2003 Major League Soccer season

Seasons

2002

2003

2004

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Conference	Chicago Fire	Bendetti-Wehrli Stadium	Naperville, Illinois
	Columbus Crew	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus, Ohio
	D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington
	MetroStars	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Western Conference	Colorado Rapids	Empower Field at Mile High	Denver
	Dallas Burn	Dragon Stadium	Southlake, Texas
	Kansas City Wizards	GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri
	Los Angeles Galaxy	Soccer Stadium at Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson, California
	San Jose Earthquakes	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California

Changes

• Dallas Burn relocate from Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas to Dragon Stadium in Southlake, Texas.
• Los Angeles Galaxy relocate from The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to Soccer Stadium at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
• Chicago Fire relocate during season from Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Illinois to Soldier Field in Chicago.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	L	T	Pts
Eastern Conference	Chicago Fire	15	7	8	53
	New England Revolution	12	9	9	45
	MetroStars	11	10	9	42
	D.C. United	10	11	9	39
	Columbus Crew	10	12	8	38
Western Conference	San Jose Earthquakes	14	7	9	51
	Kansas City Wizards	11	10	9	42
	Colorado Rapids	11	12	7	40
	Los Angeles Galaxy	9	12	9	36
	Dallas Burn	6	19	5	23

Postseason Results

Team (Two-Game Aggregate)		Team (Single-Game)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
Chicago Fire	4	Chicago Fire	1	Chicago Fire	2	San Jose Earthquakes
D.C. United	0
New England Revolution	3	New England Revolution	0
MetroStars	1
San Jose Earthquakes	5	San Jose Earthquakes	3	San Jose Earthquakes	4
Los Angeles Galaxy	4
Kansas City Wizards	3	Kansas City Wizards	2
Colorado Rapids	1

Special Event Results

Event	Home	Score	Away
MLS All-Star Game	Major League Soccer	3-1	C.D. Guadalajara

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	Gillette Stadium	New England Revolution	15	One	16
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	Chicago Fire	Two	Two	Four
			DuPage County, Illinois	Naperville, Illinois	Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium	Chicago Fire	13		13
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus Crew	15		15
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division	Tarrant County, Texas	Southlake, Texas	Dragon Stadium	Dallas Burn	15		15
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Empower Field at Mile High	Colorado Rapids	15	One	16
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	15	One	16
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	Carson, California	Soccer Stadium at Dignity Health Sports Park	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	One	16
						Chicago Fire		One	One
						MLS All-Star Game			One
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	15	One	16
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	15	Two	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	15	One	16
Total							150	11	162