Major League| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 140 | 421 | 3.00 | 77 | 55.00% | 22 | 15.71% | 41 | 29.29% |
| Eastern | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 38 | LWLO | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 28 | ||
| 2 | 2 | New England Revolution | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 49 | +0 | 38 | WWWO | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 37 | WLLL | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Metrostars | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 35 | LLLW | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |
| 5 | D.C. United | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 32 | LWWL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Western | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 51 | WWWW | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |
| 2 | 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 45 | LLWL | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |
| 3 | Dallas Burn | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 43 | WLLL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | ||
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 43 | XWWL | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 45 | -8 | 36 | XLWL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | ||
| Saturday, 21 September 2002 | |||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 0-1 | LA Galaxy | |||
| New England Revolution | 3-0 | Metrostars | |||
| Sunday, 22 September 2002 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 2-1 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 24 | +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 23 | +1 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 16 | +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) |
| 14 | +1 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) |
| Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| 13 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | ||
| 11 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| +1 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| 7 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | |
| +1 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| 6 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Bobby CONVEY (D.C. United) |
| +1 | Ali CURTIS (D.C. United) | |
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
