2000_MLS_season

Major League Soccer
Season	2000
MLS Cup	Kansas City Wizards (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Kansas City Wizards (1st shield)
2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Kansas City Wizards; Chicago Fire
Matches played	192
Goals scored	612 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mamadou Diallo; Tampa Bay Mutiny; Goals: 26
Longest winning run	MetroStars; Games: 5; (1 Jul – 2 Aug)
Longest unbeaten run	Kansas City Wizards; Games: 12; (25 Mar – 4 Jun)
Longest losing run	San Jose Earthquakes; Games: 6; (15 Jul – 19 Aug)
Highest attendance	Los Angeles Galaxy; Season: 326,392; Game Avg.: 20,400
Lowest attendance	Miami Fusion; Season: 119,352; Game Avg.: 7,460
Total attendance	2,641,085
Average attendance	13,756
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2000 Major League Soccer season

5th season of Major League Soccer

The 2000 Major League Soccer season was the fifth season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 88th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 22nd with a national first-division league.

Quick Facts Season, MLS Cup ...

D.C. United

MetroStars

Miami

New England

Chicago

Columbus

Dallas

Tampa Bay

Colorado

Los Angeles

Kansas City

San Jose

Locations of teams for the 2000 Major League Soccer season

Western Division

Central Division

Eastern Division

The 2000 season marked the first time in league history (and the first season of American first division soccer since 1974), that ties were allowed to stand. Following a ten-minute sudden death extra time, rather than going to a penalty shoot-out, a point was awarded to both teams. Additionally, the league was divided into three separate divisions, the East, Central and West divisions.

The San Jose Clash rebranded as the Earthquakes, a throwback to the NASL team of the same name.

The regular season began on March 18, and concluded on September 9. The 2000 MLS Cup Playoffs began on September 14, and concluded with MLS Cup 2000 on October 15. The Kansas City Wizards won their first MLS Cup with a victory over the Chicago Fire.

Fixtures and results

More information Home \ Away, CHI ...

Source: FBREF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note: * = Match required extra time

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Chicago Fire	Soldier Field	66,944
Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium	76,273
Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	22,555
D.C. United	RFK Stadium	46,000
Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl	92,100
Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium	81,425
Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl	92,542
Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium	20,450
New England Revolution	Foxboro Stadium	60,292
MetroStars	Giants Stadium	80,200
San Jose Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium	30,456
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium	69,218

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Bob Bradley		—
Colorado Rapids	Glenn Myernick
Columbus Crew	Tom Fitzgerald		Snickers
D.C. United	Thomas Rongen		MasterCard
Dallas Burn	Dave Dir
Kansas City Wizards	Bob Gansler		—
Los Angeles Galaxy	Sigi Schmid		—
MetroStars	Octavio Zambrano	Tab Ramos
Miami Fusion	Ivo Wortmann		—
New England Revolution	Fernando Clavijo		—
San Jose Earthquakes	Lothar Osiander	John Doyle	Yahoo! Sports
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tim Hankinson

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	MetroStars	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	54	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	New England Revolution	32	13	13	6	47	49	−2	45	MLS Cup Playoffs
3	Miami Fusion	32	12	15	5	54	56	−2	41
4	D.C. United	32	8	18	6	44	63	−19	30

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	57	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	+12	52
3	Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
4	Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	−10	38

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	57	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	10	8	47	37	+10	50
3	Colorado Rapids	32	13	15	4	43	59	−16	43
4	San Jose Earthquakes	32	7	17	8	35	50	−15	29

2000_MLS_season

2000 Major League Soccer season

Overview

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorships

Coaching changes

Standings

Eastern Division

Central Division

Western Division

Overall standings

Fixtures and results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

MLS Cup

Player statistics

Goals

Assists

Clean sheets

Awards

Individual awards

Best XI

Player of the Month

Attendance

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards (C, S)	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	57	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	57	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	MetroStars	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	54
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	+12	52
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	10	8	47	37	+10	50
6	Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
7	New England Revolution	32	13	13	6	47	49	−2	45
8	Colorado Rapids	32	13	15	4	43	59	−16	43
9	Miami Fusion	32	12	15	5	54	56	−2	41
10	Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	−10	38
11	D.C. United	32	8	18	6	44	63	−19	30
12	San Jose Earthquakes	32	7	17	8	35	50	−15	29

Home \ Away	CHI	COL	CLB	DAL	DC	KC	LA	MIA	NE	MTS	SJ	TB
Chicago Fire	—	1–2	3–1	4–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	5–1
—	2–1	3–1	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	0–0*
Colorado Rapids	2–1*	—	0–0*	1–0	2–5	0–5	1–0*	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–0
1–1*	—	—	—	—	1–1*	1–0*	3–1	—	—	2–0	—
Columbus Crew	0–2	2–3	—	2–1	1–1*	2–0	2–2*	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1*	1–2
2–3	—	—	1–1*	—	—	—	—	4–1	—	2–1	3–4
Dallas Burn	4–2	0–1	2–1	—	3–0	4–1	1–1*	1–1*	2–1	4–6	2–1	1–0
3–0	—	3–2	—	1–0	—	4–2	—	—	—	—	2–3
D.C. United	3–2	1–1*	1–2	3–2	—	0–0*	0–4	2–1*	1–3	2–3*	0–1	2–2*
—	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–2	2–6	2–0	3–2*	—	—
Kansas City Wizards	4–3	3–0	3–1	0–0*	2–0	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
—	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–5	—	—	0–1	2–0	1–0
Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1*	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0*	—	2–0	2–2*	0–2	1–1*	2–1
—	1–0*	—	0–1	1–2	1–1*	—	—	—	—	2–1	—
Miami Fusion	0–3	2–0	2–4	0–3	1–0*	0–0*	3–5	—	1–1*	3–1	0–0*	2–3
4–2	4–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–1	4–1	—	—
New England Revolution	1–1*	3–4	1–1*	1–2	2–1*	0–1	2–1	1–1*	—	0–2	2–1	2–1
—	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	2–0	—	4–3	3–0	—
MetroStars	4–1	5–3	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	4–2	—	0–0*	3–2*
—	—	—	—	2–2*	0–0*	—	2–1	2–1*	—	—	0–3
San Jose Earthquakes	1–1*	4–2	1–2	5–0	2–2*	0–0*	0–0*	3–1	2–2*	2–0	—	1–2
—	1–2	3–0	—	—	0–3	0–3	—	1–2	—	—	—
Tampa Bay Mutiny	0–1	4–2	5–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–2	4–0	—
3–3*	—	3–1	2–1	—	2–2*	—	—	—	4–3*	—	—

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	26
2	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	18
3	Clint Mathis	Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars	16
	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion
	Adolfo Valencia	MetroStars
6	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn	15
	Dante Washington	Columbus Crew
	Wolde Harris	New England Revolution
9	Alex Comas	MetroStars	13
10	Miklos Molnar	Kansas City Wizards	12
10	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	12

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny	21
2	Clint Mathis	Los Angeles Galaxy, MetroStars	13
3	Eric Quill	Tampa Bay Mutiny	11
4	Martín Machón	Miami Fusion	10
4	Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny	10
6	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	9
6	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	9
8	Mark Chung	MetroStars	8
	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
	Adolfo Valencia	MetroStars
	Robert Warzycha	Columbus Crew

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards	16
2	Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	7
	Kevin Hartman	LA Galaxy
	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
5	Scott Garlick	Tampa Bay Mutiny	6
6	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire	5
7	Tim Howard	MetroStars	4
7	David Kramer	Colorado Rapids	4
9	Jeff Causey	New England Revolution	3
9	Mark Dougherty	Columbus Crew

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Defender of the Year	Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards
Goalkeeper of the Year	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Coach of the Year	Bob Gansler	Kansas City Wizards
Rookie of the Year	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire
Comeback Player of the Year	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Champion	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Goal of the Year	Marcelo Balboa	Colorado Rapids
Fair Play Award	Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Humanitarian of the Year	Abdul Thompson Conteh	San Jose Earthquakes

Week	Player	Club
April	Miklos Molnar	Kansas City Wizards
May	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
June	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
July	Dante Washington	Columbus Crew
August	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
September	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion

Team	Games	Total	Average
Los Angeles Galaxy	16	326,392	20,400
D.C. United	16	297,279	18,580
MetroStars	16	281,938	17,621
New England Revolution	16	247,409	15,463
Columbus Crew	16	247,220	15,451
Chicago Fire	16	214,189	13,387
Dallas Burn	16	209,637	13,102
Colorado Rapids	16	201,280	12,580
San Jose Earthquakes	16	199,364	12,460
Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	151,232	9,452
Kansas City Wizards	16	145,793	9,112
Miami Fusion	16	119,352	7,460
Totals	192	2,641,085	13,756

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					MLS Cup

1	Kansas City Wizards (7 Points)	1	0	3

8	Colorado Rapids (1 Points)	0	0	2
					1	Kansas City Wizards (SDET) (4 Points)**	0	1	1**

					5	Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET) (4 Points)*	0	2*	0
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny (0 Points)	0	2	x

5	Los Angeles Galaxy (6 Points)	1	5	x
										1	Kansas City Wizards	1

										2	Chicago Fire	0
2	Chicago Fire (6 Points)	2	1	6

7	New England Revolution (3 Points)	1	2	0
					2	Chicago Fire (6 Points)	3	0	3

					3	MetroStars (3 Points)	0	2	2
3	MetroStars (ASDET) (6 Points)*	2*	2	x

6	Dallas Burn (0 Points)	1	1	x