2001 Major League Soccer season

Seasons

2000

2001

2002

Teams and Alignment

Division	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
	MetroStars	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Miami Fusion F.C.	Lockhart Stadium	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	New England Revolution	Foxboro Stadium	Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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

• None

Regular Season Results

Division	Team	W	L	T	Pts
Central Division	Chicago Fire	16	6	5	53
	Columbus Crew	13	7	6	45
	Dallas Burn	10	11	5	35
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	4	21	2	14
Eastern Division	Miami Fusion F.C.	16	5	5	53
	MetroStars	13	10	3	42
	New England Revolution	7	14	6	27
	D.C. United	8	16	2	26
Western Division	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	7	5	47
	San Jose Earthquakes	13	7	6	45
	Kansas City Wizards	11	13	3	36
	Colorado Rapids	5	13	8	23

Postseason Results

Team (First to Five Points)		Team (First to Five Points)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
Chicago Fire	7	Chicago Fire	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	1	San Jose Earthquakes
Dallas Burn	1
Los Angeles Galaxy	4 (1)	Los Angeles Galaxy	7
MetroStars	4 (0)
Miami Fusion F.C.	6	Miami Fusion F.C.	3	San Jose Earthquakes	2
Kansas City Wizards	3
Columbus Crew	0	San Jose Earthquakes	6
San Jose Earthquakes	6

Special Event Results

Event	Home	Score	Away
MLS All-Star Game	Western Conference	6-6	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	13		13
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	14	Four	18
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus Crew	13	One	14
						Los Angeles Galaxy		One	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	13	One	14
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Mile High Stadium	Colorado Rapids	13		13
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	13	One	14
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	13	Three + one series tiebreaker	16 + one series tiebreaker
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.	12	Four	16
		Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division	Miami-Dade County, Florida	Miami	Miami Orange Bowl	Miami Fusion F.C.	Two		Two
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	13	One	14
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	13	Two	15
						MLS All-Star Game			One
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14		14
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	12		12
Total							158	18 + one series tiebreaker	177 + one series tiebreaker