2000 Major League Soccer season

Seasons

1999

2000

2001

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Central Division	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field (1924)	Chicago
	Columbus Crew	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus, Ohio
	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl Stadium	Dallas
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa, Florida
Eastern Division	D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington
	Miami Fusion F.C.	Lockhart Stadium	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	New England Revolution	Foxboro Stadium	Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	MetroStars	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Western Division	Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium	Denver
	Kansas City Wizards	GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri
	Los Angeles Galaxy	The Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California
	San Jose Earthquakes	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California

Changes

• League realigned into Central Division, Eastern Division, and Western Division.
• Chicago Fire realigned from Western Conference to Central Division.
• Colorado Rapids realigned from Western Conference to Western Division.
• Columbus Crew realigned from Eastern Conference to Central Division.
• Dallas Burn realigned from Western Conference to Central Division.
• D.C. United realigned from Eastern Conference to Eastern Division.
• Kansas City Wizards realigned from Western Conference to Western Division.
• Los Angeles Galaxy realigned from Western Conference to Western Division.
• MetroStars realigned from Eastern Conference to Eastern Division.
• Miami Fusion F.C. realigned from Eastern Conference to Eastern Division.
• New England Revolution realigned from Eastern Conference to Eastern Division.
• San Jose Clash renamed San Jose Earthquakes and realigned from Western Conference to Western Division.
• Tampa Bay Mutiny realigned from Eastern Conference to Central Division.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	L	T	Pts
Central Division	Chicago Fire	17	9	6	57
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	12	4	52
	Dallas Burn	14	14	4	46
	Columbus Crew	11	16	5	38
Eastern Division	MetroStars	17	12	3	54
	New England Revolution	13	13	6	45
	Miami Fusion F.C.	12	15	5	41
	D.C. United	8	18	6	30
Western Division	Kansas City Wizards	16	7	9	57
	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	10	8	50
	Colorado Rapids	13	15	4	43
	San Jose Earthquakes	7	17	8	29

Postseason Results

Team (First to Five Points)		Team (First to Five Points)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
Kansas City Wizards	7	Kansas City Wizards	4 (1)	Kansas City Wizards	1	Kansas City Wizards
Colorado Rapids	1
Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	Los Angeles Galaxy	4 (0)
Los Angeles Galaxy	6
Chicago Fire	6	Chicago Fire	6	Chicago Fire	0
New England Revolution	3
MetroStars	6	MetroStars	3
Dallas Burn	0

Special Event Results

Event	Home	Score	Road
MLS All-Star Game	Western Conference	4-9	Eastern Conference

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	Unincorporated	Foxboro Stadium	New England Revolution	16	One	17
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division	Cook County, Illinois	Chicago	Soldier Field (1924)	Chicago Fire	16	Four	20
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus Crew	16		16
						MLS All-Star Game			One
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division	Dallas County, Texas	Dallas	Cotton Bowl Stadium	Dallas Burn	16	One	17
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Mile High Stadium	Colorado Rapids	16	One	17
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area	Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area		Jackson County, Missouri	Kansas City, Missouri	GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City Wizards	16	Four + one series tiebreaker	20 + one series tiebreaker
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division	Los Angeles County, California	Pasadena, California	The Rose Bowl	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	Two	18
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL Metropolitan Division	Broward County, Florida	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Lockhart Stadium	Miami Fusion F.C.	16		16
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	Bergen County, New Jersey	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Giants Stadium	MetroStars	16	Two	18
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	CEFCU Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	16		16
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	One	17
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division	District of Columbia		Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	D.C. United	16		16
						Kansas City Wizards		One	One
Total							192	17 + one series tiebreaker	210 + one series tiebreaker