Major League Soccer 2002 season

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This is a summary of the 2002 Major League Soccer season.

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[edit] Final standings

Position Eastern Conference Points Played Wins Draws Losses Goals Against Difference Average attendance
1 New England Revolution 38 28 12 2 14 49 49 0 16,927
2 Columbus Crew 38 28 11 5 12 44 43 +1 17,429
3 Chicago Fire 37 28 11 4 13 43 38 +5 12,922
4 MetroStars 35 28 11 2 15 41 47 -6 18,148
5 D.C. United 32 28 9 5 14 31 40 -9 16,519
Position Western Conference Points Played Wins Draws Losses Goals Against Difference Average attendance
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 51 28 16 3 9 44 33 +11 19,047
2 San Jose Earthquakes 45 28 14 3 11 45 35 +10 11,150
3 Dallas Burn 43 28 12 7 9 44 43 +1 13,122
4 Colorado Rapids 43 28 13 4 11 43 48 -5 20,687
5 Kansas City Wizards 36 28 9 9 10 37 45 -8 12,255

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 25, 2002
Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 asdet Kansas City Wizards Rose Bowl: 14,585
Ruiz pen 62'
Jones 85'
Ruiz 99'		 Preki 25'
Brown 70'
September 28, 2002
Kansas City Wizards 4–1 Los Angeles Galaxy Arrowhead Stadium: 9,484
Simutenkov 19'
Quill 37'
Preki 70'
Fabbro 73'		 Albright 71'
October 2, 2002
Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 Kansas City Wizards Rose Bowl: 14,713
Ruiz 34'
Jones 45'+
Jones 62'
Ruiz 66'
Tennyson 93'		 Klein 47'
Preki 72'

Los Angeles advance 6-3 on points.

September 26, 2002
New England Revolution 2–0 Chicago Fire Gillette Stadium: 6,306
Twellman 13'
Hernandez 60'
September 29, 2002
Chicago Fire 2–1 New England Revolution Cardinal Stadium: 9,434
Razov pen 43'
Razov 76'		 Kamler 28'
October 2, 2002
New England Revolution 2–0 Chicago Fire Gillette Stadium: 6,954
Kamler 12'
Twellman 65'

New England advance 6-3 on points.

September 26, 2002
San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Columbus Crew Spartan Stadium: 8,069
Donovan 54' Buddle 38'
Garcia 81'
September 28, 2002
Columbus Crew 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Crew Stadium: 13,004
Garcia 50'
McBride 81'		 Graziani 58'

Columbus advance 6-0 on points.

September 25, 2002
Dallas Burn 4–2 Colorado Rapids Cotton Bowl: 6,360
Morrow 26'
Kreis 49'
Deering 68'
Martínez 70'		 Valderrama 2'
Spencer pen 75'
September 28, 2002
Colorado Rapids 1–0 Dallas Burn INVESCO Field: 9,637
Carrieri 78'
October 2, 2002
Dallas Burn 1–1 asdet Colorado Rapids Cotton Bowl: 8,008
Rhine 6' Spencer 22'
  0–1 series sdet  
Chung 1'

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

Semifinals

October 5, 2002
Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Colorado Rapids Rose Bowl: 24,742
Califf 21'
Ruiz 24'
Hendrickson 71'
Ruiz 84'
September 28, 2002
Colorado Rapids 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy INVESCO Field: 12,367
Ruiz 64'

Los Angeles advance 6-0 on points.

October 6, 2002
New England Revolution 0–0 Columbus Crew Gillette Stadium: 11,387


September 29, 2002
Columbus Crew 0–1 New England Revolution Crew Stadium: 10,245
Heaps 3'
October 12, 2002
New England Revolution 2–2 asdet Columbus Crew Gillette Stadium: 9,216
Ralston 17'
Harris 47'		 McBride 80'
Washington 85'

New England advance 5-2 on points.

MLS Cup 2002

October 20, 2002
New England Revolution 0–1 asdet Los Angeles Galaxy Gillette Stadium: 61,316
Ruiz 113'

Los Angeles, New England, and San Jose earn MLS regular-season berths to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003.

Columbus qualify as U.S. Open Cup champions.

[edit] Team Awards

[edit] Individual Awards

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