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 | ||||
| 90 | 269 | 2.98 | 49 | 54.44% | 16 | 17.78% | 25 | 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 | 1 | Metrostars | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 26 | WLWL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |
| 2 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 24 | OWWL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 22 | XWLL | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | D.C. United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 20 | OLLL | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| 5 | 1 | New England Revolution | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 19 | LLWW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 35 | WLWL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 30 | LWXW | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | +0 | 27 | XWLW | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 26 | XLLW | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 25 | XWXW | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 14 | +1 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 12 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| 11 | +1 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| 10 | +2 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) |
| 9 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 8 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 7 | +1 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) |
| 6 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| +1 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 5 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| +1 | Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | |
| +1 | Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | |
| 4 | +1 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Dwayne DE ROSARIO (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Saturday, 20 July 2002 | |||||
| Metrostars | 4-3 | New England Revolution | |||
| 25 | Williams | 43 | Twellman | ||
| 34 | Diallo | 59 | Ralston | ||
| 41 | Davis | 63 | Hernández | ||
| 46 | Diallo | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 0-0 | D.C. United | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 4-0 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 3 | Graziani | ||||
| 28 | Lagos | ||||
| 42 | De Rosario | ||||
| 88 | Donovan | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 2-2 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 31 | Ruiz | 4 | Klein | ||
| 56 | Hendrickson | 46 | Talley | ||
| Columbus Crew | 1-1 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 28 | Washington | 88 | Carrieri | ||
