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 | ||||
| 115 | 346 | 3.00 | 62 | 53.91% | 20 | 17.39% | 33 | 28.70% |
| 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 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 34 | WWLO | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 34 | WWLW | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 3 | Metrostars | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 29 | LLLW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 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 | New England Revolution | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 46 | -10 | 22 | LLWL | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 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 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 42 | WXLW | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 39 | WWLW | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |
| 3 | 1 | Dallas Burn | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 37 | LWWL | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |
| 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 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 32 | LLLO | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||
| 17 | +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 15 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| 13 | +1 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) |
| +1 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| +2 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | |
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 10 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 8 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 7 | +2 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) |
| 6 | +1 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) |
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +1 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Sunday, 18 August 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 0-2 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 31 | Razov | ||||
| 85(og) | Cullen | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 0-4 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 11 | Cunningham | ||||
| 42 | Buddle | ||||
| 58 | Buddle | ||||
| 61 | Cunningham | ||||
| Wednesday, 21 August 2002 | |||||
| LA Galaxy | 2-1 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 31 | Ruiz | 60 | Preki | ||
| 82 | Lalas | ||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 3-1 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 7 | Graziani | 43 | Rodriguez | ||
| 33 | Donovan | ||||
| 63 | Corrales | ||||
