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 | ||||
| 125 | 375 | 3.00 | 70 | 56.00% | 21 | 16.80% | 34 | 27.20% |
| 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 | Columbus Crew | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 35 | OWWL | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | |
| 2 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 34 | LLWW | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | |
| 3 | Metrostars | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 40 | -3 | 32 | LWLL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | ||
| 4 | New England Revolution | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 29 | OWWL | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | ||
| 5 | D.C. United | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 26 | WLXO | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 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 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 42 | LLWX | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 42 | WLWW | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |
| 3 | 1 | Dallas Burn | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 40 | LWLW | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 46 | -6 | 39 | WLWL | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 42 | -7 | 35 | WLLL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||
| 20 | +3 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 17 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| 13 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 11 | +1 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) |
| +1 | Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 10 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| 7 | +2 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 6 | +1 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Saturday, 31 August 2002 | |||||
| LA Galaxy | 3-0 | Metrostars | |||
| 4 | Ruiz | ||||
| 23 | Ruiz | ||||
| 83 | Ruiz | ||||
| Columbus Crew | 0-0 | New England Revolution | |||
| D.C. United | 4-2 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 38 | Convey | 49 | Donovan | ||
| 74 | Nelsen | 58 | Donovan | ||
| 84 | Pope | ||||
| 86 | Villegas | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 2-1 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 22 | Fabbro | 62 | Bocanegra | ||
| 90 | Brown | ||||
| Sunday, 1 September 2002 | |||||
| Colorado Rapids | 3-2 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 12 | Henderson | 34 | Johnson | ||
| 21 | Kingsley | 67 | MartÃnez | ||
| 87 | Carrieri | ||||
