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 | ||||
| 135 | 405 | 3.00 | 75 | 55.56% | 21 | 15.56% | 39 | 28.89% |
| 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 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 38 | WLOW | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 26 | ||
| 2 | 2 | New England Revolution | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 35 | WWOW | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | |
| 3 | 1 | Metrostars | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 44 | -3 | 35 | LLWL | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |
| 4 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 34 | LLLL | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 19 | |
| 5 | D.C. United | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 32 | WWLW | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 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 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 48 | WWWL | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |
| 2 | 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 45 | LWLL | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |
| 3 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 42 | WWLW | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |
| 4 | 1 | Dallas Burn | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 40 | +0 | 40 | LLLW | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Wizards | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 35 | LWLL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||
| 23 | +1 | Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 1p) |
| 22 | +2 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) |
| 15 | +1 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew) |
| 14 | Ariel GRAZIANI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| 13 | Ante RAZOV (Chicago Fire) | |
| Jason KREIS (Dallas Burn) | ||
| 12 | Mamadou DIALLO (Metrostars) | |
| +1 | Rodrigo FARIA (Metrostars) | |
| 11 | Chris HENDERSON (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Chris CARRIERI (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 10 | Mark CHUNG (Colorado Rapids) | |
| 9 | Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | |
| 7 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| +1 | PREKI (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| 6 | Dario FABBRO (Kansas City Wizards) | |
| Ronnie EKELUND (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Bobby RHINE (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Chris KLEIN (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Dante WASHINGTON (Columbus Crew) | ||
| 5 | Brian McBRIDE (Columbus Crew) | |
| +1 | John SPENCER (Colorado Rapids) | |
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Chicago Fire) |
| Thursday, 12 September 2002 | |||||
| Metrostars | 0-1 | D.C. United | |||
| 46 | Etcheverry | ||||
| Saturday, 14 September 2002 | |||||
| LA Galaxy | 1-0 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 90 | Ruiz | ||||
| Columbus Crew | 2-0 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 15 | Denton | ||||
| 22 | Cunningham | ||||
| D.C. United | 2-1 | Metrostars | |||
| 46 | Convey | 6 | Faria | ||
| 87 | Curtis | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 1-2 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 39 | Preki | 35 | Kingsley | ||
| 49 | Spencer | ||||
| Dallas Burn | 1-2 | New England Revolution | |||
| 81 | Rodriguez | 35 | Twellman | ||
| 64 | Twellman | ||||
