List of Miami Fusion seasons

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The Miami Fusion played their games at Lockhart Stadium

The Miami Fusion was an American soccer club that competed in Major League Soccer, the top tier soccer league in the United States and Canada. The team played for four seasons from 1998 through 2001 before the franchise went defunct. [1]

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The MLS season typically runs from February to October, and the best-performing team in the regular season is awarded the Supporters' Shield. The top teams from each conference qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, a postseason tournament that culminates in the MLS Cup. [2] [3] The Fusion won the Supporters' Shield in their last season season.[ citation needed ] In addition to league play, the Mutiny competed in the annual U.S. Open Cup tournament organized by the United States Soccer Federation.[ citation needed ]

The club played a total of six seasons in MLS, with 56 wins, 56 losses, and 10 draws over 122 games. [4] The club ceased operations immediately after the 2001 season along with the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the league's first contraction. [5] In 2018, MLS awarded an expansion team in Miami to a group including David Beckham, Jorge Mas, and José Mas. [6] Inter Miami CF began play in 2020 at DRV PNK Stadium, on the site of the old Lockhart Stadium.

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Seasons

Season League [4] Position Playoffs USOC Average
attendance [a] 		Top goalscorer(s) [b]
PldWLDGFGAGDPts PPG Conf.OverallName(s)Goals
1998 321517– [c] 4668-22351.094th8th QF QF 10,284 [10] Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna 11
1999 321319– [c] 4259-17290.914th9th QF DNE8,689 [11] Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna 10
2000 3212155 [d] 5456-2411.283rd9thDNQ RU 7,460 [12] Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna 16
2001 [e] 261655 [d] 5736+21532.041st1st SF Ro16 11,177 [12] Flag of Honduras.svg Alex Pineda Chacón 19♦ [f]
Total122565610199219–201581.30W (1)W (1)SF (1)RU (1)– Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Serna 52 [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
  2. ↑ Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.
  3. 1 2 Before the 2000 Major League Soccer season, matches would be settled in a penalty shootout rather than end in a draw. [9]
  4. 1 2 From 2000 to 2004, MLS discouraged draws by playing up to two 5-minute periods of golden goal overtime for tied games. [9]
  5. ↑ The final ten games of the 2001 MLS regular season were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks, which included Miami's games against DC United and the NY/NJ MetroStars. [13] [14]
  6. ↑ Chacón won the MLS Golden Boot (47 points) [15]

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