2000 Major League Soccer season

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Major League Soccer
Season2000
MLS Cup Kansas City Wizards (1st title)
Supporters' Shield Kansas City Wizards (1st shield)
2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Kansas City Wizards
Chicago Fire
Matches played192
Goals scored612 (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 attendance2,641,085
Average attendance13,756
1999
2001
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D.C.
United
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MetroStars
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Miami
Fusion
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New England Revolution
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Chicago
Fire
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Columbus Crew
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Dallas
Burn
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Tampa Bay Mutiny
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Colorado Rapids
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Los Angeles Galaxy
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Kansas City Wizards
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San Jose Earthquakes
Locations of teams for the 2000 Major League Soccer season
ButtonViolet.svg Western Division   ButtonGray.svg Central Division   ButtonGreen.svg Eastern Division

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.

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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.

Overview

Stadiums and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
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

Personnel and sponsorships

TeamHead coachCaptainShirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bradley
Colorado Rapids Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Myernick
Columbus Crew Flag of the United States.svg Tom Fitzgerald Snickers
D.C. United Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thomas Rongen MasterCard
Dallas Burn Flag of the United States.svg Dave Dir
Kansas City Wizards Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gansler
Los Angeles Galaxy Flag of the United States.svg Sigi Schmid
MetroStars Flag of Ecuador.svg Octavio Zambrano Flag of the United States.svg Tab Ramos
Miami Fusion Flag of Brazil.svg Ivo Wortmann
New England Revolution Flag of the United States.svg Fernando Clavijo
San Jose Earthquakes Flag of Germany.svg Lothar Osiander Flag of the United States.svg John Doyle Yahoo! Sports
Tampa Bay Mutiny Flag of the United States.svg Tim Hankinson

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointment
Miami Fusion Flag of Brazil.svg Ivo Wortmann FiredMay 8, 2000 Flag of England.svg Ray Hudson May 8, 2000

Standings

Eastern Division

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 MetroStars 32171236456+854 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 New England Revolution 32131364749245
3 Miami Fusion 32121555456241
4 D.C. United 32818644631930
Source: MLS

Central Division

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Chicago Fire 3217966751+1657 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32161246250+1252
3 Dallas Burn 32141445454046
4 Columbus Crew 321116548581038
Source: MLS

Western Division

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Kansas City Wizards 3216794729+1857 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 32141084737+1050
3 Colorado Rapids 321315443591643
4 San Jose Earthquakes 32717835501529
Source: MLS

Overall standings

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Kansas City Wizards (C, S)3216794729+1857 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Chicago Fire 3217966751+1657
3 MetroStars 32171236456+854
4 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32161246250+1252
5 Los Angeles Galaxy 32141084737+1050
6 Dallas Burn 32141445454046
7 New England Revolution 32131364749245
8 Colorado Rapids 321315443591643
9 Miami Fusion 32121555456241
10 Columbus Crew 321116548581038
11 D.C. United 32818644631930
12 San Jose Earthquakes 32717835501529
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away CHI COL CLB DAL DC KC LA MIA NE MTS SJ TB
Chicago Fire 1–23–14–33–23–22–11–00–13–14–15–1
2–13–14–02–10–0*
Colorado Rapids 2–1*0–0*1–02–50–51–0*1–22–11–30–11–0
1–1*1–1*1–0*3–12–0
Columbus Crew 0–22–32–11–1*2–02–2*2–03–10–22–1*1–2
2–31–1*4–12–13–4
Dallas Burn 4–20–12–13–04–11–1*1–1*2–14–62–11–0
3–03–21–04–22–3
D.C. United 3–21–1*1–23–20–0*0–42–1*1–32–3*0–12–2*
2–01–22–62–03–2*
Kansas City Wizards 4–33–03–10–0*2–02–01–20–12–02–01–0
3–11–50–12–01–0
Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1*2–11–02–12–10–0*2–02–2*0–21–1*2–1
1–0*0–11–21–1*2–1
Miami Fusion 0–32–02–40–31–0*0–0*3–51–1*3–10–0*2–3
4–24–13–12–14–1
New England Revolution 1–1*3–41–1*1–22–1*0–12–11–1*0–22–12–1
2–11–02–04–33–0
MetroStars 4–15–30–12–13–21–20–14–24–20–0*3–2*
2–2*0–0*2–12–1*0–3
San Jose Earthquakes 1–1*4–21–25–02–2*0–0*0–0*3–12–2*2–01–2
1–23–00–30–31–2
Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–14–25–13–13–01–22–01–41–00–24–0
3–3*3–12–12–2*4–3*
Source: FBREF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note: * = Match required extra time

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals MLS Cup
             
1 Kansas City Wizards (7 Points)10 3
8 Colorado Rapids (1 Points)0 0 2
1 Kansas City Wizards (SDET**) (4 Points)0 11**
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)15x
1 Kansas City Wizards 1
2 Chicago Fire 0
2 Chicago Fire (6 Points)21 6
7 New England Revolution (3 Points)1 20
2 Chicago Fire (6 Points)30 3
3 MetroStars (3 Points)0 22
3 MetroStars (ASDET*) (6 Points)2*2x
6 Dallas Burn (0 Points)1 1 x

Quarterfinals

Colorado Rapids 0–1 Kansas City Wizards
Molnar Soccerball shade.svg18'
Kansas City Wizards 0–0 Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids 2–3 Kansas City Wizards
Bravo Soccerball shade.svg70', Soccerball shade.svg90+' (pen.) Henderson Soccerball shade.svg11'
Molnar Soccerball shade.svg65'
Gomez Soccerball shade.svg69'

Kansas City Wizards advance 7–1 on points.


New England Revolution 1–2 Chicago Fire
Harris Soccerball shade.svg50' Wright Soccerball shade.svg54' (o.g.)
Kovalenko Soccerball shade.svg73'
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,476
Chicago Fire 1–2 New England Revolution
Kovalenko Soccerball shade.svg83' Wynalda Soccerball shade.svg18'
Wright Soccerball shade.svg86'
New England Revolution 0–6 Chicago Fire
Razov Soccerball shade.svg5', Soccerball shade.svg65'
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg14', Soccerball shade.svg17'
Nowak Soccerball shade.svg45'+
George Soccerball shade.svg75'
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 5,972

Chicago Fire advance 6–3 on points.


Dallas Burn 1–1 (AET)
0–1 (ASDET)
MetroStars
Rhine Soccerball shade.svg57' Mathis Soccerball shade.svg34'
Valencia Soccerball shade gold.svg 100'
MetroStars 2–1 Dallas Burn
Mathis Soccerball shade.svg53', Soccerball shade.svg81' Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg82' (pen.)
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 7,555

MetroStars advance 6–0 on points.


Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
Vanney Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–5 Los Angeles Galaxy
Diallo Soccerball shade.svg21', 67' Hendrickson Soccerball shade.svg14'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg19'
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg48'
Cienfuegos Soccerball shade.svg51'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg85'
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 13,581

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

MetroStars 0–3 Chicago Fire
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg21'
Kovalenko Soccerball shade.svg35'
Razov Soccerball shade.svg84'
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 7,141
Chicago Fire 0–2 MetroStars
Chung Soccerball shade.svg40'
Valencia Soccerball shade.svg84'
MetroStars 2–3 Chicago Fire
Valencia Soccerball shade.svg32', Soccerball shade.svg36' Brown Soccerball shade.svg4'
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg31'
Razov Soccerball shade.svg88'
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,133

Chicago Fire advance 6-3 on points.


Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards 1–1 (AET)
0–1 (ASDET)
Los Angeles Galaxy
McKeon Soccerball shade.svg29' Jones Soccerball shade.svg16'
Califf Soccerball shade gold.svg 93'
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 20,849
Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Kansas City Wizards
Molnar Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.)

MLS Cup

Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Chicago Fire
Molnar Soccerball shade.svg11'
RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 39,159

Player statistics

Goals

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Senegal.svg Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny 26
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ante Razov Chicago Fire 18
3 Flag of the United States.svg Clint Mathis Los Angeles Galaxy
MetroStars
16
Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna Miami Fusion
Flag of Colombia.svg Adolfo Valencia MetroStars
6 Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ariel Graziani Dallas Burn 15
Flag of the United States.svg Dante Washington Columbus Crew
Flag of Jamaica.svg Wolde Harris New England Revolution
9 Flag of Colombia.svg Alex Comas MetroStars 13
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Miklos Molnar Kansas City Wizards 12
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jaime Moreno D.C. United

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny 21
2 Flag of the United States.svg Clint Mathis Los Angeles Galaxy,
MetroStars
13
3 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Quill Tampa Bay Mutiny 11
4 Flag of Guatemala.svg Martín Machón Miami Fusion 10
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny
6 Flag of the United States.svg Preki Kansas City Wizards 9
Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna Miami Fusion
8 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Chung MetroStars 8
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kreis Dallas Burn
Flag of Colombia.svg Adolfo Valencia MetroStars
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Warzycha Columbus Crew

Clean sheets

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

Awards

Individual awards

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

Best XI

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Meola, Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Robin Fraser, LA Galaxy
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Vanney, LA Galaxy
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Vermes, Kansas City
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Armas, Chicago
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Nowak, Chicago
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hristo Stoichkov, Chicago
Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay
Flag of Senegal.svg Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Mathis, MetroStars

Attendance

TeamGamesTotalAverage
Los Angeles Galaxy 16326,39220,400
D.C. United 16297,27918,580
MetroStars 16281,93817,621
New England Revolution 16247,40915,463
Columbus Crew 16247,22015,451
Chicago Fire 16214,18913,387
Dallas Burn 16209,63713,102
Colorado Rapids 16201,28012,580
San Jose Earthquakes 16199,36412,460
Tampa Bay Mutiny 16151,2329,452
Kansas City Wizards 16145,7939,112
Miami Fusion 16119,3527,460
Totals1922,641,08513,756

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