2002 Major League Soccer season

Season	2002
MLS Cup	Los Angeles Galaxy
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles Galaxy
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This is a summary of the 2002 Major League Soccer season.

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

[edit] Final standings

Position	Eastern Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	New England Revolution	38	28	12	14	2	49	49	0	16,927
2	Columbus Crew	38	28	11	12	5	44	43	+1	17,429
3	Chicago Fire	37	28	11	13	4	43	38	+5	12,922
4	MetroStars	35	28	11	15	2	41	47	-6	18,148
5	D.C. United	32	28	9	14	5	31	40	-9	16,519
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	51	28	16	9	3	44	33	+11	19,047
2	San Jose Earthquakes	45	28	14	11	3	45	35	+10	11,150
3	Dallas Burn	43	28	12	9	7	44	43	+1	13,122
4	Colorado Rapids	43	28	13	11	4	43	48	-5	20,687
5	Kansas City Wizards	36	28	9	10	9	37	45	-8	12,255

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 25, 2002	Kansas City Wizards	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: Pasadena, California Attendance: 14,585
	Preki 25' Brown 70'		Ruiz pen 62' Jones 85' Ruiz 99'

September 28, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–4	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 9,484
	Albright 71'		Simutenkov 19' Quill 37' Preki 70' Fabbro 73'

October 2, 2002	Kansas City Wizards	2–5	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: Pasadena, California Attendance: 14,713
	Klein 47' Preki 72'		Ruiz 34' Jones 45'+ Jones 62' Ruiz 66' Tennyson 93'

Los Angeles advance 6-3 on points.

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September 26, 2002	Chicago Fire	0–2	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 6,306
			Twellman 13' Hernandez 60'

September 29, 2002	New England Revolution	1–2	Chicago Fire	Cardinal Stadium: Naperville, Illinois Attendance: 9,434
	Kamler 28'		Razov (pen) 43' Razov 76'

October 2, 2002	Chicago Fire	0–2	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 6,954
			Kamler 12' Twellman 65'

New England advance 6-3 on points.

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September 26, 2002	Columbus Crew	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium: San Jose, California Attendance: 8,069
	Buddle 38' Garcia 81'		Donovan 54'

September 28, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium: Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 13,004
	Graziani 58'		Garcia 50' McBride 81'

Columbus advance 6-0 on points.

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September 25, 2002	Colorado Rapids	2–4	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: Dallas, Texas Attendance: 6,360
	Valderrama 2' Spencer (pen) 75'		Morrow 26' Kreis 49' Deering 68' Martínez 70'

September 28, 2002	Dallas Burn	0–1	Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field: Denver, Colorado Attendance: 9,637
			Carrieri 78'

October 2, 2002	Colorado Rapids	1–1	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: Dallas, Texas Attendance: 8,008
	Spencer 22'		Rhine 6'

		1–0 series OT
	Chung 1'

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

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Semifinals

October 5, 2002	Colorado Rapids	0–4	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: Pasadena, California Attendance: 24,742
			Califf 21' Ruiz 24' Hendrickson 71' Ruiz 84'

September 28, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field: Denver, Colorado Attendance: 12,367
	Ruiz 64'

Los Angeles advance 6-0 on points.

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October 6, 2002	Columbus Crew	0–0	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 11,387

September 29, 2002	New England Revolution	1–0	Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium: Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 10,245
	Heaps 3'

October 12, 2002	Columbus Crew	2–2	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 9,216
	McBride 80' Washington 85'		Ralston 17' Harris 47'

New England advance 5-2 on points.

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MLS Cup 2002

October 20, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0 2OT	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium: Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 61,316
	Ruiz 113'

Los Angeles, New England, and San Jose earn MLS regular-season berths to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003.

Columbus qualify as U.S. Open Cup champions.

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - Los Angeles Galaxy
• U.S. Open Cup - Columbus Crew
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Los Angeles Galaxy

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Scoring Champion: Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution (52)
• Defender of the Year: Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Fire
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Joe Cannon, San Jose Earthquakes
• Rookie of the Year: Kyle Martino, Columbus Crew
• Coach of the Year: Steve Nicol, New England Revolution
• Comeback Player of the Year: Chris Klein, Kansas City Wizards
• Goal of the Year: Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Fair Play Award: Mark Chung, Colorado Rapids
• Humanitarian of the Year: Steve Jolley, MetroStars

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