2001 Major League Soccer season

The 2001 Major League Soccer season was shortened due to the September 11 attacks, with the final weeks' regular season matches canceled.^[1] The playoffs, however, were played, and the San Jose Earthquakes won their first MLS Cup.

2001 Major League Soccer season

Season	2001
MLS Cup	San Jose Earthquakes (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Miami Fusion (1st shield)
Matches played	158
Goals scored	519 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Pineda Chacon Miami Fusion F.C. Goals: 19
Highest attendance	D.C. United Season: 258,213 Game Avg.: 21,518
Lowest attendance	San Jose Earthquakes Season: 125,250 Game Avg.: 9,635
Total attendance	2,363,859
Average attendance	14,961
← 2000 2002 →

D.C.
United

MetroStars

Miami
Fusion

New England Revolution

Chicago
Fire

Columbus Crew

Dallas
Burn

Tampa Bay Mutiny

Colorado Rapids

Los Angeles Galaxy

Kansas City Wizards

San Jose Earthquakes

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Locations of teams for the 2001 Major League Soccer season
Western Division   Central Division   Eastern Division

Standings

Eastern Conference v t e
Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Miami Fusion	53	26	16	5	5	57	36	+21
2	MetroStars	42	26	13	10	3	38	35	+3
3	New England Revolution	27	27	7	14	6	35	52	−17
4	D.C. United	26	26	8	16	2	42	50	−8

	2001 Supporters' Shield winner
	2001 MLS Cup Playoffs

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Chicago Fire	53	27	16	6	5	50	30	+20
2	Columbus Crew	45	26	13	7	6	49	36	+13
3	Dallas Burn	35	26	10	11	5	48	47	+1
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	27	4	21	2	32	68	−36

	2001 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference v t e
Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	47	26	14	7	5	52	36	+16
2	San Jose Earthquakes	45	26	13	7	6	47	29	+18
3	Kansas City Wizards	36	27	11	13	3	33	53	−20
4	Colorado Rapids	23	26	5	13	8	36	47	−11

	2001 MLS Cup Playoffs

• Top eight teams with the highest points per game clinch playoff berth, regardless of division.
• Miami Fusion F.C. wins first tiebreaker with Chicago Fire (2-0 in head-to-head competition)
• Columbus Crew wins first tiebreaker with San Jose Earthquakes (1-0-1 in head-to-head competition)
• Season shortened due to September 11 attacks. Due to the different number of games played, playoff ordering determined by points per game, instead of total points.^[1]
• Dallas Burn (1.35 ppg) finishes ahead of Kansas City Wizards (1.33 ppg) in points per game

MLS Cup Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							MLS Cup 2001
	2	Chicago Fire (7 Points)	2	1	2
	7	Dallas Burn (1 Points)	0	1	0
								2	Chicago Fire (1 Points)	1	0	1
								3	Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* (7 Points)	1	1*	2*
	3	Los Angeles Galaxy (SDET)* (4 Points)	1	1	3*
	6	MetroStars (4 Points)	1	4	2
															3	Los Angeles Galaxy	1
															5	San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)*	2
	1	Miami Fusion (6 Points)	2	0	2
	8	Kansas City Wizards (3 Points)	0	3	1
								1	Miami Fusion (3 Points)	1	0	0
								5	San Jose Earthquakes (SDET)* (6 Points)	0	4	1*
	4	Columbus Crew (0 Points)	1	0	x
	5	San Jose Earthquakes (6 Points)	3	3	x

• Points system
  Win = 3 Pts.
  Loss = 0 Pts.
  Draw = 1 Pt.
• ASDET*=Added Sudden Death Extra Time (Game tie breaker)
  SDET**=Sudden Death Extra Time (Series tie breaker)
  Teams will advance at 5 points.

Quarterfinals

September 20, 2001

Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire
		Bocanegra   40' Whitfield   90'+

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 8,314

September 23, 2001

Chicago Fire	1–1	Dallas Burn
J. Beasley   84'		Deering   27'

Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance:: 17,149

September 29, 2001

Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire
		Kovalenko   17' Armas   55'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 12,811

Chicago Fire advance 7–1 on points.

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September 22, 2001

Kansas City Wizards	0–2	Miami Fusion
		Serna   28' Pineda Chacon   53'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 6,281

September 26, 2001

Miami Fusion	0–3	Kansas City Wizards
		Lowe   24' McKeon   31' (pen.) Gomez   45'+

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 5,803

September 29, 2001

Kansas City Wizards	1–2	Miami Fusion
Lowe   13'		Preki   14' Henderson   71'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 8,119

Miami Fusion advance 6–3 on points.

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September 23, 2001

MetroStars	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy
Faria   29'		Caligiuri   63'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 11,580

September 26, 2001

Los Angeles Galaxy	1–4	MetroStars
Victorine   4'		Faria   72',   80' Chung   75' Valencia   83'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 12,817

September 29, 2001

MetroStars	2–3	Los Angeles Galaxy
Villegas   49',   60'		Victorine   21',   33' Frye   56'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 6,154

	0–1 series (SDET)
		Cienfuegos   8'

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 1-0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4-4 tie on points.

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September 22, 2001

San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Columbus Crew
Donovan   5'   45'+ Lagos   31'		Warzycha   54' (pen.)

Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 20,883

September 26, 2001

Columbus Crew	0–3	San Jose Earthquakes
		Lagos   9' Cerritos   68' Donovan   76'

Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
Attendance: 10,419

San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

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October 10, 2001

Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1	Chicago Fire
Hernández   44'		Wynalda   32'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,388

October 13, 2001

Chicago Fire	0–1 (AET)	Los Angeles Galaxy
		Vagenas   94'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 10,100

October 17, 2001

Los Angeles Galaxy	2–1 (AET)	Chicago Fire
Califf   44' Cienfuegos   98'		D. Beasley   30'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 13,444

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 7–1 on points.

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October 10, 2001

San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Miami Fusion
		Preki   53'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 9,236

October 14, 2001

Miami Fusion	0–4	San Jose Earthquakes
		Donovan   16' Russell   57' Lagos   69' De Rosario   89'

Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
Attendance: 16,119

October 17, 2001

San Jose Earthquakes	1–0 (AET)	Miami Fusion
Dayak   94'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 11,242

San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–3 on points.

MLS Cup

Main article: MLS Cup 2001

October 21, 2001

Los Angeles Galaxy	1–2 (AET)	San Jose Earthquakes
Hernández   21'		Donovan   43' De Rosario   96'

Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 21,626

• San Jose Earthquakes earns MLS berth to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.
• D.C. United, Chicago Fire and Kansas City Wizards qualify for CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2001.

Player awards

"text-align: center;"	Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Alex Pineda Chacon	Miami Fusion
Scoring Champion	Alex Pineda Chacon (47 Points)	Miami Fusion
Defender of the Year	Jeff Agoos	San Jose Earthquakes
Goalkeeper of the Year	Tim Howard	MetroStars
Rookie of the Year	Rodrigo Faria	MetroStars
Coach of the Year	Frank Yallop	San Jose Earthquakes
Comeback Player of the Year	Troy Dayak	San Jose Earthquakes
Goal of the Year	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
Fair Play Award	Alex Pineda Chacon	Miami Fusion
Humanitarian of the Year	Tim Howard	MetroStars

Player statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alex Pineda Chacon	Miami Fusion F.C.	19
2	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion F.C.	15
3	John Spencer	Colorado Rapids	14
	Abdul Thompson Conteh	D.C. United	14
5	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Earthquakes	11
	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn	11
7	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	10
	Eric Wynalda*	Chicago Fire	10
9	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	9
10	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	9

Played for more than one team - Most Recent Team Listed*

Attendance

"text-align: center;"	Club	Games	Season	Game Avg.
D.C. United	12	258,213	21,518
MetroStars	13	270,477	20,806
Columbus Crew	13	227,644	17,511
Los Angeles Galaxy	13	226,035	17,387
Colorado Rapids	13	214,249	16,481
Chicago Fire	14	229,438	16,388
New England Revolution	13	203,501	15,654
Dallas Burn	13	163,465	12,574
Miami Fusion	14	156,481	11,177
Kansas City Wizards	13	142,402	10,954
Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	146,704	10,479
San Jose Earthquakes	13	125,250	9,635
OVERALL	158	2,363,859	14,961

International Competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

• Kansas City Wizards
  2001 edition canceled; Wizards advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.
• Chicago Fire
  2001 edition canceled; Fire advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002.

Copa Merconorte

• MetroStars
  Went 3-3-0 in group stage and did not advance.
  Defeated   Deportivo Italchacao, 2-0 at home.
  Awarded two forfeit wins against
    Club Deportivo Guadalajara, after the club refused to travel.
  Lost   Deportivo Italchacao, 2-1 away.
  Lost   Millonarios, 2-1 away and 1-0 at home.
• Kansas City Wizards
  Went 1-4-1 in group stage and did not advance.
  Defeated   Barcelona, 3-2 away, Drew 1-1 at home.
  Lost   Santos Laguna, 4-2 away and 1-0 at home.
  Lost   Sporting Cristal, 2-1 at home and 2-1 away.

CONCACAF Giants Cup

• D.C. United
  Defeated   Arnett Gardens, 5-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.
  Defeated   Comunicaciones, 2-1 in semifinals.
  Lost   Club América, 2-0 in final.
• Columbus Crew
  Lost   Deportivo Saprissa, 3-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.

References

1. . MLSNET. Archived from the original on February 11, 2002. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

External links

• MLS Site July 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine