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 | ||||
| 94 | 280 | 2.97 | 51 | 54.26% | 16 | 17.02% | 27 | 28.72% |
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 29 | WWLW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 25 | WXWL | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 3 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 24 | LOWW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |
| 4 | D.C. United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 20 | LOLL | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 5 | New England Revolution | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 19 | LLLW | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 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 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 38 | WWLW | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 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 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 29 | WXLL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |
| 4 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | +0 | 27 | XWLW | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 25 | LXWX | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 15 | +1 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 14 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 12 | +1 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| 11 | +1 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) |
| 9 | +1 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) |
| Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 8 | +2 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) |
| 7 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +1 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 6 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +1 | Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | |
| 5 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| 4 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dwayne DE ROSARIO (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Wednesday, 24 July 2002 | |||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 1-0 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 43 | Graziani | ||||
| New England Revolution | 2-3 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 51 | Twellman | 34 | Henderson | ||
| 90 | Wilson | 58 | Kingsley | ||
| 63 | Chung | ||||
| Columbus Crew | 1-0 | D.C. United | |||
| 52 | Washington | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 1-3 | Metrostars | |||
| 61 | Simutenkov | 22 | Faria | ||
| 26 | Diallo | ||||
| 90 | Faria | ||||
