| 2002 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Bob Gansler | ||
| Major League Soccer | West: 5th Overall: 8th | ||
| USOC | Semifinals | ||
| Playoffs | Quarterfinals | ||
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Semifinals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Preki Chris Klein (7) All: Preki (12) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 12,255 | ||
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | −9 |
Last updated: 2002.
Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–1 | Brown | |
| April 13, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–0 | Klein Brown | |
| April 20, 2002 | D.C. United | A | 1–2 (OT) | Preki | |
| April 27, 2002 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–1 | Klein | |
| May 4, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–2 (OT) | Preki | |
| May 11, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | A | 0–2 | ||
| May 18, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–1 | Gutierrez Preki | |
| May 25, 2002 | MetroStars | A | 1–1 | Klein | |
| June 1, 2002 | Dallas Burn | H | 2–2 | Fabbro 2 | |
| June 8, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 0–3 | ||
| June 15, 2002 | D.C. United | H | 2–0 | Brown Armstrong | |
| June 19, 2002 | Columbus Crew | A | 1–1 | Preki | |
| June 22, 2002 | New England Revolution | H | 3–2 | Simutenkov 2 Talley | |
| June 29, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 1–2 | Fabbro | |
| July 4, 2002 | D.C. United | H | 2–1 | Fabbro Talley | |
| July 6, 2002 | Dallas Burn | H | 1–1 | McKeon | |
| July 13, 2002 | New England Revolution | A | 4–2 | Klein 2 Zavagnin Fabbro | |
| July 20, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–2 | Klein Talley | |
| July 24, 2002 | MetroStars | H | 1–3 | Simutenkov | |
| July 27, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–1 | Armstrong Simutenkov | |
| July 31, 2002 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–0 | Armstrong | |
| August 10, 2002 | D.C. United | A | 0–0 | ||
| August 14, 2002 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 1–5 | Preki | |
| August 18, 2002 | Columbus Crew | H | 0–4 | ||
| August 21, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–2 | Preki | |
| August 31, 2002 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 2–1 | Fabbro Brown | |
| September 14, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–2 | Preki | |
| September 20, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | A | 1–1 | Klein |
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2002 | Third Round | Rochester Rhinos | A | 3–2 (ASDET) | Fabbro Simutenkov Brown | |
| August 24, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Milwaukee Rampage | A | 2–0 | Quill Preki | |
| September 10, 2002 | Semifinals | Columbus Crew | A | 2–3 (ASDET) | Own Goal Quill |
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–3 (OT) | Preki Brown | |
| September 28, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 4–1 | Simutenkov Quill Preki Fabbro | |
| October 2, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–5 | Klein Preki |
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2002 | First Round | W Connection | A | 1–0 | Gomez | |
| March 16, 2002 | First Round | W Connection | H | 2–0 | Burns Preki | |
| April 10, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Santos Laguna | A | 1–2 | Glasgow | |
| April 24, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Santos Laguna | H | 2–0 | Talley Brown | |
| August 7, 2002 | Semifinals | Monarcas Morelia | A | 1–6 | Fabbro | |
| August 28, 2002 | Semifinals | Monarcas Morelia | H | 1–1 | Brown |
| No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | USOC | Playoffs | CCC | Total | Minutes | Discipline | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | League | Total |  |  | |||
| 8 | MF |  Chris Brown | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 1512 | 2333 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Kerry Zavagnin | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2484 | 3606 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nick Garcia | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2499 | 3531 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Preki | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 2141 | 3018 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW |  Stephen Armstrong | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1791 | 2323 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Matt McKeon | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1146 | 1877 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Klein | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 2171 | 2924 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mike Burns | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1966 | 2680 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Carey Talley | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 1902 | 2635 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Diego Gutierrez | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1914 | 2573 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Tony Meola | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1519 | 2551 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Francisco Gomez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1249 | 1448 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW |  Igor Simutenkov | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 1480 | 1827 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Eric Quill | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 992 | 1688 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Peter Vermes | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1181 | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  Darío Fabbro | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1116 | 1507 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Bo Oshoniyi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1096 | 1096 | 0 | 0 |
| 18/28 | -- |  Chris Brunt | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 299 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW |  Gary Glasgow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 174 | 389 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Davy Arnaud | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 178 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Roy Lassiter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 191 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Jose Burciaga Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | -- | Taly Goode | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
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