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 | ||||
| 129 | 392 | 3.03 | 72 | 55.81% | 21 | 16.28% | 36 | 27.91% |
| 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 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 41 | +0 | 35 | LOWW | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 26 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Metrostars | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 41 | -1 | 35 | WLWL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |
| 3 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 34 | LLLW | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | |
| 4 | New England Revolution | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 32 | WOWW | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | ||
| 5 | D.C. United | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 26 | LWLX | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 20 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 45 | WLLW | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 45 | WWLW | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | ||
| 3 | Dallas Burn | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 40 | LLWL | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 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 | ||
| 22 | +2 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 20 | +3 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 14 | +1 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) | |
| 13 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| 11 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +2 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 10 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | +2 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) |
| 7 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| 6 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | |
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Thursday, 5 September 2002 | |||||
| Dallas Burn | 1-3 | Metrostars | |||
| 14 | Cerritos | 2 | Mathis | ||
| 62 | Faria | ||||
| 73 | Faria | ||||
| Saturday, 7 September 2002 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 3-0 | D.C. United | |||
| 63 | Twellman | ||||
| 75 | Twellman | ||||
| 90 | Twellman | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 1-2 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 8 | Marsch | 79 | Ruiz | ||
| 87 | Ruiz | ||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 4-3 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 4 | Robinson | 28 | Cunningham | ||
| 22 | Ekelund | 59 | Buddle | ||
| 53 | Graziani | 82 | Buddle | ||
| 90(og) | Dunseth | ||||
