2003 Major League Soccer season
The 2003 Major League Soccer season was the eighth season of play for Major League Soccer.
Season | 2003 |
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MLS Cup | San Jose Earthquakes (2nd title) |
Supporters' Shield | Chicago Fire (1st shield) |
Matches played | 150 |
Goals scored | 433 (2.89 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Carlos Ruiz Los Angeles Galaxy Goals: 15 Taylor Twellman N.E. Revolution Goals: 15 |
Biggest home win | CHI 4–0 COL CLB 6–2 CHI |
Biggest away win | SJ 1–4 CHI DAL 0–3 SJ |
Highest scoring | NY 4–4 SJ CLB 6–2 CHI |
Longest winning run | Colorado Rapids Games: 5 (07/04 – 08/09) MetroStars Games: 5 (04/26 – 05/24) |
Longest unbeaten run | Chicago Fire Games: 7 (07/19 – 08/24) Colorado Rapids Games: 7 (08/16 – 10/01) |
Longest losing run | Colorado Rapids Games: 4 (05/03 – 05/25) Dallas Burn Games: 4 (07/19 -08/13) |
Highest attendance | Los Angeles Galaxy Season: 329,752 Game Avg.: 21,983 |
Lowest attendance | Dallas Burn Season: 118,585 Game Avg.: 7,906 |
Average attendance | MLS Season: 2,234,747 Game Avg.: 14,898 |
← 2002 2004 → |
United
Fire
Burn
Changes from 2002
Instead of a best-of-three series, the MLS Cup Playoffs changed their format so that the quarterfinal fixtures (or conference semifinals) would be a home and away aggregate over two matches, the team with the higher seed would have the home game in the second leg. The two semifinals (or conference finals) became one match fixtures instead of two legs. The Cup final remained one match.
Standings
Eastern Conference | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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s – Chicago Fire | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 53 |
x – New England Revolution | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 45 |
x – MetroStars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 42 |
x – D.C. United | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 |
Columbus Crew | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 38 |
Western Conference | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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x – San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 51 |
x – Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 42 |
x – Colorado Rapids | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 45 | –5 | 40 |
x – Los Angeles Galaxy | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 |
Dallas Burn | 30 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 64 | –29 | 23 |
- The top four teams in each conference make the playoffs.
s = Supporters Shield
x = Playoff Berth
Playoffs
Bracket
Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | MLS Cup 2003 | |||||||||||||
E1 | Chicago (wins 4–0 agg.) | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | D.C. United | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
E3 | New England | 0 | |||||||||||||
E2 | New England (wins 3–1 agg.) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
E3 | MetroStars | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||
W1 | San Jose | 4 | |||||||||||||
W1 | San Jose (wins 5–4 agg.) | 0 | 5* | ||||||||||||
W4 | Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | San Jose | 3 | |||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
W3 | Kansas City | 2 | |||||||||||||
W3 | Kansas City (wins 3–1 agg.) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Chicago Fire | 2–0 | D.C. United |
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Williams 4' Razov 94' |
Washington, D.C.
D.C. United | 0–2 | Chicago Fire |
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Ralph 17' Razov 55' |
Chicago Fire won 4–0 on aggregate.
New England Revolution | 2–0 | MetroStars |
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Fabbro 17' Noonan 65' |
MetroStars | 1–1 | New England Revolution |
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Guevara 45' (pen.) | Noonan 21' |
New England Revolution won 3–1 on aggregate.
Western Conference Semifinals
Los Angeles Galaxy | 2–5 (a.e.t.) | San Jose Earthquakes |
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Ruiz 7' Vagenas 13' | Agoos 21' Donovan 35' Walker 50' Roner 90' Faria 96' |
San Jose Earthquakes won 5–4 on aggregate after golden goal extra time.
Kansas City Wizards won 3–1 on aggregate.
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
New England Revolution | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Chicago Fire |
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Armas 101' |
Western Conference
Kansas City Wizards | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | San Jose Earthquakes |
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Simutenkov 57' Klein 72' | Lagos 61' Mullan 83' Donovan 117' |
MLS Cup 2003
Chicago Fire | 2–4 | San Jose Earthquakes |
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Beasley 49' Roner 54' (o.g.) | Ekelund 5' Donovan 38', 71' Mulrooney 50' |
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
- MLS berths to the 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
MLS Cup Champions
San Jose Earthquakes
MLS Cup runner-up
Chicago Fire
Awards and statistics
Team awards
Individual awards
Top goal scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Carlos Ruiz | Los Angeles Galaxy | 15 |
Taylor Twellman | New England Revolution | 15 | |
3 | Ante Razov | Chicago Fire | 14 |
John Spencer | Colorado Rapids | 14 | |
5 | Landon Donovan | San Jose Earthquakes | 12 |
Brian McBride | Columbus Crew | 12 | |
Preki | Kansas City Wizards | 12 | |
8 | Mark Chung | Colorado Rapids | 11 |
Damani Ralph | Chicago Fire | 11 | |
10 | Edson Buddle | Columbus Crew | 10 |
Pat Noonan | New England Revolution | 10 |
Goal scoring totals
"text-align: center;" | Club | Overall Record | Goals For | Goals For Avg. | Goals Against | Goals Against Avg. |
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New England Revolution | 12-9-9 | 55 | 1.83 (1st) | 47 | 1.57 (9th) | |
Chicago Fire | 15-7-8 | 53 | 1.77 (2nd) | 43 | 1.43 (5th) | |
Kansas City Wizards | 11-10-9 | 48 | 1.60 (3rd) | 44 | 1.47 (6th) | |
San Jose Earthquakes | 14-7-9 | 45 | 1.50 (4th) | 35 | 1.17 (1st) | |
Columbus Crew | 10-12-8 | 44 | 1.47 (5th) | 44 | 1.47 (6th) | |
Colorado Rapids | 11-12-7 | 40 | 1.33 (6th) | 45 | 1.50 (8th) | |
MetroStars | 11-10-9 | 40 | 1.33 (7th) | 40 | 1.33 (4th) | |
D.C. United | 10-11-9 | 38 | 1.27 (8th) | 36 | 1.20 (3rd) | |
Dallas Burn | 6-19-5 | 35 | 1.117 (9th) | 64 | 2.13 (10th) | |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 9-12-9 | 35 | 1.17 (10th) | 35 | 1.17 (1st) | |
Overall totals | 433 | 2.89 |
Team attendance totals
"text-align: center;" | Club | Stadium | Games | Season | Game Avg. |
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Los Angeles Galaxy | The Home Depot Center | 15 | 329,752 | 21,983 | |
Colorado Rapids | Invesco Field | 15 | 251,578 | 16,772 | |
Columbus Crew | Columbus Crew Stadium | 15 | 243,756 | 16,250 | |
MetroStars | Giants Stadium | 15 | 237,326 | 15,822 | |
Kansas City Wizards | Arrowhead Stadium | 15 | 233,594 | 15,573 | |
D.C. United | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | 15 | 233,476 | 15,565 | |
New England Revolution | Gillette Stadium | 15 | 219,611 | 14,641 | |
Chicago Fire | Cardinal Stadium | 15 | 210,080 | 14,005 | |
San Jose Earthquakes | Spartan Stadium | 15 | 156,989 | 10,466 | |
Dallas Burn | Cotton Bowl | 15 | 118,585 | 7,906 | |
MLS totals | 150 | 2,234,747 | 14,898 |
References
External links
- MLS Site