2002 Major League Soccer Stats

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Governing Country: United States us

Level: 1st Tier (See League Structure)

Gender: Male

Champion: LA Galaxy won league championship via league playoffs.

Most Goals: Carlos Ruíz (LA Galaxy) - 24

Most Assists: Andy Williams (New England Revolution) - 15

Most Clean Sheets: Joe Cannon (San Jose Earthquakes) - 8

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League Summary

Regular Season

Eastern Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Eastern Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	NE Revolution	28	12	2	14	49	49	0	38	1.36	Taylor Twellman - 23	Adin Brown	→ Quarter-finals
2	Columbus Crew	28	11	5	12	44	43	+1	38	1.36	Jeff Cunningham - 16	Tom Presthus	→ Quarter-finals
3	Chicago Fire	28	11	4	13	43	38	+5	37	1.32	Ante Razov - 14	Zach Thornton	→ Quarter-finals
4	NY Red Bulls	28	11	2	15	41	47	-6	35	1.25	Rodrigo Faria - 12	Tim Howard
5	D.C. United	28	9	5	14	31	40	-9	32	1.14	Bobby Convey, Ali Curtis - 5	Nick Rimando

Eastern Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	NE Revolution	14	7	0	7	26	22	+4	21	1.50	14	5	2	7	23	27	-4	17	1.21
2	Columbus Crew	14	6	4	4	17	15	+2	22	1.57	14	5	1	8	27	28	-1	16	1.14
3	Chicago Fire	14	5	4	5	23	19	+4	19	1.36	14	6	0	8	20	19	+1	18	1.29
4	NY Red Bulls	14	4	2	8	21	22	-1	14	1.00	14	7	0	7	20	25	-5	21	1.50
5	D.C. United	14	8	2	4	25	20	+5	26	1.86	14	1	3	10	6	20	-14	6	0.43

Western Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Western Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	28	16	3	9	44	33	+11	51	1.82	Carlos Ruíz - 24	Kevin Hartman	→ Quarter-finals
2	SJ Earthquakes	28	14	3	11	45	35	+10	45	1.61	Ariel Graziani - 14	Joe Cannon	→ Quarter-finals
3	Dallas Burn	28	12	7	9	44	43	+1	43	1.54	Jason Kreis - 13	Matt Jordan	→ Quarter-finals
4	Colorado Rapids	28	13	4	11	43	48	-5	43	1.54	Chris Carrieri, Mark Chung... - 11	Scott Garlick	→ Quarter-finals
5	KC Wizards	28	9	9	10	37	45	-8	36	1.29	Chris Klein, Preki - 7	Tony Meola	→ Quarter-finals

Western Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	LA Galaxy	14	11	2	1	27	10	+17	35	2.50	14	5	1	8	17	23	-6	16	1.14
2	SJ Earthquakes	14	12	1	1	33	12	+21	37	2.64	14	2	2	10	12	23	-11	8	0.57
3	Dallas Burn	14	8	2	4	22	15	+7	26	1.86	14	4	5	5	22	28	-6	17	1.21
4	Colorado Rapids	14	9	2	3	30	19	+11	29	2.07	14	4	2	8	13	29	-16	14	1.00
5	KC Wizards	14	7	3	4	22	21	+1	24	1.71	14	2	6	6	15	24	-9	12	0.86

MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Teams played up to three matches, each with overtime if necessary. First team to five points won matchup. If teams were tied after three matches, up to twenty minutes of golden goal (sudden-death) extra time was played, followed by penalty kicks, if needed.

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6	2.00	→ Semi-finals
2	KC Wizards	3	1	0	2	8	9	-1	3	1.00

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	NE Revolution	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	2.00	→ Semi-finals
2	Chicago Fire	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3	1.00

Quarterfinal 3

Quarterfinal 3 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Columbus Crew	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	3.00	→ Semi-finals
2	SJ Earthquakes	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0.00

Quarterfinal 4

Quarterfinal 4 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Colorado Rapids	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4	1.33	→ Semi-finals
2	Dallas Burn	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	1.33

Semi-finals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	3.00	→ MLS Cup 2002
2	Colorado Rapids	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0	0.00

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	NE Revolution	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	1.67	→ MLS Cup 2002
2	Columbus Crew	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	0.67

MLS Cup 2002

Result

LA Galaxy

1–0

NE Revolution

LA Galaxy won match during extra time by golden goal (sudden-death).

Squad Standard Stats 2002 Major League Soccer

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Squad Standard Stats 2002 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
Chicago Fire	28	26.3		28	308	2,573	28.6	41	28	69	39	2	4	61	3	1.43	0.98	2.41	1.36	2.34
Colorado Rapids	23	29.1		28	308	2,569	28.5	43	32	75	37	6	6	63	3	1.51	1.12	2.63	1.30	2.42
Columbus Crew	23	26.2		28	308	2,602	28.9	44	31	75	41	3	3	62	4	1.52	1.07	2.59	1.42	2.49
D.C. United	26	25.9		28	308	2,588	28.8	31	22	53	30	1	4	70	4	1.08	0.77	1.84	1.04	1.81
Dallas Burn	23	27.1		28	308	2,610	29.0	43	33	76	40	3	3	59	4	1.48	1.14	2.62	1.38	2.52
KC Wizards	21	28.2		28	308	2,615	29.1	37	26	63	33	4	6	48	6	1.27	0.89	2.17	1.14	2.03
LA Galaxy	21	26.8		28	308	2,575	28.6	44	33	77	41	3	5	56	5	1.54	1.15	2.69	1.43	2.59
NE Revolution	26	26.6		28	308	2,550	28.3	49	40	89	46	3	4	49	3	1.73	1.41	3.14	1.62	3.04
NY Red Bulls	30	25.7		28	308	2,553	28.4	40	45	85	34	6	9	60	9	1.41	1.59	3.00	1.20	2.78
SJ Earthquakes	19	26.7		28	308	2,557	28.4	42	35	77	40	2	3	55	3	1.48	1.23	2.71	1.41	2.64

Squad Standard Stats 2002 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
vs Chicago Fire	28	26.6		28	308	2,573	28.6	32	42	74				61	8	1.12	1.47	2.59
vs Colorado Rapids	23	26.7		28	308	2,569	28.5	41	65	106				44	5	1.44	2.28	3.71
vs Columbus Crew	23	26.9		28	308	2,602	28.9	32	49	81				52	4	1.11	1.69	2.80
vs D.C. United	26	26.8		28	308	2,588	28.8	35	51	86				63	2	1.22	1.77	2.99
vs Dallas Burn	23	26.7		28	308	2,610	29.0	41	60	101				56	3	1.41	2.07	3.48
vs KC Wizards	21	26.9		28	308	2,615	29.1	40	65	105				50	4	1.38	2.24	3.61
vs LA Galaxy	21	27.2		28	308	2,575	28.6	29	46	75				61	5	1.01	1.61	2.62
vs NE Revolution	26	26.8		28	308	2,550	28.3	43	67	110				52	4	1.52	2.36	3.88
vs NY Red Bulls	30	26.9		28	308	2,553	28.4	42	64	106				72	5	1.48	2.26	3.74
vs SJ Earthquakes	19	27.1		28	308	2,557	28.4	32	47	79				59	4	1.13	1.65	2.78

Squad Goalkeeping 2002 Major League Soccer

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Squad Goalkeeping 2002 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Chicago Fire	2	28	28	2,573	28.6	38	1.33	171	133	77.8	11	4	13	7	25.0
Colorado Rapids	2	28	28	2,569	28.5	48	1.68	167	119	71.3	13	4	11	6	21.4
Columbus Crew	2	28	28	2,601	28.9	43	1.49	183	140	76.5	11	5	12	7	25.0
D.C. United	1	28	28	2,588	28.8	40	1.39	183	143	78.1	9	5	14	7	25.0
Dallas Burn	2	28	28	2,611	29.0	43	1.48	165	122	73.9	12	7	9	3	10.7
KC Wizards	2	28	28	2,615	29.1	45	1.55	168	123	73.2	9	9	10	4	14.3
LA Galaxy	2	28	28	2,577	28.6	33	1.15	155	122	78.7	16	3	9	7	25.0
NE Revolution	2	28	28	2,550	28.3	49	1.73	189	140	74.1	12	2	14	7	25.0
NY Red Bulls	2	28	28	2,554	28.4	47	1.66	202	155	76.7	11	2	15	4	14.3
SJ Earthquakes	2	28	28	2,556	28.4	35	1.23	153	118	77.1	14	3	11	8	28.6

Squad Goalkeeping 2002 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
vs Chicago Fire	2	28	28		28.6						13	4	11	8	28.6
vs Colorado Rapids	2	28	28		28.5						11	4	13	4	14.3
vs Columbus Crew	2	28	28		28.9						12	5	11	4	14.3
vs D.C. United	1	28	28		28.8						14	5	9	12	42.9
vs Dallas Burn	2	28	28		29.0						9	7	12	5	17.9
vs KC Wizards	2	28	28		29.1						10	9	9	4	14.3
vs LA Galaxy	2	28	28		28.6						9	3	16	5	17.9
vs NE Revolution	2	28	28		28.3						14	2	12	4	14.3
vs NY Red Bulls	2	28	28		28.4						15	2	11	8	28.6
vs SJ Earthquakes	2	28	28		28.4						11	3	14	6	21.4

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Squad Shooting 2002 Major League Soccer

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Squad Shooting 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
Chicago Fire	28	28.6	41		165			5.77		0.24		2	4
Colorado Rapids	23	28.5	43		161			5.64		0.23		6	6
Columbus Crew	23	28.9	44		155			5.36		0.26		3	3
D.C. United	26	28.8	31		164			5.70		0.18		1	4
Dallas Burn	23	29.0	43		182			6.28		0.22		3	3
KC Wizards	21	29.1	37		176			6.06		0.19		4	6
LA Galaxy	21	28.6	44		198			6.92		0.21		3	5
NE Revolution	26	28.3	49		186			6.56		0.25		3	4
NY Red Bulls	30	28.4	40		174			6.13		0.20		6	9
SJ Earthquakes	19	28.4	42		177			6.23		0.23		2	3

Squad Shooting 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
vs Chicago Fire	28	28.6	32
vs Colorado Rapids	23	28.5	41
vs Columbus Crew	23	28.9	32
vs D.C. United	26	28.8	35
vs Dallas Burn	23	29.0	41
vs KC Wizards	21	29.1	40
vs LA Galaxy	21	28.6	29
vs NE Revolution	26	28.3	43
vs NY Red Bulls	30	28.4	42
vs SJ Earthquakes	19	28.4	32

Squad Playing Time 2002 Major League Soccer

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Squad Playing Time 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
Chicago Fire	28	26.3	28	2,573	92	100	28.6	308			57	0	0	1.32	43	38	+5	+0.17
Colorado Rapids	23	29.1	28	2,569	92	100	28.5	308			65	0	0	1.54	43	48	-5	-0.18
Columbus Crew	23	26.2	28	2,602	93	100	28.9	308			82	0	0	1.36	44	43	+1	+0.03
D.C. United	26	25.9	28	2,588	92	100	28.8	308			75	0	0	1.14	31	40	-9	-0.31
Dallas Burn	23	27.1	28	2,610	93	100	29.0	308			82	0	0	1.54	44	43	+1	+0.03
KC Wizards	21	28.2	28	2,615	93	100	29.1	308			70	0	0	1.29	37	45	-8	-0.28
LA Galaxy	21	26.8	28	2,575	92	100	28.6	308			76	0	0	1.82	44	33	+11	+0.38
NE Revolution	26	26.6	28	2,550	91	100	28.3	308			66	0	0	1.36	49	49	0	0.00
NY Red Bulls	30	25.7	28	2,553	91	100	28.4	308			77	0	0	1.25	41	47	-6	-0.21
SJ Earthquakes	19	26.7	28	2,557	91	100	28.4	308			67	0	0	1.61	45	35	+10	+0.35

Squad Playing Time 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
vs Chicago Fire	28	26.6	28	2,573	92	100	28.6	308			76	22		1.54	38	43	-5	-0.17
vs Colorado Rapids	23	26.7	28	2,569	92	100	28.5	308			80	25		1.32	48	43	+5	+0.18
vs Columbus Crew	23	26.9	28	2,602	93	100	28.9	308			72	23		1.46	43	44	-1	-0.03
vs D.C. United	26	26.8	28	2,588	92	100	28.8	308			71	22		1.68	40	31	+9	+0.31
vs Dallas Burn	23	26.7	28	2,610	93	100	29.0	308			68	24		1.21	43	44	-1	-0.03
vs KC Wizards	21	26.9	28	2,615	93	100	29.1	308			79	24		1.39	45	37	+8	+0.28
vs LA Galaxy	21	27.2	28	2,575	92	100	28.6	308			63	24		1.07	33	44	-11	-0.38
vs NE Revolution	26	26.8	28	2,550	91	100	28.3	308			74	22		1.57	49	49	0	0.00
vs NY Red Bulls	30	26.9	28	2,553	91	100	28.4	308			70	23		1.68	47	41	+6	+0.21
vs SJ Earthquakes	19	27.1	28	2,557	91	100	28.4	308			64	22		1.29	35	45	-10	-0.35

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2002 Major League Soccer

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Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
Chicago Fire	28	28.6	61	3		472
Colorado Rapids	23	28.5	63	3		467
Columbus Crew	23	28.9	62	4		482
D.C. United	26	28.8	70	4		492
Dallas Burn	23	29.0	59	4		470
KC Wizards	21	29.1	48	6		361
LA Galaxy	21	28.6	56	5		456
NE Revolution	26	28.3	49	3		462
NY Red Bulls	30	28.4	60	9		444
SJ Earthquakes	19	28.4	55	3		446

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2002 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
vs Chicago Fire	28	28.6	61	8	3									2
vs Colorado Rapids	23	28.5	44	5	2									0
vs Columbus Crew	23	28.9	52	4	1									0
vs D.C. United	26	28.8	63	2	0									0
vs Dallas Burn	23	29.0	56	3	1									1
vs KC Wizards	21	29.1	50	4	1									0
vs LA Galaxy	21	28.6	61	5	1									0
vs NE Revolution	26	28.3	52	4	2									0
vs NY Red Bulls	30	28.4	72	5	1									1
vs SJ Earthquakes	19	28.4	59	4	1									3

Leaders

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Nationalities 2002 Major League Soccer

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