2001 Miami Fusion season

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Miami Fusion F.C.
2000 season
Coach Flag of England.svg Ray Hudson
Major League Soccer 1st in Eastern Division
Supporters' Shield Winners
U.S. Open Cup Third round
MLS Cup PlayoffsSemi-finals
Top goalscorer Alex Pineda Chacón (19)
Average home league attendance11,177
←  2000

The 2001 Miami Fusion season was the fourth and final season of the Miami Fusion's existence. They competed in Major League Soccer and played their home matches at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They won the club's first and only trophy by securing the Supporters' Shield as the team with the best regular season record. Outside of MLS, they competed in the U.S. Open Cup where they were eliminated by Columbus Crew in the Third Round. Due to financial problems, the club folded in January 2002. [1]

Contents

Non-competitive

Friendlies

January 20 Miami Fusion Flag of the United States.svg 1–4 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers Fort Lauderdale, FL
Williams Soccerball shade.svg26' Miller Soccerball shade.svg3', 21', 57', 85'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
May 12 Miami Fusion Flag of the United States.svg 0–5 Flag of England.svg Fulham Homestead, FL
Saha Soccerball shade.svg43' (pen.)
Clark Soccerball shade.svg57'
Štolcers Soccerball shade.svg65'
Betsy Soccerball shade.svg84'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg85'		Stadium: Homestead Sports Complex

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Match results

April 71 Miami Fusion 2–1 Colorado Rapids Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg68', 72' Spencer Soccerball shade.svg50'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 10,411
April 142 New England Revolution 0–1 Miami Fusion Foxborough, MA
Marshall Soccerball shade.svg55'Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 15,576
April 183 Kansas City Wizards 2–1 Miami Fusion Kansas City, MO
Brown Soccerball shade.svg73'
Johnston Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg72'Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 4,420
April 214 Miami Fusion 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ibsen Soccerball shade.svg39' (o.g.)
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg45'		 Russell Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 8,096
April 285 Miami Fusion 1–0 New England Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg80'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 14,381
May 56 Columbus Crew 0–0 Miami Fusion Columbus, OH
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 13,975
May 197 Miami Fusion 3–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Fort Lauderdale, FL
Preki Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
Mastroeni Soccerball shade.svg38'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Valderrama Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.)Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 12,412
May 238 Colorado Rapids 0–1 Miami Fusion Denver, CO
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg79'Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 6,295
May 269 Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–4 Miami Fusion Tampa, FL
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg20'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg26'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg67', 90'		Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 12,988
May 3010 Miami Fusion 2–1 D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, FL
Preki Soccerball shade.svg11'
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Albright Soccerball shade.svg54'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,524
June 211 Dallas Burn 2–6 Miami Fusion Dallas, TX
Rhine Soccerball shade.svg8'
Marshall Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Marshall Soccerball shade.svg2'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg25', 84', 87'
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg34'
Mastroeni Soccerball shade.svg52'		Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,049
June 912 Miami Fusion 5–1 Kansas City Wizards Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg22', 83'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg49', 89'
Preki Soccerball shade.svg66'		 McKeon Soccerball shade.svg70'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 9,154
June 1613 Miami Fusion 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Fort Lauderdale, FL
Serna Soccerball shade.svg10', 80'
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg53'		 Lalas Soccerball shade.svg28'
Bishop Soccerball shade.svg35' (o.g.)
Cienfuegos Soccerball shade.svg45'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 11,846
June 3014 Miami Fusion 4–3 Columbus Crew Miami, FL
Preki Soccerball shade.svg29'
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg36'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg42'
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Washington Soccerball shade.svg28'
Buddle Soccerball shade.svg55'
Maisonneuve Soccerball shade.svg89'		Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 14,856
July 415 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Miami Fusion San Jose, CA
Corrales Soccerball shade.svg57' Preki Soccerball shade.svg21'Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 9,847
July 716 Miami Fusion 0–3 Metrostars Miami, FL
Villegas Soccerball shade.svg56'
Valencia Soccerball shade.svg67', 73'		Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 22,370
July 1417 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Miami Fusion Pasadena, CA
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg8'
Frye Soccerball shade.svg85'
Vanney Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 16,207
July 1818 Miami Fusion 2–1 Chicago Fire Fort Lauderdale, FL
Marshall Soccerball shade.svg23'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg36'		 Daniv Soccerball shade.svg72'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,092
July 2119 Miami Fusion 1–1 New England Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg42' Williams Soccerball shade.svg54'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,123
August 120 D.C. United 2–2 Miami Fusion Washington, D.C.
Thompson Conteh Soccerball shade.svg30', 33' Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg55'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg74'		Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 13,391
August 421 Metrostars 2–1 Miami Fusion East Rutherford, NJ
Faria Soccerball shade.svg3'
Chung Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Preki Soccerball shade.svg49'Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 41,794
August 1122 New England Revolution 1–4 Miami Fusion Foxborough, MA
Okoh Soccerball shade.svg6' Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg16'
Preki Soccerball shade.svg27'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg35'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg68'		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 12,003
August 1523 Chicago Fire 1–2 Miami Fusion Chicago, IL
Kovalenko Soccerball shade.svg32' Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg15'
Serna Soccerball shade.svg38'		Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 14,737
August 1824 Miami Fusion 4–2 Dallas Burn Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg36', 78'
Preki Soccerball shade.svg51'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Kreis Soccerball shade.svg23'
Deering Soccerball shade.svg56'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 9,750
August 2525 Miami Fusion 2–3 Metrostars Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg9', 78' Faria Soccerball shade.svg48'
Villegas Soccerball shade.svg84'
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 18,247
September 826 Miami Fusion 3–1 D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg3', 26', 70' Lisi Soccerball shade.svg64'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,219

MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 22Game 1 Miami Fusion 2–0 Kansas City Wizards Fort Lauderdale, FL
Serna Soccerball shade.svg28'
Pineda Chacón Soccerball shade.svg53'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,281
September 26Game 2 Kansas City Wizards 3–0 Miami Fusion Kansas City, MO
Lowe Soccerball shade.svg24'
McKeon Soccerball shade.svg31'
Gomez Soccerball shade.svg49'		Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 5,803
September 29Game 3 Miami Fusion 2–1 Kansas City Wizards Fort Lauderdale, FL
Preki Soccerball shade.svg14'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Lowe Soccerball shade.svg13'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 8,119

Semifinals

October 10Game 1 Miami Fusion 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes Fort Lauderdale, FL
Preki Soccerball shade.svg53'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 9,236
October 14Game 2 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Miami Fusion San Jose, CA
Donovan Soccerball shade.svg16'
Russell Soccerball shade.svg57'
Lagos Soccerball shade.svg69'
De Rosario Soccerball shade.svg89'		Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 16,119
October 17Game 3 Miami Fusion 0–1 (a.e.t.) San Jose Earthquakes Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dayak Soccerball shade gold.svg94'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 11,242

U.S. Open Cup

June 27 Second Round Miami Fusion (MLS) Flag of Florida.svg 4–0 Flag of Florida.svg Uruguay SC (USASA) Fort Lauderdale, FL
Serna Soccerball shade.svg18'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg24'
Simmonds Soccerball shade.svg32'
Alavanja Soccerball shade.svg43'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Referee: Kermit Quisenberry (USA)
July 11 Third Round Columbus Crew (MLS) Flag of Ohio.svg 2–1 Flag of Florida.svg Miami Fusion (MLS) Columbus, OH
Cunningham Soccerball shade.svg52', 89' Rooney Soccerball shade.svg24'Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 4,316
Referee: Noel Kenny (USA)

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Cassar
2 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ian Woan
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Carlos Llamosa [3]
4 MF Flag of Palestine.svg  PLE Shaker Asad
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Beckerman
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ian Bishop
7 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian Dunseth
8 DF Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Ivan McKinley
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lazo Alavanja
10 FW Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  HON Alex Pineda Chacón
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Preki [4]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pete Marino
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jim Rooney
15 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Tyrone Marshall
16 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Greg Simmonds
17 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Diego Serna
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nick Rimando
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Henderson
22 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Johnny Torres
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Bilyk
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pablo Mastroeni [5]
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Randy Merkel (on loan from Atlanta Silverbacks)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leo Cullen (to New England Revolution)
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tim Sahaydak(released)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Judah Cooks (on loan from Charleston Battery)

References

  1. ↑ "Fusion and Mutiny fold". BBC News. January 9, 2002. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "FootballSquads - Miami Fusion - 2001".
  3. ↑ Llamosa was born in Palmira, Colombia, but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in November 1998.
  4. ↑ Preki was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in November 1996.
  5. ↑ Mastroeni was born in Mendoza, Argentina, but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in June 2001.
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