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 | ||||
| 106 | 310 | 2.92 | 57 | 53.77% | 19 | 17.92% | 30 | 28.30% |
| 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 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 29 | LLWW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 2 | Chicago Fire | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 28 | LOWL | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 28 | LWLW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 4 | New England Revolution | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 22 | LWLL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||
| 5 | D.C. United | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 22 | OOLL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 34 | WLXL | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 33 | WWXW | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 33 | WXWX | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 32 | OWWL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 16 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 15 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| 13 | +1 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) |
| 12 | +1 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) |
| Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| 11 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| 10 | +1 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) |
| +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | |
| 9 | +1 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) |
| +1 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 8 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 6 | Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +1 | Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | |
| 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) | ||
| +1 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Igor SIMUTENKOV (Kansas City Wizards) |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 0-0 | D.C. United | |||
| Metrostars | 2-3 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 3 | Faria | 19 | McBride | ||
| 55 | Diallo | 27 | Cunningham | ||
| 70 | West | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 0-1 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 77 | Armstrong | ||||
| Saturday, 10 August 2002 | |||||
| Dallas Burn | 3-1 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 25 | Pareja | 64 | Stoichkov | ||
| 89 | Kreis | ||||
| 90 | O'Brien | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 2-1 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 57 | Carrieri | 85 | Buddle | ||
| 64 | Henderson | ||||
| D.C. United | 0-0 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| LA Galaxy | 2-1 | New England Revolution | |||
| 33 | Jones | 62 | Hernández | ||
| 86 | Jones | ||||
