2001 in American soccer

The 2001 season was the 89th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Record

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	10	5	2	3	11	8
International Friendly	5	1	1	3	3	4
Total	15	6	3	6	14	12

Results

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

      Win       Draw       Loss

International Friendly January 27	United States	2 – 1	China PR	Oakland, California
14:30 UTC-08	McBride  27' Wang  46' (o.g.)	(Report)	Qu  74'	Stadium: Network Associates Coliseum Attendance: 8.903 Referee: Mike Seifert (Canada)

International Friendly February 3	United States	0 – 1	Colombia	Miami, Florida
16:00 UTC-05		(Report)	Grisales  53'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 14,169

World Cup qualifying February 28	United States	2 – 0	Mexico	Columbus, Ohio
19:30 UTC-05	Wolff  47' Stewart  87'	(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 24,624

International Friendly March 3	United States	1 – 2	Brazil	Pasadena, California
13:00 UTC-08	Mathis  40'	(Report)	Ronaldinho  25' Euller  56'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 45,387

World Cup qualifying March 28	Honduras	1 – 2	United States	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:30 UTC-06	de León  59'	(Report)	Stewart  33' Mathis  87'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 46,00

World Cup qualifying April 25	United States	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Kansas City, Missouri
18:30 UTC-05	Wolff  70'	(Report)		Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 37,319

International Friendly June 7	United States	0 – 0	Ecuador	Columbus, Ohio
20:00 UTC-04		(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,572 Referee: Jose Farias (Canada)

World Cup qualifying June 16	Jamaica	0 – 0	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
13:00 UTC-05		(Report)		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

World Cup qualifying June 20	United States	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 UTC-04	Razov  2' Stewart  20'	(Report)		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 31,211 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

World Cup qualifying July 1	Mexico	1 – 0	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 UTC-05	Borgetti  16'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

World Cup qualifying September 1	United States	2 – 3	Honduras	Washington, D.C.
10:00 UTC-04	Stewart  7', 84'	(Report)	Núñez  28', 77' Pavón  53' (pen.)	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 54,282 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

World Cup qualifying September 5	Costa Rica	2 – 0	United States	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC-06	Fonseca  40' (pen.), 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

World Cup qualifying October 7	United States	2 – 1	Jamaica	Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 UTC-04	Moore  4', 81' (pen.)	(Report)	Lawrence  14'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 40,483 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

World Cup qualifying November 11	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 0	United States	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
15:00 UTC-04		(Report)		Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

International Friendly December 9	South Korea	1 – 0	United States	Jeju City, South Korea
	Yoo  23'	(Report)		Stadium: Jeju Stadium Attendance: 42,256 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals
Earnie Stewart	5
Josh Wolff	3
Joe-Max Moore	2
Brian McBride	1
Clint Mathis	1
Ante Razov	1

Major League Soccer

Standings

Eastern Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
s - Miami Fusion F.C.	26	16	5	5	57	36	21	53
x - MetroStars	26	13	10	3	38	35	3	42
New England Revolution	27	7	14	6	35	52	-17	27
D.C. United	26	8	16	2	42	50	-8	26

Central Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Chicago Fire	27	16	6	5	50	30	20	53
x - Columbus Crew	26	13	7	6	49	36	13	45
x - Dallas Burn	26	10	11	5	48	47	1	35
Tampa Bay Mutiny	27	4	21	2	32	68	-36	14

Western Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Los Angeles Galaxy	26	14	7	5	52	36	16	47
x - San Jose Earthquakes	26	13	7	6	47	29	18	45
x - Kansas City Wizards	27	11	13	3	33	53	-20	36
Colorado Rapids	26	5	13	8	36	47	-11	23

• Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
  s =

Supporters Shield
x = Clinched playoff berth

• Miami Fusion F.C. wins first tiebreaker with Chicago Fire (2-0 in head-to-head competition)

• Columbus Crew wins first tiebreaker with San Jose Earthquakes (1-0-1 in head-to-head competition)

• GP* (Games Played) = Season shorten due to 9/11 attacks.

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							MLS Cup 2001
	2	Chicago Fire (7 Points)	2	1	2
	7	Dallas Burn (1 Points)	0	1	0
									Chicago Fire (1 Points)	1	0	1
									Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* (7 Points)	1	1*	2*
	3	Los Angeles Galaxy (SDET)* (4 Points)	1	1	3*
	6	MetroStars (4 Points)	1	4	2
																Los Angeles Galaxy			1
																San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)*			2*
	1	Miami Fusion F.C. (6 Points)	2	0	2
	8	Kansas City Wizards (3 Points)	0	3	1
									Miami Fusion F.C. (3 Points)	1	0	0
									San Jose Earthquakes (SDET)* (6 Points)	0	4	1*
	4	Columbus Crew (0 Points)	1	0	x
	5	San Jose Earthquakes (6 Points)	3	3	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.

MLS Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A-L

Milwaukee Rampage

2

D3

Utah Blitzz

0

A-L

Milwaukee Rampage

0 (6)

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET, PSO)

0 (7)

PDL

Central Coast Roadrunners

0

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

6

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

1 (9)

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET, PSO)

1 (10)

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

5

A-L

Nashville Metros

0

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

3

PDL

Sounders Select

1

MLS

Dallas Burn

2

PDL

Sounders Select (ASDET)

3

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

0

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

4

A-L

Seattle Sounders

0

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

0

MLS

Chicago Fire

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

3

A-L

San Diego Flash

0

MLS

Chicago Fire (ASDET)

3

A-L

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

2

A-L

El Paso Patriots

4

D3

Chico Rooks

3

A-L

El Paso Patriots

1

A-L

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

2

A-L

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

2

MLS

Colorado Rapids

0

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)

2

MLS

New England Revolution

1

MLS

New England Revolution

7

PDL

Mid Michigan Bucks

1

MLS

New England Revolution

2

A-L

Charleston Battery

1

A-L

Charleston Battery

4

MLS

MetroStars

1

MLS

New England Revolution

2

MLS

Columbus Crew

1

MLS

Columbus Crew

5

A-L

Carolina Dynamo

1

MLS

Columbus Crew

2

MLS

Miami Fusion

1

MLS

Miami Fusion

4

USASA

Uruguay SC

0

MLS

New England Revolution

2

MLS

D.C. United

0

MLS

D.C. United

8

D3

New Jersey Stallions

0

MLS

D.C. United

3

A-L

Hershey Wildcats

0

A-L

Rochester Rhinos

0

A-L

Hershey Wildcats

1

MLS

D.C. United

2

A-L

Richmond Kickers

1

A-L

Richmond Kickers

7

D3

Reading Rage

2

A-L

Richmond Kickers

2

A-L

Connecticut Wolves

1

A-L

Connecticut Wolves

3

MLS

Tampa Bay Mutiny

2

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
D.C. United	CONCACAF Giants Cup	Final
	2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Third Place Match
Los Angeles Galaxy	2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Final
Columbus Crew	CONCACAF Giants Cup	Quarterfinals

D.C. United

Champions' Cup Quarterfinal January 17	D.C. United	2 – 1	Alajuelense	Fullerton, California
	Etcheverry  15' Olsen  90'		Arnáez  71' (pen.)	Stadium: Titan Stadium

Champions' Cup Semifinal January 19	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 - 2 p)	D.C. United	Los Angeles, California
	Vanney  29' (pen.)		Etcheverry  48' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
		Penalties
	Vanney Elliott Vagenas Cienfuegos		Talley Agoos Etcheverry Olsen	|

Third Place Match January 21	D.C. United	1 – 2	Pachuca	Los Angeles, California
	Pineda  14' Arellano  38'		Talley  33'	Stadium: Rose Bowl

Giants Cup Quarterfinals April 4	Arnett Gardens	0 – 3	D.C. United	Kingston, Jamaica
			Arce  39', 66' (pen.) Talley  59'	Stadium: Tony Spaulding Sports Complex

Giants Cup Quarterfinals April 11	D.C. United	2 – 1	Arnett Gardens	Washington, D.C.
	Talley  30', pen.' Lisi  86'		Earle  23'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 9,117

Giants Cup Semifinal August 3	D.C. United	2 – 1	Comunicaciones	Los Angeles, California
	Moreno  26' Lisi  89'		Rivera  22'	Stadium: Los Angeles Coliseum Attendance: 4,533

Giants Cup Final August 5	D.C. United	0 – 2	América	Los Angeles, California
			Mendoza  52' Valdez  70'	Stadium: Los Angeles Coliseum Attendance: 3,127

Los Angeles Galaxy

Champions' Cup Quarterfinal January 17	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 - 3 p)	Real España	Fullerton, California
				Stadium: Titan Stadium
		Penalties
	Vanney Elliott Vagenas Cienfuegos Victorine		Gutierrez Caprile López Garcia	|

Champions' Cup Semifinal January 19	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 - 2 p)	D.C. United	Los Angeles, California
	Vanney  29' (pen.)		Etcheverry  48' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
		Penalties
	Vanney Elliott Vagenas Cienfuegos		Talley Agoos Etcheverry Olsen	|

Champions' Cup Final January 21	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 – 2	Olimpia	Los Angeles, California
	Hendrickson  36', 78' Jones  39'		Tosello  34' (pen.) de Lima  51'	Stadium: Rose Bowl

Columbus Crew

Giants Cup Quarterfinals April 4	Saprissa	2 – 0	Columbus Crew	San José, Costa Rica
	Centeno  68' Lapper  90' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

Giants Cup Quarterfinals April 11	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	Saprissa	Columbus, Ohio
	Maisonneuve  45'		Robinson  16'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup at RSSSF

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