2001 Major League Soccer season

Season	2001
MLS Cup	San Jose Earthquakes
Supporters' Shield	Miami Fusion
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This is a summary of the 2001 Major League Soccer season, which was cut short by the attacks of September 11th.

Contents 1 Final standings 2 MLS Cup Playoff bracket 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 4 Team Awards 5 International Competition 6 Individual Awards

[edit] Final standings

Position	Eastern Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Miami Fusion	53	26	16	5	5	57	36	+21	11,177
2	MetroStars	42	26	13	10	3	38	35	+3	20,806
3	New England Revolution	27	27	7	14	6	35	52	-17	15,654
4	D.C. United	26	26	8	16	2	42	50	-8	21,518
Position	Central Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Chicago Fire	53	27	16	6	5	50	30	+20	16,388
2	Columbus Crew	45	26	13	7	6	49	36	+13	17,511
3	Dallas Burn	35	26	10	11	5	48	47	+1	12,574
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	27	4	21	2	32	68	-36	10,479
Position	Western Division	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	47	26	14	7	5	52	36	+16	17,387
2	San Jose Earthquakes	45	26	13	7	6	47	29	+18	9,635
3	Kansas City Wizards	36	27	11	13	3	33	53	-20	10,954
4	Colorado Rapids	23	26	5	13	8	36	47	-11	16,481

[edit] MLS Cup Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							MLS Cup 2001
	2	Chicago Fire	2	1*	2
	7	Dallas Burn	0	1*	0
								Chicago Fire		1*	0*	1*
								Los Angeles Galaxy		1*	1*	2*
	3	Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)	1*	1	3*
	6	MetroStars	1	4	2*
															Los Angeles Galaxy				1
															San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)				2
	1	Miami Fusion	2	0	2
	8	Kansas City Wizards	0	3	1
								Miami Fusion		1	0	0*
								San Jose Earthquakes		0	4	1*
	4	Columbus Crew	1	0
	5	San Jose Earthquakes	3	3

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 20, 2001	Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 8,314
			Bocanegra 40' Whitfield 90'+

September 23, 2001	Chicago Fire	1–1 asdet	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: 17,149
	J. Beasley 84'		Deering 27'

September 29, 2001	Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 12,811
			Kovalenko 17' Armas 55'

Chicago advance 7-1 on points.

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September 22, 2001	Kansas City Wizards	0–2	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium: 6,281
			Serna 28' Pineda Chacon 53'

September 26, 2001	Miami Fusion	0–3	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: 5,803
			Lowe 24' McKeon pen 31' Gomez 45'+

September 29, 2001	Kansas City Wizards	1–2	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium: 8,119
	Lowe 13'		Preki 14' Henderson 71'

Miami advance 6-3 on points.

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September 23, 2001	MetroStars	1–1 asdet	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 11,580
	Faria 29'		Caligiuri 63'

September 26, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–4	MetroStars	Giants Stadium: 12,817
	Victorine 4'		Faria 72' Chung 75' Faria 80' Valencia 83'

September 29, 2001	MetroStars	2–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 6,154
	Villegas 49' Villegas 60'		Victorine 21' Victorine 33' Frye 56'

		0–1 series sdet
			Cienfuegos 8'

Los Angeles advance 1-0 in series overtime after 4-4 tie on points.

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September 22, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Columbus Crew	Crew Stadium: 20,883
	Donovan 5' Lagos 31' Donovan 45'+		Warzycha pen 54'

September 26, 2001	Columbus Crew	0–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium: 10,419
			Lagos 9' Cerritos 68' Donovan 76'

San Jose advance 6-0 on points.

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Semifinals

October 10, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 asdet	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 10,388
	Wynalda 32'		Hernández 44'

October 13, 2001	Chicago Fire	0–1 asdet	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 10,100
			Vagenas 94'

October 17, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–1 asdet	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 13,444
	Califf 44' Cienfuegos 98'		D. Beasley 30'

Los Angeles advance 7-1 on points.

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October 10, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium: 9,236
			Preki 53'

October 14, 2001	Miami Fusion	0–4	San Jose Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium: 16,119
			Donovan 16' Russell 57' Lagos 69' De Rosario 89'

October 17, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0 asdet	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium: 11,242
	Dayak 94'

San Jose advance 6-3 on points.

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MLS Cup 2001

October 21, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–2 asdet	San Jose Earthquakes	Crew Stadium: 21,626
	Hernández 21'		Donovan 43' De Rosario 96'

San Jose earn MLS berth to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.

D.C. United, Chicago, and Kansas City qualify from CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2001.

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - San Jose Earthquakes
• U.S. Open Cup - Los Angeles Galaxy
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Miami Fusion

[edit] International Competition

• Kansas City Wizards - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - 2001 edition cancelled; Wizards advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.
• Chicago Fire - CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2001 edition cancelled; Fire advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.

• MetroStars - Copa Merconorte - went 3-3 in group stage and did not advance. Beat Deportivo Italchacao of Venezuela 2-0 at home. Awarded two forfeit wins over Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico after Chivas' refusal to travel. Lost to Deportivo Italchacao 2-1 away. Lost to Millonarios of Colombia 2-1 away and 1-0 at home.
• Kansas City Wizards - Copa Merconorte - went 1-4-1 in group stage and did not advance. Beat Barcelona of Ecuador 3-2 away. Drew with Barcelona 1-1 at home. Lost to Santos Laguna of Mexico 4-2 away and 1-0 at home. Lost to Sporting Cristal of Peru 2-1 at home and 2-1 away.

• D.C. United - CONCACAF Giants Cup - defeated Arnett Gardens of Jamaica 5-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals. Defeated Comunicaciones of Guatemala 2-1 in semifinals. Lost to Club América of Mexico 2-0 in final.
• Columbus Crew - CONCACAF Giants Cup - lost to Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica 3-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion
• Scoring Champion: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion (47)
• Defender of the Year: Jeff Agoos, San Jose Earthquakes
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Tim Howard, MetroStars
• Rookie of the Year: Rodrigo Faria, MetroStars
• Coach of the Year: Frank Yallop, San Jose Earthquakes
• Comeback Player of the Year: Troy Dayak, San Jose Earthquakes
• Goal of the Year: Clint Mathis, MetroStars
• Fair Play Award: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion
• Humanitarian of the Year: Tim Howard, MetroStars

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