Major League Soccer 2001 season

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This is a summary of the 2001 Major League Soccer season, which was cut short by the attacks of September 11th.

Contents 1 Final standings 2 MLS Cup Playoffs 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 4 Team Awards 5 International Competition 6 Individual Awards

[edit] Final standings

Position	Eastern Division	Points	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Miami Fusion	53	26	16	5	5	57	36	+21	11,177
2	MetroStars	42	26	13	3	10	38	35	+3	20,806
3	New England Revolution	27	27	7	6	14	35	52	-17	15,654
4	D.C. United	26	26	8	2	16	42	50	-8	21,518
Position	Central Division	Points	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Chicago Fire	53	27	16	5	6	50	30	+20	16,388
2	Columbus Crew	45	26	13	6	7	49	36	+13	17,511
3	Dallas Burn	35	26	10	5	11	48	47	+1	12,574
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	27	4	2	21	32	68	-36	10,479
Position	Western Division	Points	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	47	26	14	5	7	52	36	+16	17,387
2	San Jose Earthquakes	45	26	13	6	7	47	29	+18	9,635
3	Kansas City Wizards	36	27	11	3	13	33	53	-20	10,954
4	Colorado Rapids	23	26	5	8	13	36	47	-11	16,481

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							MLS Cup 2001
	Miami Fusion		2	0	2
	Kansas City Wizards		0	3	1
								Chicago Fire		1*	0*	1*
								Los Angeles Galaxy		1*	1*	2*
	Columbus Crew		1	0
	San Jose Earthquakes		3	3
															Los Angeles Galaxy				1
															San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)				2
	Chicago Fire		2	1*	2
	Dallas Burn		0	1*	0
								Miami Fusion		1	0	0*
								San Jose Earthquakes		0	4	1*
	Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)		1*	1	3*
	MetroStars		1	4	2*

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 20, 2001
	Chicago Fire	2–0	Dallas Burn	Soldier Field: 8,314
	Bocanegra 40' Whitfield 90'+

September 23, 2001
	Dallas Burn	1–1 asdet	Chicago Fire	Cotton Bowl: 17,149
	Deering 27'		J.Beasley 84'

September 29, 2001
	Chicago Fire	2–0	Dallas Burn	Soldier Field: 12,811
	Kovalenko 17' Armas 55'

Chicago advance 7-1 on points.

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September 22, 2001
	Miami Fusion	2–0	Kansas City Wizards	Lockhart Stadium: 6,281
	Serna 28' Pineda Chacon 53'

September 26, 2001
	Kansas City Wizards	3–0	Miami Fusion	Arrowhead Stadium: 5,803
	Lowe 24' McKeon pen 31' Gomez 45'+

September 29, 2001
	Miami Fusion	2–1	Kansas City Wizards	Lockhart Stadium: 8,119
	Preki 14' Henderson 71'		Lowe 13'

Miami advance 6-3 on points.

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September 23, 2001
	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 asdet	MetroStars	Rose Bowl: 11,580
	Caligiuri 63'		Faria 29'

September 26, 2001
	MetroStars	4–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Giants Stadium: 12,817
	Faria 72' Chung 75' Faria 80' Valencia 83'		Victorine 4'

September 29, 2001
	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–2	MetroStars	Rose Bowl: 6,154
	Victorine 21' Victorine 33' Frye 56'		Villegas 49' Villegas 60'

		1–0 series sdet
	Cienfuegos 8'

Los Angeles advance 1-0 in series overtime after 4-4 tie on points.

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September 22, 2001
	Columbus Crew	1–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Crew Stadium: 20,883
	Warzycha pen 54'		Donovan 5' Lagos 31' Donovan 45'+

September 26, 2001
	San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	Columbus Crew	Spartan Stadium: 10,419
	Lagos 9' Cerritos 68' Donovan 76'

San Jose advance 6-0 on points.

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Semifinals

October 10, 2001
	Chicago Fire	1–1 asdet	Los Angeles Galaxy	Soldier Field: 10,388
	Hernandez 44'		Wynalda 32'

October 13, 2001
	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0 asdet	Chicago Fire	Rose Bowl: 10,100
	Vagenas 94'

October 17, 2001
	Chicago Fire	1–2 asdet	Los Angeles Galaxy	Soldier Field: 13,444
	D.Beasley 30'		Califf 44' Cienfuegos 98'

Los Angeles advance 7-1 on points.

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October 10, 2001
	Miami Fusion	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Lockhart Stadium: 9,236
	Preki 53'

October 14, 2001
	San Jose Earthquakes	4–0	Miami Fusion	Spartan Stadium: 16,119
	Donovan 16' Russell 57' Lagos 69' De Rosario 89'

October 17, 2001
	Miami Fusion	0–1 asdet	San Jose Earthquakes	Lockhart Stadium: 11,242
			Dayak 94'

San Jose advance 6-3 on points.

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MLS Cup 2001

October 21, 2001
	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–2 asdet	San Jose Earthquakes	Crew Stadium: 21,626
	Hernandez 21'		Donovan 43' De Rosario 96'

San Jose earn MLS berth to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.

D.C. United, Chicago, and Kansas City qualify from CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2001.

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - San Jose Earthquakes
• U.S. Open Cup - Los Angeles Galaxy
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Miami Fusion

[edit] International Competition

• Kansas City Wizards - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - 2001 edition cancelled; Wizards advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.
• Chicago Fire - CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2001 edition cancelled; Fire advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.

• MetroStars - Copa Merconorte - went 3-3 in group stage and did not advance. Beat Deportivo Italchacao of Venezuela 2-0 at home. Awarded two forfeit wins over Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico after Chivas' refusal to travel. Lost to Deportivo Italchacao 2-1 away. Lost to Millonarios of Colombia 2-1 away and 1-0 at home.
• Kansas City Wizards - Copa Merconorte - went 1-4-1 in group stage and did not advance. Beat Barcelona of Ecuador 3-2 away. Drew with Barcelona 1-1 at home. Lost to Santos Laguna of Mexico 4-2 away and 1-0 at home. Lost to Sporting Cristal of Peru 2-1 at home and 2-1 away.

• D.C. United - CONCACAF Giants Cup - defeated Arnett Gardens of Jamaica 5-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals. Defeated Comunicaciones of Guatemala 2-1 in semifinals. Lost to Club America of Mexico 2-0 in final.
• Columbus Crew - CONCACAF Giants Cup - lost to Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica 3-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion
• Scoring Champion: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion (47)
• Golden Boot: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion (19)
• Defender of the Year: Jeff Agoos, San Jose Earthquakes
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Tim Howard, MetroStars
• Rookie of the Year: Rodrigo Faria, MetroStars
• Coach of the Year: Frank Yallop, San Jose Earthquakes
• Comeback Player of the Year: Troy Dayak, San Jose Earthquakes
• Goal of the Year: Clint Mathis, MetroStars
• Fair Play Award: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion
• Humanitarian of the Year: Tim Howard, MetroStars

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