2000 Major League Soccer season

Season	2000
MLS Cup	Kansas City Wizards
Supporters' Shield	Kansas City Wizards
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This is a summary of the 2000 Major League Soccer season.

Contents 1 Final standings 2 MLS Cup Playoffs 3 Team Awards 4 Individual Awards

[edit] Final standings

Position	Eastern Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	MetroStars	54	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	17,621
2	New England Revolution	45	32	13	13	6	47	49	-2	15,463
3	Miami Fusion	41	32	12	15	5	54	56	-2	7,460
4	D.C. United	30	32	8	18	6	44	63	-19	18,580
Position	Central Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Chicago Fire	57	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	13,387
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	52	32	16	12	4	62	50	+12	9,452
3	Dallas Burn	46	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	13,102
4	Columbus Crew	38	32	11	16	5	48	58	-10	15,451
Position	Western Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Kansas City Wizards	57	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	9,112
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	50	32	14	10	8	47	37	+10	20,400
3	Colorado Rapids	43	32	13	15	4	43	59	-16	12,580
4	San Jose Earthquakes	29	32	7	17	8	35	50	-15	12,460

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 16, 2000	Colorado Rapids	0–1	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: 8,682
			Molnar 18'

September 20, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	0–0	Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field: 8,789

September 24, 2000	Colorado Rapids	2–3	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: 4,156
	Bravo 70' Bravo pen 90'+		Henderson 11' Molnar 65' Gomez 69'

Kansas City advance 7-1 on points.

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September 15, 2001	New England Revolution	1–2	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 10,476
	Harris 50'		Wright og 54' Kovalenko 73'

September 19, 2000	Chicago Fire	1–2	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: 10,723
	Kovalenko 83'		Wynalda 18' Wright 86'

September 22, 2001	New England Revolution	0–6	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 5,972
			Razov 5' Stoitchkov 14' Stoitchkov 17' Nowak 45'+ Razov 65' George 75'

Chicago advance 6-3 on points.

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September 15, 2000	Dallas Burn	1–2 OT	MetroStars	Giants Stadium: 14,868
	Rhine 57'		Mathis 34' Valencia 100'

September 20, 2000	MetroStars	2–1	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: 7,555
	Mathis 53' Mathis 81'		Rodriguez pen 82'

MetroStars advance 6-0 on points.

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September 14, 2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium: 5,583
	Vanney pen 61'

September 20, 2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2–5	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 13,581
	Diallo 21' Diallo 67'		Hendrickson 14' Kelly 19' Hernández 48' Cienfuegos 51' Jones 85'

Galaxy advance 6-0 on points.

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Semifinals

September 26, 2000	MetroStars	0–3	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 7,141
			Stoitchkov 21' Kovalenko 35' Razov 84'

September 30, 2000	Chicago Fire	0–2	MetroStars	Giants Stadium: 15,476
			Chung 40' Valencia 84'

October 6, 2000	MetroStars	2–3	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 10,133
	Valencia 32' Valencia 36'		Brown 4' Stoitchkov 31' Razov 88'

Chicago advance 6-3 on points.

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September 29, 2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: 11,815

October 3, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	1–2 OT	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 20,849
	McKeon 29'		Jones 16' Califf 93'

October 6, 2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–1	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: 8,320
			Molnar pen 22'

		0–1 series OT
			Molnar 6'

Kansas City advance 1-0 in series overtime after 4-4 tie on points.

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MLS Cup 2000

October 15, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	1–0	Chicago Fire	RFK Stadium: 39,159
	Molnar 11'

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - Kansas City Wizards
• U.S. Open Cup - Chicago Fire
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Kansas City Wizards

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Tony Meola, Kansas City Wizards
• Scoring Champion: Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay Mutiny (56)
• Defender of the Year: Peter Vermes, Kansas City Wizards
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Tony Meola, Kansas City Wizards
• Rookie of the Year: Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Fire
• Coach of the Year: Bob Gansler, Kansas City Wizards
• Comeback Player of the Year: Tony Meola, Kansas City Wizards
• Goal of the Year: Marcelo Balboa, Colorado Rapids
• Fair Play Award: Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay Mutiny
• Humanitarian of the Year: Abdul Thompson Conteh, San Jose Earthquakes

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