The Miami Fusion were 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] The following is a list of seasons completed by the Fusion. [2]
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| Season | League [3] | Position | Playoffs | USOC | Average attendance [lower-alpha 1] | Top goalscorer(s) [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||
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| Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. | Overall | Name(s) | Goals | ||||
| 1998 | 32 | 15 | 17 | – [lower-alpha 3] | 46 | 68 | –22 | 35 | 1.09 | 4th | 8th | QF | QF | 10,284 [5] |  Diego Serna | 11 |
| 1999 | 32 | 13 | 19 | – [lower-alpha 3] | 42 | 59 | –17 | 29 | 0.91 | 4th | 9th | QF | DNE | 8,689 [6] | Diego Serna | 10 |
| 2000 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 [lower-alpha 4] | 54 | 56 | −2 | 41 | 1.28 | 3rd | 9th | DNQ | RU | 7,460 [7] | Diego Serna | 16 |
| 2001 [lower-alpha 5] | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 [lower-alpha 4] | 57 | 36 | +21 | 53 | 2.04 | 1st | 1st | SF | Ro16 | 11,177 [7] |  Alex Pineda Chacón | 19♦ [lower-alpha 6] |
| Total | 122 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 199 | 219 | –20 | 158 | 1.30 | W (1) | W (1) | SF (1) | RU (1) | – | Diego Serna | 52 [11] |
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