| 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 | ||||
| 54 | 157 | 2.90 | 28 | 51.85% | 11 | 20.37% | 15 | 27.78% |
| 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 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 17 | LWXW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 14 | WLXW | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | D.C. United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 13 | WWXL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | Metrostars | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 | XLLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 10 | LLLW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 23 | WWXL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 19 | LWWL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Dallas Burn | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 17 | WXXW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 17 | WLLL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 10 | LXXW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 9 | +2 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 8 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| +2 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| +1 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| 6 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +1 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 4 | John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | ||
| 3 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| +1 | Santino QUARANTA (D.C. United) | |
| +1 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| +3 | Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | |
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) |
| Saturday, 8 June 2002 | |||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 3-0 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 40 | Graziani | ||||
| 48 | Graziani | ||||
| 75 | Mulrooney | ||||
| D.C. United | 3-2 | New England Revolution | |||
| 40 | Nelsen | 35 | Twellman | ||
| 44 | Quaranta | 36 | Twellman | ||
| 64 | Nelsen | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 4-1 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 4 | Rhine | 90 | Chung | ||
| 17 | Rhine | ||||
| 35 | Kreis | ||||
| 74 | Rhine | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 1-0 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 57 | Lalas | ||||
| Wednesday, 12 June 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 1-2 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 11 | Ralston | 20 | McCarty | ||
| 90 | Buddle | ||||