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2003 Major League Soccer season
Season2003
MLS CupSan Jose Earthquakes (2nd title)
Supporters' ShieldChicago Fire (1st shield)
Matches played150
Goals scored433 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Ruiz
Los Angeles Galaxy
Goals: 15
Taylor Twellman
N.E. Revolution
Goals: 15
Biggest home winCHI 4-0 COL
CLB 6-2 CHI
Biggest away winSJ 1-4 CHI
DAL 0-3 SJ
Highest scoringNY 4-4 SJ
CLB 6-2 CHI
Longest winning runColorado Rapids
Games: 5
(07/04 – 08/09)
MetroStars
Games: 5
(04/26 – 05/24)
Longest unbeaten runChicago Fire
Games: 7
(07/19 – 08/24)
Colorado Rapids
Games: 7
(08/16 – 10/01)
Longest losing runColorado Rapids
Games: 4
(05/03 – 05/25)
Dallas Burn
Games: 4
(07/19 -08/13)
Highest attendanceLos Angeles Galaxy
Season: 329,752
Game Avg.: 21,983
Lowest attendanceDallas Burn
Season: 118,585
Game Avg.: 7,906
Average attendanceMLS
Season: 2,234,747
Game Avg.: 14,898

The 2003 Major League Soccer season was the 8th season of play for Major League Soccer.

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.

Final Standings

Eastern Conference GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
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
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

Play-off Bracket

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Eastern Conference Semifinals

Chicago Fire2 – 0D.C. United
Williams 4'
Razov 94'		  
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 15,202
D.C. United0 – 2Chicago Fire
  Ralph 17'
Razov 55'
Soldier Field
Chicago
Attendance: 15,312
  • Chicago Fire advance 4-0 on aggregate.
New England Revolution2 – 0MetroStars
Fabbro 17'
Noonan 65'		  
MetroStars1 – 1New England Revolution
Guevara 45'+ (pen) Noonan 21'
  • New England Revolution advance 3-1 on aggregate.

Western Conference Semifinals

San Jose Earthquakes0 – 2Los Angeles Galaxy
Victorine 59'
Ruiz 62'
Los Angeles Galaxy2 – 5 (AET)San Jose Earthquakes
Ruiz 7'
Vagenas 13'		 Agoos 21'
Donovan 35'
Walker 50'
Roner 90'
Faria gold-colored soccer ball 96'
  • San Jose Earthquakes advance 5-4 on aggregate after sudden death extra time.
Kansas City Wizards1 – 1Colorado Rapids
Harris 3' Borchers 53'
Colorado Rapids0 – 2Kansas City Wizards
Simutenkov 45'+
Klein 63'
  • Kansas City Wizards advance 3-1 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

New England Revolution0 – 1 (AET)Chicago Fire
Armas gold-colored soccer ball 101'
Soldier Field
Chicago
Attendance: 14,610
  • Chicago Fire advance 1-0 in sudden death extra time.

Western Conference

Kansas City Wizards2 – 3 (AET)San Jose Earthquakes
Simutenkov 57'
Klein 72'		 Lagos 61'
Mullan 83'
Donovan gold-colored soccer ball 117'
  • San Jose Earthquakes advance 3-2 in sudden death extra time.

MLS Cup 2003

Chicago Fire2 – 4San Jose Earthquakes
Beasley 49'
Roner 54'(og)		 Ekelund 5'
Donovan 38',71'
Mulrooney 50'

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Team awards

Individual awards

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States Preki Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Champion Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States Preki (41) points Kansas City Wizards
Defender of the Year United States Carlos Bocanegra Chicago Fire
Goalkeeper of the Year Canada Pat Onstad San Jose Earthquakes
Rookie of the Year Jamaica Damani Ralph Chicago Fire
Coach of the Year United States Dave Sarachan Chicago Fire
Comeback Player of the Year United States Chris Armas Chicago Fire
Goal of the Year Jamaica Damani Ralph Chicago Fire
Fair Play Award United States Brian McBride Columbus Crew
Humanitarian of the Year United States Ben Olsen D.C. United

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala Carlos Ruiz Los Angeles Galaxy 15
United States Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 15
2 United States Ante Razov Chicago Fire 14
Scotland John Spencer Colorado Rapids 14
3 United States Landon Donovan San Jose Earthquakes 12
United States Brian McBride Columbus Crew 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United States Preki Kansas City Wizards 12
4 Canada United States Mark Chung Colorado Rapids 11
Jamaica Damani Ralph Chicago Fire 11
5 United States Edson Buddle Columbus Crew 10
United States Pat Noonan New England Revolution 10

Goal-scoring totals

Club Overall
Record		 Goals
For		 Goals
For Avg.		 Goals
Against		 Goals
Against Avg.
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

Club Stadium Games Season Game Avg.
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

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