| 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 | ||||
| 45 | 120 | 2.66 | 22 | 48.89% | 10 | 22.22% | 13 | 28.89% |
| 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 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 14 | XWLW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 11 | XWXL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Metrostars | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 | XLLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | New England Revolution | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 10 | WLLW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| 5 | 1 | D.C. United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 10 | WXLL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 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 | San Jose Earthquakes | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 17 | XLWW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 | WLWW | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 | LLWW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 4 | Dallas Burn | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 13 | XWLW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 9 | XWLL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 7 | +2 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 6 | +2 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) |
| Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| 4 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | ||
| +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | |
| 3 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +1 | Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| +1 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| +2 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 2 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| +1 | Kelly GRAY (Chicago Fire) | |
| Marco ETCHEVERRY (D.C. United) | ||
| +1 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| Brian MULLAN (LA Galaxy) | ||
| Piotr NOWAK (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Santino QUARANTA (D.C. United) | ||
| Ali CURTIS (D.C. United) | ||
| +1 | Diego SERNA (New England Revolution) | |
| Steve MORROW (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United) | ||
| Chris BROWN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Clint MATHIS (Metrostars) |
| Wednesday, 22 May 2002 | |||||
| Colorado Rapids | 5-2 | New England Revolution | |||
| 1 | Chung | 33 | Twellman | ||
| 31 | Chung | 59 | Harris | ||
| 34 | Carrieri | ||||
| 44 | Henderson | ||||
| 89 | Henderson | ||||
| Saturday, 25 May 2002 | |||||
| Columbus Crew | 1-1 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 66 | Cunningham | 90 | Deering | ||
| Chicago Fire | 1-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 10 | Gray | 60 | Ekelund | ||
| New England Revolution | 3-2 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 11 | Twellman | 36 | Griffiths | ||
| 51 | Ralston | 90 | Ruiz | ||
| 76 | Serna | ||||
| Metrostars | 1-1 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 42 | Diallo | 10 | Klein | ||