2000 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2000
MLS Cup	Kansas City Wizards (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Kansas City Wizards (1st shield)
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Kansas City Wizards; Chicago Fire
Matches played	192
Goals scored	612 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mamadou Diallo; Tampa Bay Mutiny; Goals: 26
Longest winning run	MetroStars; Games: 5; (1 Jul – 2 Aug)
Longest unbeaten run	Kansas City Wizards; Games: 12; (25 Mar – 4 Jun)
Longest losing run	San Jose Earthquakes; Games: 6; (15 Jul – 19 Aug)
Highest attendance	Los Angeles Galaxy; Season: 326,392; Game Avg.: 20,400
Lowest attendance	Miami Fusion; Season: 119,352; Game Avg.: 7,460
Total attendance	2,641,085
Average attendance	13,756
	← 1999 2001 →

2000 Major League Soccer season is located in the United States

D.C. United

D.C. United

MetroStars

Miami

New England

Chicago

Columbus

Dallas

Tampa Bay

Colorado

Los Angeles

Kansas City

San Jose

Locations of teams for the 2000 Major League Soccer season
File:ButtonViolet.svg Western Division File:ButtonGray.svg Central Division File:ButtonGreen.svg Eastern Division

The 2000 Major League Soccer season was the fifth season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 88th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 22nd with a national first-division league. The 2000 season marked the first time in league history (and the first season of American first division soccer since 1974), that ties were allowed to stand. Following a ten-minute sudden death extra time, rather than going to a penalty shoot-out, a point was awarded to both teams. Additionally, the league was divided into three separate divisions, the East, Central and West divisions. The San Jose Clash rebranded as the Earthquakes, a throwback to the NASL team of the same name. The regular season began on March 18, and concluded on September 9. The 2000 MLS Cup Playoffs began on September 14, and concluded with MLS Cup 2000 on October 15. The Kansas City Wizards won their first MLS Cup with a victory over the Chicago Fire.

Overview

Season format

The season began on March 18 and concluded with MLS Cup on October 15. The 12 teams were split into three divisions. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their division four times, for a total of 12 games. The remaining schedule consisted of three games against four select opponents in one of the other divisions, and two games against the remaining four teams. The eight teams with the most points qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played as a best-of-three series, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken by penalty shootout if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round. The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield. The winner of MLS Cup, and the runner-up, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Chicago Fire	Soldier Field	66,944
Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium	76,273
Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	22,555
D.C. United	RFK Stadium	46,000
Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl	92,100
Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium	81,425
Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl	92,542
Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium	20,450
New England Revolution	Foxboro Stadium	60,292
MetroStars	Giants Stadium	80,200
San Jose Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium	30,456
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium	69,218

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	United States Bob Bradley		—
Colorado Rapids	United States Glenn Myernick
Columbus Crew	United States Tom Fitzgerald		Snickers
D.C. United	Netherlands Thomas Rongen		MasterCard
Dallas Burn	United States Dave Dir
Kansas City Wizards	United States Bob Gansler		—
Los Angeles Galaxy	United States Sigi Schmid		—
MetroStars	Ecuador Octavio Zambrano	United States Tab Ramos
Miami Fusion	Brazil Ivo Wortmann		—
New England Revolution	United States Fernando Clavijo		—
San Jose Earthquakes	Germany Lothar Osiander	United States John Doyle	Yahoo! Sports
Tampa Bay Mutiny	United States Tim Hankinson

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Miami Fusion	Brazil Ivo Wortmann	Fired	May 8, 2000	England Ray Hudson	May 8, 2000

Standings

Eastern Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	MetroStars	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	54	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	New England Revolution	32	13	13	6	47	49	−2	45	MLS Cup Playoffs
3	Miami Fusion	32	12	15	5	54	56	−2	41
4	D.C. United	32	8	18	6	44	63	−19	30

Source: MLS

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	57	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	+12	52
3	Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
4	Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	−10	38

Source: MLS

Western Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	57	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	10	8	47	37	+10	50
3	Colorado Rapids	32	13	15	4	43	59	−16	43
4	San Jose Earthquakes	32	7	17	8	35	50	−15	29

Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards (C, S)	32	16	7	9	47	29	+18	57	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	+16	57	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	MetroStars	32	17	12	3	64	56	+8	54
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	+12	52
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	10	8	47	37	+10	50
6	Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
7	New England Revolution	32	13	13	6	47	49	−2	45
8	Colorado Rapids	32	13	15	4	43	59	−16	43
9	Miami Fusion	32	12	15	5	54	56	−2	41
10	Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	−10	38
11	D.C. United	32	8	18	6	44	63	−19	30
12	San Jose Earthquakes	32	7	17	8	35	50	−15	29

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	CHI	COL	CLB	DAL	DC	KC	LA	MIA	NE	MTS	SJ	TB
Chicago Fire	—	1–2	3–1	4–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	5–1
—	2–1	3–1	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	0–0*
Colorado Rapids	2–1*	—	0–0*	1–0	2–5	0–5	1–0*	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–0
1–1*	—	—	—	—	1–1*	1–0*	3–1	—	—	2–0	—
Columbus Crew	0–2	2–3	—	2–1	1–1*	2–0	2–2*	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1*	1–2
2–3	—	—	1–1*	—	—	—	—	4–1	—	2–1	3–4
Dallas Burn	4–2	0–1	2–1	—	3–0	4–1	1–1*	1–1*	2–1	4–6	2–1	1–0
3–0	—	3–2	—	1–0	—	4–2	—	—	—	—	2–3
D.C. United	3–2	1–1*	1–2	3–2	—	0–0*	0–4	2–1*	1–3	2–3*	0–1	2–2*
—	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–2	2–6	2–0	3–2*	—	—
Kansas City Wizards	4–3	3–0	3–1	0–0*	2–0	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
—	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–5	—	—	0–1	2–0	1–0
Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1*	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0*	—	2–0	2–2*	0–2	1–1*	2–1
—	1–0*	—	0–1	1–2	1–1*	—	—	—	—	2–1	—
Miami Fusion	0–3	2–0	2–4	0–3	1–0*	0–0*	3–5	—	1–1*	3–1	0–0*	2–3
4–2	4–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–1	4–1	—	—
New England Revolution	1–1*	3–4	1–1*	1–2	2–1*	0–1	2–1	1–1*	—	0–2	2–1	2–1
—	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	2–0	—	4–3	3–0	—
MetroStars	4–1	5–3	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	4–2	—	0–0*	3–2*
—	—	—	—	2–2*	0–0*	—	2–1	2–1*	—	—	0–3
San Jose Earthquakes	1–1*	4–2	1–2	5–0	2–2*	0–0*	0–0*	3–1	2–2*	2–0	—	1–2
—	1–2	3–0	—	—	0–3	0–3	—	1–2	—	—	—
Tampa Bay Mutiny	0–1	4–2	5–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–2	4–0	—
3–3*	—	3–1	2–1	—	2–2*	—	—	—	4–3*	—	—

Source: FBREF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note: * = Match required extra time

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					MLS Cup

1	Kansas City Wizards (7 Points)	1	0	3

8	Colorado Rapids (1 Points)	0	0	2
					1	Kansas City Wizards (SDET) (4 Points)**	0	1	1**

					5	Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET) (4 Points)*	0	2*	0
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny (0 Points)	0	2	x

5	Los Angeles Galaxy (6 Points)	1	5	x
										1	Kansas City Wizards	1

										2	Chicago Fire	0
2	Chicago Fire (6 Points)	2	1	6

7	New England Revolution (3 Points)	1	2	0
					2	Chicago Fire (6 Points)	3	0	3

					3	MetroStars (3 Points)	0	2	2
3	MetroStars (ASDET) (6 Points)*	2*	2	x

6	Dallas Burn (0 Points)	1	1	x

Points system
Win = 3 Pts.
Loss = 0 Pts.
Draw = 1 Pt.
ASDET*=Added Sudden Death Extra Time (Game tie breaker)
SDET**=Sudden Death Extra Time (Series tie breaker)
Teams will advance at 5 points.

Quarterfinals

September 16, 2000
Game 1

Colorado Rapids	0–1	Kansas City Wizards
		Molnar File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 8,682

September 20, 2000
Game 2

Kansas City Wizards	0–0	Colorado Rapids

INVESCO Field at Mile High
Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 8,789

September 24, 2000
Game 3

Colorado Rapids	2–3	Kansas City Wizards
Bravo File:Soccerball shade.svg 70', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+' (pen.)		Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Molnar File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Gomez File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 4,156

Kansas City Wizards advance 7–1 on points.

September 15, 2000
Game 1

New England Revolution	1–2	Chicago Fire
Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (o.g.) Kovalenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,476

September 19, 2000
Game 2

Chicago Fire	1–2	New England Revolution
Kovalenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		Wynalda File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Foxboro Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 10,723

September 22, 2000
Game 3

New England Revolution	0–6	Chicago Fire
		Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Stoichkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Nowak File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'+ George File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 5,972

Chicago Fire advance 6–3 on points.

September 15, 2000
Game 1

Dallas Burn	1–1 (AET) 0–1 (ASDET)	MetroStars
Rhine File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'		Mathis File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Valencia gold-colored soccer ball 100'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 14,868

September 20, 2000
Game 2

MetroStars	2–1	Dallas Burn
Mathis File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (pen.)

Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 7,555

MetroStars advance 6–0 on points.

September 14, 2000
Game 1

Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Vanney File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (pen.)

Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 5,583

September 20, 2000
Game 2

Tampa Bay Mutiny	2–5	Los Angeles Galaxy
Diallo File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 67'		Hendrickson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Cienfuegos File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California

Attendance: 13,581

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

September 26, 2000
Game 1

MetroStars	0–3	Chicago Fire
		Stoichkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Kovalenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 7,141

September 30, 2000
Game 2

Chicago Fire	0–2	MetroStars
		Chung File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Valencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 15,476

October 6, 2000
Game 3

MetroStars	2–3	Chicago Fire
Valencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'		Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Stoichkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,133

Chicago Fire advance 6-3 on points.

September 29, 2000
Game 1

Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0	Kansas City Wizards

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 11,815

October 3, 2000
Game 2

Kansas City Wizards	1–1 (AET) 0–1 (ASDET)	Los Angeles Galaxy
McKeon File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'		Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Califf gold-colored soccer ball 93'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 20,849

October 6, 2000
Game 3

Los Angeles Galaxy	0–1	Kansas City Wizards
		Molnar File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (pen.)

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 8,320

	0–1 series (SDET)
		Molnar gold-colored soccer ball 6'

Kansas City Wizards advance 1–0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4–4 tie on points.

MLS Cup

October 15, 2000

Kansas City Wizards	1–0	Chicago Fire
Molnar File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 39,159

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Senegal Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	26
2	United States Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	18
3	United States Clint Mathis	Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars	16
	Colombia Diego Serna	Miami Fusion
	Colombia Adolfo Valencia	MetroStars
6	Ecuador Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn	15
	United States Dante Washington	Columbus Crew
	Jamaica Wolde Harris	New England Revolution
9	Colombia Alex Comas	MetroStars	13
10	Denmark Miklos Molnar	Kansas City Wizards	12
10	Bolivia Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	12

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
United States Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	Miami Fusion	3–0	May 6
Bolivia Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	5–2	May 6
Colombia Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	Tampa Bay Mutiny	4–1	June 21
Senegal Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	MetroStars	4–3	August 16
United States Clint Mathis⁵	MetroStars	Dallas Burn	6–4	August 26
Senegal Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Columbus Crew	4–3	August 30
Colombia Diego Serna⁴	Miami Fusion	MetroStars	4–1	September 2
Colombia Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	D.C. United	6–2	September 9
Colombia Alex Comas	MetroStars	New England Revolution	3–4	September 9

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Colombia Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny	21
2	United States Clint Mathis	Los Angeles Galaxy, MetroStars	13
3	United States Eric Quill	Tampa Bay Mutiny	11
4	Guatemala Martín Machón	Miami Fusion	10
4	United States Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny	10
6	United States Preki	Kansas City Wizards	9
6	Colombia Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	9
8	United States Mark Chung	MetroStars	8
	United States Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
	Colombia Adolfo Valencia	MetroStars
	Poland Robert Warzycha	Columbus Crew

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	United States Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards	16
2	United States Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	7
	United States Kevin Hartman	LA Galaxy
	United States Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
5	United States Scott Garlick	Tampa Bay Mutiny	6
6	United States Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire	5
7	United States Tim Howard	MetroStars	4
7	United States David Kramer	Colorado Rapids	4
9	United States Jeff Causey	New England Revolution	3
9	United States Mark Dougherty	Columbus Crew

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	United States Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Defender of the Year	United States Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards
Goalkeeper of the Year	United States Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Coach of the Year	United States Bob Gansler	Kansas City Wizards
Rookie of the Year	United States Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire
Comeback Player of the Year	United States Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Champion	Senegal Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Goal of the Year	United States Marcelo Balboa	Colorado Rapids
Fair Play Award	United States Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Humanitarian of the Year	Sierra Leone Abdul Thompson Conteh	San Jose Earthquakes

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
United States Tony Meola, Kansas City	United States Robin Fraser, LA Galaxy United States Greg Vanney, LA Galaxy United States Peter Vermes, Kansas City	United States Chris Armas, Chicago Poland Piotr Nowak, Chicago United States Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov, Chicago Colombia Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay	Senegal Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay United States Clint Mathis, MetroStars

Player of the Month

Week	Player	Club
April	Denmark Miklos Molnar	Kansas City Wizards
May	United States Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
June	United States Clint Mathis	MetroStars
July	United States Dante Washington	Columbus Crew
August	United States Clint Mathis	MetroStars
September	Colombia Diego Serna	Miami Fusion

Attendance

Team	Games	Total	Average
Los Angeles Galaxy	16	326,392	20,400
D.C. United	16	297,279	18,580
MetroStars	16	281,938	17,621
New England Revolution	16	247,409	15,463
Columbus Crew	16	247,220	15,451
Chicago Fire	16	214,189	13,387
Dallas Burn	16	209,637	13,102
Colorado Rapids	16	201,280	12,580
San Jose Earthquakes	16	199,364	12,460
Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	151,232	9,452
Kansas City Wizards	16	145,793	9,112
Miami Fusion	16	119,352	7,460
Totals	192	2,641,085	13,756

References

MLS Site Archived August 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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2000 Major League Soccer season

Contents

Overview

Season format

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorships

Coaching changes

Standings

Eastern Division

Central Division

Western Division

Overall standings

Fixtures and results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

MLS Cup

Player statistics

Goals

Hat-tricks

Assists

Clean sheets

Awards

Individual awards

Best XI

Player of the Month

Attendance

References

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