2003 Major League Soccer season

2003 Major League Soccer season
Season 2003
MLS Cup San Jose Earthquakes (2nd title)
Supporters' Shield Chicago Fire (1st shield)
Matches played 150
Goals scored 433 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer Carlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy
Goals: 15
Taylor Twellman
N.E. Revolution
Goals: 15
Biggest home win CHI 4-0 COL
CLB 6-2 CHI
Biggest away win SJ 1-4 CHI
DAL 0-3 SJ
Highest scoring NY 4-4 SJ
CLB 6-2 CHI
Longest winning run Colorado Rapids
Games: 5
(07/04 – 08/09)
MetroStars
Games: 5
(04/26 – 05/24)
Longest unbeaten run Chicago Fire
Games: 7
(07/19 – 08/24)
Colorado Rapids
Games: 7
(08/16 – 10/01)
Longest losing run Colorado Rapids
Games: 4
(05/03 – 05/25)
Dallas Burn
Games: 4
(07/19 -08/13)
Highest attendance Los Angeles Galaxy
Season: 329,752
Game Avg.: 21,983
Lowest attendance Dallas Burn
Season: 118,585
Game Avg.: 7,906
Average attendance MLS
Season: 2,234,747
Game Avg.: 14,898

The 2003 Major League Soccer season was the 8th season of play for Major League Soccer.

Changes From 2002

Final standings

Eastern Conference GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
s – Chicago Fire 30157853431053
x – New England Revolution 3012995547845
x – MetroStars 30111094040042
x – D.C. United 30101193836239
Columbus Crew 30101284444038
Western Conference GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
x – San Jose Earthquakes 30147945351051
x – Kansas City Wizards 30111094844442
x – Colorado Rapids 30111274045-540
x – Los Angeles Galaxy 3091293535036
Dallas Burn 3061953564-2923

s = Supporters Shield
x = Playoff Berth

Play-off Bracket

  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup 2003
                             
E1 Chicago (wins 4-0 agg.) 2 2  
E4 D.C. 0 0  
  E1 Chicago 1  
Eastern Conference
  E3 New England 0  
E3 New England (wins 3-1 agg.) 2 1
E2 MetroStars 0 1  
  E1 Chicago 2
  W1 San Jose 4
W1 San Jose (wins 5-4 agg.) 0 5*  
W4 Los Angeles 2 2  
  W1 San Jose 3
Western Conference
  W3 Kansas City 2  
W3 Kansas City (wins 3-1 agg.) 1 2
W2 Colorado 1 0  

Eastern Conference Semifinals

November 1, 2003
Chicago Fire 2 – 0 D.C. United
Williams  4'
Razov  94'		  
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 15,202

November 9, 2003
D.C. United 0 – 2 Chicago Fire
  Ralph  17'
Razov  55'
Soldier Field
Chicago
Attendance: 15,312

Western Conference Semifinals

November 9, 2003
Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 5 (AET) San Jose Earthquakes
Ruiz  7'
Vagenas  13'		 Agoos  21'
Donovan  35'
Walker  50'
Roner  90'
Faria  96'

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

MLS Cup 2003

November 23, 2003
Chicago Fire 2 – 4 San Jose Earthquakes
Beasley  49'
Roner  54'(og)		 Ekelund  5'
Donovan  38',71'
Mulrooney  50'

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Team awards

Individual awards

AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable PlayerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States PrekiKansas City Wizards
Scoring ChampionSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States Preki (41) pointsKansas City Wizards
Defender of the YearUnited States Carlos BocanegraChicago Fire
Goalkeeper of the YearCanada Pat OnstadSan Jose Earthquakes
Rookie of the YearJamaica Damani RalphChicago Fire
Coach of the YearUnited States Dave SarachanChicago Fire
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Chris ArmasChicago Fire
Goal of the YearJamaica Damani RalphChicago Fire
Fair Play AwardUnited States Brian McBrideColumbus Crew
Humanitarian of the YearUnited States Ben OlsenD.C. United

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala Carlos Ruiz Los Angeles Galaxy 15
United States Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 15
2 United States Ante Razov Chicago Fire 14
Scotland John Spencer Colorado Rapids 14
3 United States Landon Donovan San Jose Earthquakes 12
United States Brian McBride Columbus Crew 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States Preki Kansas City Wizards 12
4 Canada United States Mark Chung Colorado Rapids 11
Jamaica Damani Ralph Chicago Fire 11
5 United States Edson Buddle Columbus Crew 10
United States Pat Noonan New England Revolution 10

Goal-scoring totals

ClubOverall
Record		Goals
For		Goals
For Avg.		Goals
Against		Goals
Against Avg.
New England Revolution12-9-9551.83 (1st)471.57 (9th)
Chicago Fire15-7-8531.77 (2nd)431.43 (5th)
Kansas City Wizards11-10-9481.60 (3rd)441.47 (6th)
San Jose Earthquakes14-7-9451.50 (4th)351.17 (1st)
Columbus Crew10-12-8441.47 (5th)441.47 (6th)
Colorado Rapids11-12-7 401.33 (6th)451.50 (8th)
MetroStars11-10-9401.33 (7th)40 1.33 (4th)
D.C. United10-11-9381.27 (8th)361.20 (3rd)
Dallas Burn6-19-5351.117 (9th)642.13 (10th)
Los Angeles Galaxy9-12-9351.17 (10th)351.17 (1st)
Overall totals4332.89

Team attendance totals

Club Stadium Games Season Game Avg.
Los Angeles Galaxy The Home Depot Center 15 329,752 21,983
Colorado Rapids Invesco Field 15 251,578 16,772
Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium 15 243,756 16,250
MetroStars Giants Stadium 15 237,326 15,822
Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 15 233,594 15,573
D.C. United Robert F. Kennedy Stadium 15 233,476 15,565
New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 15 219,611 14,641
Chicago Fire Cardinal Stadium 15 210,080 14,005
San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 15 156,989 10,466
Dallas Burn Cotton Bowl 15 118,585 7,906
MLS totals 150 2,234,747 14,898

References

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