2002 Major League Soccer season

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Seasons
2001 2002 2003

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 Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas
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 Eastern Conference and Western Conference.
  • Chicago Fire realigned from Central Division to Eastern Conference and relocated from Soldier Field (1924) in Chicago to Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Illinois.
  • Colorado Rapids realigned from Western Division to Western Conference and relocate from Mile High Stadium to Empower Field at Mile High.
  • Columbus Crew realigned from Central Division to Eastern Conference.
  • Dallas Burn realigned from Central Division to Western Conference.
  • D.C. United realigned from Eastern Division to Eastern Conference.
  • Kansas City Wizards realigned from Western Division to Western Conference.
  • Los Angeles Galaxy realigned from Western Division to Western Conference.
  • MetroStars realigned from Eastern Division to Eastern Conference.
  • Miami Fusion F.C. fold.
  • New England Revolution realigned from Eastern Division to Eastern Conference and relocate from Foxboro Stadium to Gillette Stadium.
  • San Jose Earthquakes realigned from Western Division to Western Conference.
  • Tampa Bay Mutiny fold.

Regular Season Results

Conference Team W L T Pts
Eastern Conference New England Revolution 12 14 2 38
Columbus Crew 11 12 5 38
Chicago Fire 11 13 4 37
MetroStars 11 15 2 35
D.C. United 9 14 5 32
Western Conference Los Angeles Galaxy 16 9 3 51
San Jose Earthquakes 14 11 3 45
Dallas Burn 12 9 7 43
Colorado Rapids 13 11 4 43
Kansas City Wizards 9 10 9 36

Postseason Results

Team (First to Five Points) Team (First to Five Points) Team (Single-Game) Champions
Los Angeles Galaxy 6 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 Los Angeles Galaxy
Kansas City Wizards 3
Dallas Burn 4 (0) Colorado Rapids 0
Colorado Rapids 4 (1)
New England Revolution 6 New England Revolution 5 New England Revolution 0
Chicago Fire 3
San Jose Earthquakes 0 Columbus Crew 2
Columbus Crew 6

Special Event Results

Event Home Score Road
MLS All-Star Game Major League Soccer 3-2 United States

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 14 Four 18
Los Angeles Galaxy One One
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division DuPage County, Illinois Naperville, Illinois Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium Chicago Fire 14 One 15
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area Franklin County, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Historic Crew Stadium Columbus Crew 14 Two 16
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 14 Two + one series tiebreaker 16 + one series tiebreaker
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 14 Two 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 14 One 15
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 14 Three 17
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 14 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 14 One 15
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 14 14
MLS All-Star Game One
Total 140 17 + one series tiebreaker 158 + one series tiebreaker
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