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 | ||||
| 111 | 333 | 3.00 | 60 | 54.05% | 20 | 18.02% | 31 | 27.93% |
| 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 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 31 | WLOW | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 15 | |
| 2 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 31 | WLWL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |
| 3 | 2 | Metrostars | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 29 | LLLW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |
| 4 | 1 | D.C. United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 23 | XOOL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |
| 5 | 1 | New England Revolution | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 22 | LWLL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 25 | |
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 39 | XLWW | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 37 | WWLX | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | ||
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 36 | WLWW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 33 | LWXW | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 35 | -3 | 32 | LOWW | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||
| 16 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | |
| 15 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| 13 | Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | |
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| +1 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| 11 | +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) |
| 10 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| 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 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +2 | Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| +1 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| +1 | Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Wednesday, 14 August 2002 | |||||
| Columbus Crew | 3-2 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 24 | Martino | 6 | Jones | ||
| 28 | Buddle | 66 | Elliott | ||
| 78 | Cunningham | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 5-1 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 12 | Beasley | 8 | Preki | ||
| 15 | Wolff | ||||
| 44 | Stoichkov | ||||
| 88 | Kovalenko | ||||
| 90 | Razov | ||||
| Saturday, 17 August 2002 | |||||
| LA Galaxy | 4-0 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 20 | Lalas | ||||
| 59 | Cienfuegos | ||||
| 82 | Victorine | ||||
| 87 | Cienfuegos | ||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2-2 | D.C. United | |||
| 17 | Ekelund | 5 | Quintanilla | ||
| 63 | Ekelund | 61 | Quintanilla | ||
| Metrostars | 1-3 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 48 | Paule | 67 | Cerritos | ||
| 76 | Martínez | ||||
| 86 | Martínez | ||||
