2003 in American soccer

Last updated September 15, 2025

The 2003 season was the 91st year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Wins	Losses	Draws
10	4	2

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Win Draw Loss

January 18 International Friendly	United States	4 – 0	Canada	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 UTC−05	Bocanegra 7' Mathis 31' Klein 32' Ralston 61'	(Report)		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 6,549 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

February 8 International Friendly	United States	0 – 1	Argentina	Miami
11:55 UTC−05		(Report)	González 9'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 27,196 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

February 12 International Friendly	Jamaica	1 – 2	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
19:00 UTC−05	Lowe 52'	(Report)	Bocanegra 11' Klein 12'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Godfrey Bowen (Cayman Islands)

March 29 International Friendly	United States	2 – 0	Venezuela	Seattle
13:00 UTC−08	Kirovski 52' Donovan 76'	(Report)		Stadium: Seattle Seahawks Stadium Attendance: 17,819 Referee: Mike Seifert (Canada)

May 8 International Friendly	United States	0 – 0	Mexico	Houston
18:55 UTC−05		(Report)		Stadium: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 69,582 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

May 26 International Friendly	United States	2 – 0	Wales	San Jose, California
19:00 UTC−08	Donovan 41' (pen.) Lewis 59'	(Report)		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,282 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

June 8 International Friendly	United States	2 – 1	New Zealand	Richmond, Virginia
13:00 UTC−04	Klein 20' Kirovski 65'	(Report)	Coveny 65'	Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium Attendance: 9,116 Referee: Hi Liu (Canada)

June 19 Confederations Cup Group Stage	Turkey	2 – 1	United States	Saint-Étienne, France
19:00 UTC+02	Yılmaz 39' (pen.) Tuncay 70'	(Report)	Beasley 36'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 16,944 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

June 21 Confederations Cup Group Stage	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Lyon, France
21:00 UTC+02	Adriano 22'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 20,306 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

June 23 Confederations Cup Group Stage	United States	0 – 0	Cameroon	Lyon, France
21:00 UTC+02		(Report)		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Mark Shield (Austria)

July 6 International Friendly	United States	2 – 0	Paraguay	Columbus, Ohio
15:00 UTC−04	Donovan 12' Stewart 90+5'	(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,103 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

July 12 Gold Cup Group Stage	United States	2 – 0	El Salvador	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30 UTC−04	Lewis 28' McBride 76'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 33,652 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

July 14 Gold Cup Group Stage	Martinique	0 – 2	United States	Foxborough, Massachusetts
20:30 UTC−04		(Report)	McBride 39', 43'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

July 19 Gold Cup Quarterfinal	United States	5 – 0	Cuba	Foxborough, Massachusetts
15:00 UTC−04	Donovan 22', 26', 55', 76' Ralston 42'	(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

July 23 Gold Cup Semifinal	United States	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Miami
20:00 UTC−04	Bocanegra 62'	(Report)	Kaká 89' Diego 100' (pen.)	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 35,211 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 26 Gold Cup 3rd Place Match	United States	3 – 2	Costa Rica	Miami
20:00 UTC−04	Bocanegra 29' Stewart 56' Convey 67'	(Report)	Fonseca 24', 39'	Stadium: Orange Bowl Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad & Tobago)

Major League Soccer

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
y – 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

Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
x = Playoff berth
y = Conference Winner (Season)
s = Supporters Shield/Conference winner (Season)

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals				Conference Finals		MLS Cup 2003

Chicago Fire	2	2	4

D.C. United	0	0	0
				Chicago Fire	1
Eastern Conference
				New England Revolution	0
New England Revolution	2	1	3

MetroStars	0	1	1
						Chicago Fire	2

						San Jose Earthquakes	4
San Jose Earthquakes	0	5*	5

Los Angeles Galaxy	2	2	4
				San Jose Earthquakes	3
Western Conference
				Kansas City Wizards	2
Kansas City Wizards	1	2	3

Colorado Rapids	1	0	1

MLS Cup

November 23

Chicago Fire	2 – 4	San Jose Earthquakes
Beasley 49' Ronger 54' (o.g.)	(Report)	Ekelund 5' Donovan 38', 71' Mulrooney 50'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Brian Hall

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Montreal Impact	28	16	6	6	40	21	54
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	7	6	40	21	51
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	15	9	4	50	41	49
4	Syracuse Salty Dogs	28	11	12	5	42	38	38
5	Toronto Lynx	28	11	13	4	29	38	37

Southeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Charleston Battery	28	15	6	7	41	27	54
2	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	14	9	5	51	34	47
3	Richmond Kickers	28	12	9	7	41	32	43
4	Charlotte Eagles	28	6	15	7	29	59	25
5	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	17	7	27	48	19

Western Conference

Central Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Milwaukee Wave United	28	18	10	0	61	32	54
2	Minnesota Thunder	28	17	9	2	44	28	53
3	El Paso Patriots	28	9	16	3	33	48	30
4	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	9	19	0	38	62	24
5	Indiana Blast	28	3	23	2	28	67	11

Pacific Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	16	7	5	45	24	53
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	15	6	7	45	24	52
3	Portland Timbers	28	15	11	2	39	43	47
4	Calgary Storm	28	4	21	3	16	62	15

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Montreal Impact	1	0	1

8	Rochester Raging Rhinos	2	0	2
					Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	0	0

					Charleston Battery	1	0	1
4	Charleston Battery	0	4	4

5	Virginia Beach Mariners	1	1	2
									Charleston Battery

									Minnesota Thunder
2	Milwaukee Wave United	1	0	1

7	Minnesota Thunder	0	2	2
					Minnesota Thunder	1	1	2

					Seattle Sounders	0	0	0
3	Seattle Sounders	0	1	1 (6-5 pk)

6	Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

MLS

Columbus

3

MLS

MetroStars

4

PDL

Mid Michigan

0

MLS

MetroStars

4

MLS

MetroStars (ASDET)

2

MLS

New England

1

MLS

New England

2

A-L

Rochester

1

A-L

Rochester

4

PSL

New Hampshire

1

MLS

MetroStars

3

MLS

D.C. United

2

PSL

Wilmington

2

A-L

Atlanta

1

PSL

Wilmington

4

MLS

Dallas

1

PSL

Wilmington

0

MLS

D.C. United

1

MLS

D.C. United

2

A-L

Pittsburgh

1

MLS

D.C. United (ASDET)

1

A-L

Virginia Beach

0

A-L

Virginia Beach

5

PDL

Carolina

0

MLS

MetroStars

0

MLS

Chicago

1

A-L

Milwaukee

4

USASA

Bavarian SC

1

A-L

Milwaukee

1

MLS

Chicago

4

MLS

Chicago

2

MLS

Colorado

1

MLS

Colorado

3

MLS

Kansas City

2

MLS

Chicago

3

MLS

Los Angeles

2

A-L

Minnesota

0

A-L

Seattle

1

A-L

Seattle

1

MLS

San Jose

0

A-L

Seattle

1

MLS

Los Angeles

5

MLS

Los Angeles

3

PDL

Fresno

1

A-L

El Paso

2

PDL

Fresno

5

Final

October 15

Chicago Fire	1 – 0	MetroStars
Ralph 68'	(Report)

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 5,183

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
Columbus Crew	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
New England Revolution	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round
San Jose Earthquakes	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round

Los Angeles Galaxy

March 16 Champions Cup First Round	C.D. Motagua	2 – 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Guevara 36', 85'		Ruiz 21' (o.g.) Lalas 61'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

March 23 Champions Cup First Round	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 0	C.D. Motagua	Fullerton, California
	Lalas 72'			Stadium: Titan Stadium

April 9 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 4	Necaxa	Fullerton, California
	Chacón 36'		Franco 27', 51' Zague 81' Larrosa 87'	Stadium: Titan Stadium

April 16 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Necaxa	2 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Mexico City, Mexico
	Espinoza 43', 84'		Albright 32'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Columbus Crew

March 16 Champions Cup First Round	Árabe Unido	2 – 1	Columbus Crew	Colón, Panama
	Salinas 7' (pen.) Medina 62'		Buddle 59'	Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

March 23 Champions Cup First Round	Columbus Crew	3 – 0	Árabe Unido	Columbus, Ohio
	Buddle 43', 59' Martino 70'			Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

April 9 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Monarcas Morelia	6 – 0	Columbus Crew	Morelia, Mexico
	Palacios 39' Íñiguez 42', 70' Bautista 49', 55' Navia 68'			Stadium: Estadio Morelos

April 16 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Monarcas Morelia	Columbus, Ohio
	Buddle 15' Cunningham 29' (pen.)			Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

New England Revolution

March 23 Champions Cup First Round	Alajuelense	4 – 0	New England Revolution	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Scott 17', 82' (pen.) Fonseca 32' (pen.) Alpízar 90+2'			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

March 26 Champions Cup First Round	Alajuelense	1 – 3	New England Revolution	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Fonseca 66'		Twellman 18' (pen.) Harris 54' Ralston 56'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

San Jose Earthquakes

March 16 Champions Cup First Round	Municipal	4 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Romero 28', 37' Figueroa 39' Ponciano 55' (pen.)		Lagos 64', 71'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

March 26 Champions Cup First Round	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1	Municipal	San Jose, California
	Donovan 19' Ching 35'		Plata 76'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium

References

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2003 in American soccer

Contents

National team

Major League Soccer

Standings

Playoffs

MLS Cup

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Southeast Division

Western Conference

Central Division

Pacific Division

Playoffs

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Los Angeles Galaxy

Columbus Crew

New England Revolution

San Jose Earthquakes

References