2000 Major League Soccer season

2000 Major League Soccer season

Season	2000
MLS Cup	Kansas City Wizards
Supporters' Shield	Kansas City Wizards
Top goalscorer	Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny Goals: 28
Longest winning run	MetroStars Games: 5 (07/01 - 08/02)
Longest unbeaten run	Kansas City Wizards Games: 12 (03/25 - 06/04)
Longest losing run	San Jose Earthquakes Games: 6 (07/15 - 08/19)
Highest attendance	Los Angeles Galaxy Season: 326,392 Game Avg.: 20,400
Lowest attendance	Miami Fusion F.C. Season: 119,352 Game Avg.: 7,460
Average attendance	Major League Soccer Season: 2,641,085 Game Avg.: 13,756
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This is a summary of the 2000 Major League Soccer season.

Final standings

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - MetroStars	32	17	12	3	64	56	8	54
x - New England Revolution	32	13	13	6	47	49	-2	45
Miami Fusion F.C.	32	12	15	5	54	56	-2	41
D.C. United	32	8	18	6	44	63	-19	30

Central Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	16	57
x - Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	12	52
x - Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	-10	38

Western Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
s - Kansas City Wizards	32	16	7	9	47	29	18	57
x - Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	10	8	47	37	10	50
x - Colorado Rapids	32	13	15	4	43	59	-16	43
San Jose Earthquakes	32	7	17	8	35	50	-15	29

• Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
  s = Supporters Shield
  x = Clinched Playoff berth.

Overall

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards (SS) (W1)	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	57	2000 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Chicago Fire (C1)	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	57
3	MetroStars (E1)	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	54	2000 MLS Cup Playoffs
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

Source: MLSSoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored.
(SS) = MLS Supporters' Shield; (E1) = Eastern Division champion, (C1) = Central Division champion, (W1) = Western Division champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

MLS Cup Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							MLS Cup '00
	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

• Points system
  Win = 3 Pts.
  Loss = 0 Pts.
  Draw = 1 Pts.

• 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 16, 2000 Game 1	Colorado Rapids	0 – 1	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 8,682
			Molnar  18'

September 20, 2000 Game 2	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 0	Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field Denver, Colorado Attendance: 8,789

September 24, 2000 Game 3	Colorado Rapids	2 – 3	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 4,156
	Bravo  70',  90'+ (pen)		Henderson  11' Molnar  65' Gomez  69'

Kansas City Wizards advance 7-1 on points.

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September 15, 2000 Game 1	New England Revolution	1 – 2	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 10,476
	Harris  50'		Wright  54' (O.G.) Kovalenko  73'

September 19, 2000 Game 2	Chicago Fire	1 – 2	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 10,723
	Kovalenko  83'		Wynalda  18' Wright  86'

September 22, 2000 Game 3	New England Revolution	0 – 6	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 5,972
			Razov  5',  65' Stoichkov  14',  17' Nowak  45'+ George  75'

Chicago Fire advance 6-3 on points.

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September 15, 2000 Game 1	Dallas Burn	1 – 1 (AET) 0 – 1 (ASDET)	MetroStars	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Attendance: 14,868
	Rhine  57'		Mathis  34' Valencia  100'

September 20, 2000 Game 2	MetroStars	2 – 1	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Attendance: 7,555
	Mathis  53',  81'		Rodriguez  82' (Pen)

MetroStars advance 6-0 on points.

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September 14, 2000 Game 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Attendance: 5,583
	Vanney  61' (pen)

September 20, 2000 Game 2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2 – 5	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Attendance: 13,581
	Diallo  21',  67'		Hendrickson  14' Kelly  19' Hernández  48' Cienfuegos  51' Jones  85'

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6-0 on points.

Semifinals

September 26, 2000 Game 1	MetroStars	0 – 3	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 7,141
			Stoichkov  21' Kovalenko  35' Razov  84'

September 30, 2000 Game 2	Chicago Fire	0 – 2	MetroStars	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Attendance: 15,476
			Chung  40' Valencia  84'

October 6, 2000 Game 3	MetroStars	2 – 3	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois Attendance: 10,133
	Valencia  32',  36'		Brown  4' Stoichkov  31' Razov  88'

Chicago Fire advance 6-3 on points.

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September 29, 2000 Game 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 0	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 11,815

October 3, 2000 Game 2	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 1 (AET) 0 – 1 (ASDET)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Attendance: 20,849
	McKeon  29'		Jones  16' Califf  93'

October 6, 2000 Game 3	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 1	Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 8,320
			Molnar  22' (Pen)

		0–1 series (SDET)
			Molnar  6'

Kansas City Wizards advance 1-0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4-4 tie on points.

MLS Cup 2000

October 15, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 0	Chicago Fire	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. Attendance: 39,159
	Molnar  11'

Team Awards

• MLS Cup - Kansas City Wizards
• U.S. Open Cup - Chicago Fire
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Kansas City Wizards

International Competition

2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

• Los Angeles Galaxy
  Defeated Real C.D. España 5-3 in PK, 0-0 draw (Quarter-finals).
  Defeated D.C. United 4-2 in PK, 1-1 draw (Semi-finals).
  Defeated C.D. Olimpia 3-2 in regulation (Final).

• D.C. United
  Defeated L.D. Alajuelense 2-1 (Quarter-finals).
  Lost Los Angeles Galaxy 4-2 in PK, 1-1 draw (Semi-finals).

Top Goal Scorers

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

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Individual Awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Champion	Mamadou Diallo (56 Points)	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Defender of the Year	Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards
Goalkeeper of the Year	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Rookie of the Year	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire
Coach of the Year	Bob Gansler	Kansas City Wizards
Comeback Player of the Year	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
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

Winningest Coaches (By Wins)

Coach	Club	Win	Loss	Draw	Pct.	Pts.	OT Rec.
Bob Bradley	Chicago Fire	17	9	6	0.625	57	0-1-6
Octavio Zambrano	MetroStars	17	12	3	0.578	54	3-2-3
Bob Gansler	Kansas City Wizards	16	7	9	0.641	57	0-0-9
Tim Hankinson	Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	12	4	0.563	52	1-1-4
Sigi Schmid	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	10	8	0.563	50	1-2-8
Dave Dir	Dallas Burn	14	14	4	0.500	46	0-0-4
Fernando Clavijo	New England Revolution	13	13	6	0.500	45	1-1-6
Glenn Myernick	Colorado Rapids	13	15	4	0.469	43	3-1-4
Tom Fitzgerald	Columbus Crew	11	16	5	0.422	38	1-0-5
Ray Hudson	Miami Fusion F.C.	11	11	1	0.500	34	1-1-1
Thomas Rongen	D.C. United	8	18	6	0.344	30	2-3-6
Lothar Osiander	San Jose Earthquakes	7	17	8	0.344	29	0-1-8
Ivo Wortmann	Miami Fusion F.C.	1	4	4	0.333	7	0-0-4

Team Attendance Totals

Club	Games	Season	Game Avg.
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 F.C.	16	119,352	7,460
OVERALL	192	2,641,085	13,756

Reference

• MLS Site