| 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 | ||||
| 85 | 252 | 2.96 | 47 | 55.29% | 13 | 15.29% | 25 | 29.41% |
| 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 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 23 | WWLL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | Metrostars | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 23 | LWLW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |
| 3 | 2 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 21 | WLLL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 4 | 1 | New England Revolution | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 19 | LWWL | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |
| 5 | 1 | D.C. United | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 19 | LLLW | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 32 | LWLW | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 30 | WXWW | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | +0 | 26 | WLWL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 4 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 25 | LLWW | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 24 | WXWL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 13 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 12 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| 10 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| 9 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 8 | +1 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) |
| +1 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 6 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) |
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| +2 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| 4 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +2 | Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | |
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| +2 | Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Saturday, 13 July 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 2-4 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 41 | Cullen | 12 | Klein | ||
| 82 | Pineda Chacón | 55 | Zavagnin | ||
| 64 | Klein | ||||
| 84 | Fabbro | ||||
| D.C. United | 1-3 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 39 | Convey | 27 | McBride | ||
| 40 | McBride | ||||
| 50 | Perez | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 2-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 50(og) | Conrad | 90 | De Rosario | ||
| 88 | O'Brien | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 1-3 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 29 | Henderson | 35 | Califf | ||
| 69 | Hendrickson | ||||
| 71 | Ruiz | ||||
| Metrostars | 2-3 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 14 | Williams | 53 | Wolff | ||
| 87 | Diallo | 56 | Wolff | ||
| 90 | Beasley | ||||