2003 in American soccer

The 2003 season was the 91st year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Wins	Losses	Draws
10	4	2

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 18	United States	4 – 0	Canada	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 UTC-05	Bocanegra  7' Mathis  31' Klein  32' Ralston  61'	(Report)		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 6,549 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

International Friendly February 8	United States	0 – 1	Argentina	Miami, Florida
11:55 UTC-05		(Report)	González  9'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 27,196 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

International Friendly February 12	Jamaica	1 – 2	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 UTC-05	Lowe  52'	(Report)	Bocanegra  11' Klein  12'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Godfrey Bowen (Cayman Islands)

International Friendly March 29	United States	2 – 0	Venezuela	Seattle, Washington (state)
13:00 UTC-08	Kirovski  52' Donovan  76'	(Report)		Stadium: Seattle Seahawk Stadium Attendance: 17,819 Referee: Mike Seifert (Canada)

International Friendly May 8	United States	0 – 0	Mexico	Houston, Texas
18:55 UTC-05		(Report)		Stadium: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 69,582 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

International Friendly May 26	United States	2 – 0	Wales	San Jose, California
19:00 UTC-08	Donovan  41' (pen.) Lewis  59'	(Report)		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,282 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

International Friendly June 8	United States	2 – 1	New Zealand	Richmond, Virginia
13:00 UTC-04	Klein  20' Kirovski  65'	(Report)	Coveny  65'	Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium Attendance: 9,116 Referee: Hi Liu (Canada)

Confederations Cup Group Stage June 19	Turkey	2 – 1	United States	Saint-Étienne, France
19:00 UTC+02	Yılmaz  39' (pen.) Şanlı  70'	(Report)	Beasley  36'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 16,944 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Confederations Cup Group Stage June 21	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Lyon, France
21:00 UTC+02	Adriano  22'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 20,306 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Confederations Cup Group Stage June 23	United States	0 – 0	Cameroon	Lyon, France
21:00 UTC+02		(Report)		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Mark Shield (Austria)

International Friendly July 6	United States	2 – 0	Paraguay	Columbus, Ohio
15:00 UTC-04	Donovan  12' Stewart  90+5'	(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,103 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Gold Cup Group Stage July 12	United States	2 – 0	El Salvador	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30 UTC-04	Lewis  28' McBride  76'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 33,652 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Gold Cup Group Stage July 14	Martinique	0 – 2	United States	Foxborough, Massachusetts
20:30 UTC-04		(Report)	McBride  39', 43'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Gold Cup Quarterfinal July 19	United States	5 – 0	Cuba	Foxborough, Massachusetts
15:00 UTC-04	Donovan  22', 26', 55', 76' Ralston  42'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Gold Cup Semifinal July 23	United States	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Miami, Florida
20:00 UTC-04	Bocanegra  62'	(Report)	Kaká  89' Diego  100' (pen.)	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 35,211 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Gold Cup 3rd Place Match July 26	United States	3 – 2	Costa Rica	Miami, Florida
20:00 UTC-04	Bocanegra  29' Stewart  56' Convey  67'	(Report)	Fonseca  24', 39'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad & Tobago)

Major League Soccer

Standings

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
s - Chicago Fire	30	15	7	8	53	43	10	53
x - New England Revolution	30	12	9	9	55	47	8	45
x - MetroStars	30	11	10	9	40	40	0	42
x - D.C. United	30	10	11	9	38	36	2	39
Columbus Crew	30	10	12	8	44	44	0	38

Western Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
y - San Jose Earthquakes	30	14	7	9	45	35	10	51
x - Kansas City Wizards	30	11	10	9	48	44	4	42
x - Colorado Rapids	30	11	12	7	40	45	-5	40
x - Los Angeles Galaxy	30	9	12	9	35	35	0	36
Dallas Burn	30	6	19	5	35	64	-29	23

• 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)

Playoffs

	Conference Semifinals						Conference Finals					MLS Cup 2003
		Chicago Fire (wins 4-0 agg.)	2	2
		D.C. United	0	0
								Chicago Fire	1
	Eastern Conference
								New England Revolution	0
		New England Revolution (wins 3-1 agg.)	2	1
		MetroStars	0	1
													Chicago Fire	2
													San Jose Earthquakes	4
		San Jose Earthquakes (wins 5-4 agg.)	0	5*
		Los Angeles Galaxy	2	2
								San Jose Earthquakes	3
	Western Conference
								Kansas City Wizards	2
		Kansas City Wizards (wins 3-1 agg.)	1	2
		Colorado Rapids	1	0

MLS Cup

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Montreal Impact	28	16	6	6	40	21	54
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	7	6	40	21	51
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	15	9	4	50	41	49
4	Syracuse Salty Dogs	28	11	12	5	42	38	38
5	Toronto Lynx	28	11	13	4	29	38	37

Southeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Charleston Battery	28	15	6	7	41	27	54
2	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	14	9	5	51	34	47
3	Richmond Kickers	28	12	9	7	41	32	43
4	Charlotte Eagles	28	6	15	7	29	59	25
5	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	17	7	27	48	19

Western Conference

Central Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Milwaukee Wave United	28	18	10	0	61	32	54
2	Minnesota Thunder	28	17	9	2	44	28	53
3	El Paso Patriots	28	9	16	3	33	48	30
4	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	9	19	0	38	62	24
5	Indiana Blast	28	3	23	2	28	67	11

Pacific Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	16	7	5	45	24	53
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	15	6	7	45	24	52
3	Portland Timbers	28	15	11	2	39	43	47
4	Calgary Storm	28	4	21	3	16	62	15

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Montreal Impact	1	0	1
	Rochester Raging Rhinos	2	0	2
							Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	0	0
							Charleston Battery	1	0	1
	Charleston Battery	0	4	4
	Virginia Beach Mariners	1	1	2
													Charleston Battery	3
													Minnesota Thunder	0
	Milwaukee Wave United	1	0	1
	Minnesota Thunder	0	2	2
							Minnesota Thunder	1	1	2
							Seattle Sounders	0	0	0
	Seattle Sounders	0	1	1 (6-5 pk)
	Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Third Round

Fourth Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

MLS

Columbus

3

MLS

MetroStars

4

PDL

Mid Michigan

0

MLS

MetroStars

4

MLS

MetroStars (ASDET)

2

MLS

New England

1

MLS

New England

2

A-L

Rochester

1

A-L

Rochester

4

PSL

New Hampshire

1

MLS

MetroStars

3

MLS

D.C. United

2

PSL

Wilmington

2

A-L

Atlanta

1

PSL

Wilmington

4

MLS

Dallas

1

PSL

Wilmington

0

MLS

D.C. United

1

MLS

D.C. United

2

A-L

Pittsburgh

1

MLS

D.C. United (ASDET)

1

A-L

Virginia Beach

0

A-L

Virginia Beach

5

PDL

Carolina

0

MLS

MetroStars

0

MLS

Chicago

1

A-L

Milwaukee

4

USASA

Bavarian SC

1

A-L

Milwaukee

1

MLS

Chicago

4

MLS

Chicago

2

MLS

Colorado

1

MLS

Colorado

3

MLS

Kansas City

2

MLS

Chicago

3

MLS

Los Angeles

2

A-L

Minnesota

0

A-L

Seattle

1

A-L

Seattle

1

MLS

San Jose

0

A-L

Seattle

1

MLS

Los Angeles

5

MLS

Los Angeles

3

PDL

Fresno

1

A-L

El Paso

2

PDL

Fresno

5

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
Columbus Crew	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
New England Revolution	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round
San Jose Earthquakes	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round

Los Angeles Galaxy

Champions Cup First Round March 16	C.D. Motagua	2 – 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Guevara  36', 85'		Ruiz  21' (o.g.) Lalas  61'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Champions Cup First Round March 23	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 0	C.D. Motagua	Fullerton, California
	Lalas  72'			Stadium: Titan Stadium

Champions Cup Quarterfinal April 9	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 4	Necaxa	Fullerton, California
	Chacón  36'		Franco  27', 51' Zague  81' Larrosa  87'	Stadium: Titan Stadium

Champions Cup Quarterfinal April 16	Necaxa	2 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Mexico City, Mexico
	Espinoza  43', 84'		Albright  32'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Columbus Crew

Champions Cup First Round March 16	Árabe Unido	2 – 1	Columbus Crew	Colón, Panama
	Salinas  7' (pen.) Medina  62'		Buddle  59'	Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

Champions Cup First Round March 23	Columbus Crew	3 – 0	Árabe Unido	Columbus, Ohio
	Buddle  43', 59' Martino  70'			Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

Champions Cup Quarterfinal April 9	Monarcas Morelia	6 – 0	Columbus Crew	Morelia, Mexico
	Palacios  39' Íñiguez  42', 70' Bautista  49', 55' Navia  68'			Stadium: Estadio Morelos

Champions Cup Quarterfinal April 16	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Monarcas Morelia	Columbus, Ohio
	Buddle  15' Cunningham  29' (pen.)			Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

New England Revolution

Champions Cup First Round March 23	Alajuelense	4 – 0	New England Revolution	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Scott  17', 82' (pen.) Fonseca  32' (pen.) Alpízar  90+2'			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Champions Cup First Round March 26	Alajuelense	1 – 3	New England Revolution	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Fonseca  66'		Twellman  18' (pen.) Harris  54' Ralston  56'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

San Jose Earthquakes

Champions Cup First Round March 16	Municipal	4 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Romero  28', 37' Figueroa  39' Ponciano  55' (pen.)		Lagos  64', 71'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Champions Cup First Round March 26	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1	Municipal	San Jose, California
	Donovan  19' Ching  35'		Plata  76'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium

References

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

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