
Brown70'
Ruiz (Pen) 62'
99'
Jones85'
September 28, 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 – 4 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 9,484Albright 71'
Simutenkov 19'
Quill37'
Preki70'
Fabbro73'
October 2, 2002 Kansas City Wizards 2 – 5 Los Angeles Galaxy Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 14,713Klein 47'
Preki72'
Ruiz 34'
66'
Jones45'+,
62'
Tennyson93'
- Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6-3 on points.
September 26, 2002 Chicago Fire 0 – 2 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 6,306Twellman 13'
Hernandez60'
September 29, 2002 New England Revolution 1 – 2 Chicago Fire Cardinal Stadium
Naperville, Illinois
Attendance: 9,434Kamler 28'
Razov (Pen) 43',
76'
October 2, 2002 Chicago Fire 0 – 2 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 6,954Kamler 12'
Twellman65'
- New England Revolution advance 6-3 on points.
September 26, 2002 Columbus Crew 2 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
Attendance: 8,069Buddle 38'
García81'
Donovan 54'
September 28, 2002 San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 2 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 13,004Graziani 58'
García 50'
McBride81'
- Columbus Crew advance 6-0 on points.
September 25, 2002 Colorado Rapids 2 – 4 Dallas Burn Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 6,360Valderrama 2'
Spencer (Pen)75'
Morrow 26'
Kreis49'
Deering68'
Martínez70'
September 28, 2002 Dallas Burn 0 – 1 Colorado Rapids INVESCO Field
Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 9,637Carrieri 78'
October 2, 2002 Colorado Rapids 1 – 1 Dallas Burn Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 8,008Spencer 22'
Rhine 6'
1 – 0 series OT (ASDET) Chung 1'
- Colorado Rapids advance in series (sudden death) overtime, after 4-4 tie on points.
Conference Finals
October 5, 2002 Colorado Rapids 0 – 4 Los Angeles Galaxy Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 24,742Califf 21'
Ruiz24'
84'
Hendrickson71'
October 9, 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 – 0 Colorado Rapids INVESCO Field
Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 12,367Ruiz 64'
- Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6-0 on points.
October 6, 2002 Columbus Crew 0 – 0 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 11,387October 9, 2002 New England Revolution 1 – 0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 10,245Heaps 3'
October 12, 2002 Columbus Crew 2 – 2 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 9,216McBride 80'
Washington85'
Ralston 17'
Harris47'
- New England Revolution advance 5-2 on points.
MLS Cup 2002
October 20, 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 – 0 (2OT) New England Revolution Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 61,316
Referee: Kevin TerryRuiz 113'
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
- MLS regular-season berths to 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Los Angeles Galaxy qualify as MLS Cup winner
New England Revolution qualify as MLS Cup runner up
San Jose Earthquakes qualify as 2002 MLS Supporters Shield runner-up
Columbus Crew qualify as Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champions.
Club Awards
Individual Awards
Award Player Club Most Valuable Player Carlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy Scoring Champion Taylor Twellman (52 Points)
New England Revolution Defender of the Year Carlos Bocanegra
Chicago Fire Goalkeeper of the Year Joe Cannon
San Jose Earthquakes Rookie of the Year Kyle Martino
Columbus Crew Coach of the Year Steve Nicol
New England Revolution Comeback Player of the Year Chris Klein
Kansas City Wizards Goal of the Year Carlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy Fair Play Award Mark Chung
Colorado Rapids Humanitarian of the Year Steve Jolley
MetroStars Top Goal Scorers
Position Player Club Goals 1 Carlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy 24 2 Taylor Twellman
New England Revolution 23 3 Jeff Cunningham
Columbus Crew 16 4 Ante Razov
Chicago Fire 14 Ariel Graziani
San Jose Earthquakes 14 6 Jason Kreis
Dallas Burn 13 7 Mamadou Diallo*
MetroStars 12 Rodrigo Faria
MetroStars 12 9 Chris Carrieri
Colorado Rapids 11 Mark Chung
Colorado Rapids 11 Chris Henderson
Colorado Rapids 11 Played for more than one team - Most Recent Team Listed*
Goal-Scoring Totals
Club Overall
RecordGoals
ForGoals For
Avg.Goals
AgainstGoals
Against Avg.New England Revolution 12-14-2 49 1.75 (1st) 49 1.75 (10th) San Jose Earthquakes 14-11-3 45 1.61 (2nd) 35 1.25 (2nd) Columbus Crew 11-12-5 44 1.57 (3rd) 43 1.54 (5th) Dallas Burn 12-9-7 44 1.57 (4th) 43 1.54 (5th) Los Angeles Galaxy 16-9-3 44 1.57 (5th) 33 1.18 (1st) Colorado Rapids 13-11-4 43 1.54 (6th) 48 1.71 (9th) Chicago Fire 11-13-4 43 1.54 (7th) 38 1.36 (3rd) MetroStars 11-15-2 41 1.46 (8th) 47 1.68 (8th) Kansas City Wizards 9-10-9 37 1.32 (9th) 45 1.61 (7th) D.C. United 9-14-5 31 1.11 (10th) 40 1.43 (4th) Overall Totals 421 3.01 Winningest Coaches (By Wins)
Coach Club Win Loss Draw Pct. Pts. OT Rec. Sigi Schmid
Los Angeles Galaxy 16 9 3 0.625 51 3-3-3 Frank Yallop
San Jose Earthquakes 14 11 3 0.554 45 1-0-3 Tim Hankinson
Colorado Rapids 13 11 4 0.536 43 1-1-4 Mike Jeffries
Dallas Burn 12 9 7 0.554 43 3-0-7 Greg Andrulis
Columbus Crew 11 12 5 0.482 38 1-3-5 Bob Bradley
Chicago Fire 11 13 4 0.464 37 2-1-4 Octavio Zambrano
MetroStars 11 15 2 0.429 35 1-1-2 Steve Nicol
New England Revolution 10 10 1 0.500 31 0-1-1 Bob Gansler
Kansas City Wizards 9 10 9 0.482 36 0-2-9 Ray Hudson
D.C. United 9 14 5 0.411 32 2-2-5 Fernando Clavijo
New England Revolution 2 4 1 0.357 7 0-0-1 Team Attendance Totals
Club Games Season Game Avg. Colorado Rapids 14 289,663 20,690 Los Angeles Galaxy 14 266,664 19,047 MetroStars 14 254,174 18,155 Columbus Crew 14 243,999 17,429 New England Revolution 14 236,973 16,927 D.C. United 14 231,264 16,519 Dallas Burn 14 183,702 13,122 Chicago Fire 14 180,908 12,922 Kansas City Wizards 14 171,568 12,255 San Jose Earthquakes 14 156,104 11,150 OVERALL 140 2,215,019 15,822 Reference
Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Western Conference Chicago Fire · Columbus Crew · D.C. United · Houston Dynamo · New England Revolution · New York Red Bulls · Philadelphia Union · Sporting Kansas City · Toronto FC
Former teams Expansion teams Montreal Impact (2012)
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