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 | ||||
| 120 | 358 | 2.98 | 66 | 55.00% | 20 | 16.67% | 34 | 28.33% |
| 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 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 34 | LWWL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 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 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 37 | +0 | 32 | WLLL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | New England Revolution | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 28 | WWLL | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |
| 5 | 1 | D.C. United | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 23 | LXOO | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | |
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 42 | LWXL | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Dallas Burn | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 40 | WLWW | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |
| 3 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 39 | LWWL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 44 | -7 | 36 | LWLW | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||
| 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 | +2 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) | ||
| 13 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 10 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +1 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +2 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| 7 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| 6 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| +1 | Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | |
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Saturday, 24 August 2002 | |||||
| Colorado Rapids | 3-0 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 8 | Carrieri | ||||
| 67 | Kingsley | ||||
| 90 | Chung | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 1-0 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 90 | Rhine | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 1-2 | New England Revolution | |||
| 50 | Curtin | 65 | Harris | ||
| 89 | Kante | ||||
| Sunday, 25 August 2002 | |||||
| Metrostars | 1-0 | D.C. United | |||
| 90 | Mathis | ||||
| Wednesday, 28 August 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 3-1 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 27 | Twellman | 75 | Chung | ||
| 39 | Hernández | ||||
| 39 | Twellman | ||||
