| 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 | ||||
| 75 | 217 | 2.89 | 43 | 57.33% | 12 | 16.00% | 20 | 26.67% |
| 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 | Metrostars | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 20 | LWLW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2 | D.C. United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 19 | LWWL | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 18 | LLXW | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 17 | LLLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | ||
| 5 | New England Revolution | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 16 | WLLW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 29 | LWWL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 26 | WWLW | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 25 | WWLL | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 23 | WLWL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 20 | WLWX | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 12 | +1 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| +1 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| +2 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 10 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| 9 | +1 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) |
| 8 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | |
| 7 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 6 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +3 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 5 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| +1 | Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | |
| 4 | +1 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| +2 | Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | |
| 3 | Ryan NELSEN (D.C. United) | |
| Brian MULLAN (LA Galaxy) | ||
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Santino QUARANTA (D.C. United) | ||
| +1 | Ali CURTIS (D.C. United) | |
| Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United) | ||
| Chris BROWN (Kansas City Wizards) |
| Thursday, 4 July 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 4-1 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 11 | Twellman | 82 | McBride | ||
| 31 | Ralston | ||||
| 39 | Cullen | ||||
| 65 | Ralston | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 2-1 | D.C. United | |||
| 17 | Fabbro | 55 | Curtis | ||
| 20 | Talley | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 2-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 34 | Ruiz | 30 | Lagos | ||
| 87 | Ruiz | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 3-2 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 57 | Carrieri | 7 | Razov | ||
| 82 | Carrieri | 69 | Moore | ||
| 87 | Carrieri | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 2-0 | Metrostars | |||
| 38 | Rhine | ||||
| 83 | Kreis | ||||