| 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 | ||||
| 99 | 294 | 2.96 | 54 | 54.55% | 17 | 17.17% | 28 | 28.28% |
| 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 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 29 | LWWL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 27 | WLOW | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |
| 3 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 25 | LWXW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |
| 4 | 1 | New England Revolution | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 42 | -7 | 22 | WLLL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |
| 5 | 1 | D.C. United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 20 | LLOL | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | |
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 38 | LWWL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 31 | XLWX | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 30 | WXWL | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 4 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 36 | -5 | 30 | XWXL | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 30 | +0 | 28 | WLXW | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 16 | +2 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 15 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| 12 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| 11 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| +2 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| 9 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 8 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| +1 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +1 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 6 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| 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) | ||
| +1 | Igor SIMUTENKOV (Kansas City Wizards) |
| Saturday, 27 July 2002 | |||||
| D.C. United | 0-1 | New England Revolution | |||
| 16 | Heaps | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 2-2 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 62 | Carrieri | 53 | Cerritos | ||
| 76 | Chung | 90 | Morrow | ||
| LA Galaxy | 2-1 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 9 | Ruiz | 41 | Clark | ||
| 75 | Ruiz | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 3-0 | Metrostars | |||
| 6 | Curtin | ||||
| 49 | Razov | ||||
| 57 | Razov | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 2-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 30 | Armstrong | 25 | Robinson | ||
| 86 | Simutenkov | ||||