2001 Major League Soccer season

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6th season of Major League Soccer

Football league season

2001 Major League Soccer season

Season	2001
MLS Cup	Miami Fusion F.C. Goals: 19
Highest attendance	D.C. United Season: 258,213 Game Avg.: 21,518
Lowest attendance	San Jose Earthquakes Season: 125,250 Game Avg.: 9,635
Total attendance	2,363,859
Average attendance	14,961
← 2000 2002 →

Kansas City

San Jose

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Locations of teams for the 2001 Major League Soccer season
Western Division   Central Division  

Eastern Division

The 2001 Major League Soccer season was the sixth season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 89th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 23rd with a national first-division league.

The season was shortened due to the September 11 attacks, with the final weeks' regular season matches being canceled. Due to the different number of games played, playoff ordering was determined by points per game, instead of total points.^[1]

The regular season began on April 7, and concluded prematurely on September 9. The 2001 MLS Cup Playoffs began on September 20, and concluded with

Overview

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Bob Bradley		—
Colorado Rapids	Tim Hankinson
Columbus Crew	Tom Fitzgerald		—
D.C. United	Thomas Rongen		MasterCard
Dallas Burn	Mike Jeffries
Kansas City Wizards	Bob Gansler		—
Los Angeles Galaxy	Sigi Schmid		—
MetroStars	Octavio Zambrano	Tab Ramos
Miami Fusion	Ray Hudson		—
New England Revolution	Fernando Clavijo		—
San Jose Earthquakes	Frank Yallop	Jeff Agoos	Yahoo! Sports
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Alfonso Mondelo

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Columbus Crew	Tom Fitzgerald	Fired	May 17, 2001	Greg Andrulis	May 17, 2001
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Alfonso Mondelo	Resigned	July 5, 2001	Perry Van der Beck	Jul 5, 2001

Standings

Eastern Division

Central Division

Western Division

Overall standings

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

• 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 20, 2001

Chicago Fire
		Bocanegra 40' Whitfield 90'+

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 8,314

September 23, 2001

Chicago Fire	1–1	Dallas Burn
J. Beasley 84'		Deering 27'

Dallas, Texas

Attendance:: 17,149

September 29, 2001

Chicago Fire
		Kovalenko 17' Armas 55'

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 12,811

Chicago Fire advance 7–1 on points.

September 22, 2001

Kansas City Wizards	0–2	Miami Fusion
		Serna 28' Pineda Chacón 53'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 6,281

September 26, 2001

Miami Fusion	0–3	Kansas City Wizards
		Gomez 45'+

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 5,803

September 29, 2001

Kansas City Wizards	1–2	Miami Fusion
Lowe 13'		Preki 14' Henderson 71'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 8,119

Miami Fusion advance 6–3 on points.

September 23, 2001

MetroStars	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy
Faria 29'		Caligiuri 63'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 11,580

September 26, 2001

Los Angeles Galaxy	1–4	MetroStars
Victorine 4'		Faria 72', 80' Chung 75' Valencia 83'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 12,817

September 29, 2001

MetroStars	2–3	Los Angeles Galaxy
Villegas 49', 60'		Victorine 21', 33' Frye 56'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 6,154

	0–1 series ( SDET )
		Cienfuegos  8'

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 1-0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4-4 tie on points.

September 22, 2001

Columbus Crew
Donovan 5' 45'+ Lagos 31'		Warzycha 54' (pen.)

Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 20,883

September 26, 2001

Columbus Crew	0–3	San Jose Earthquakes
		Lagos 9' Cerritos 68' Donovan 76'

Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California

Attendance: 10,419

San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

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October 10, 2001

Chicago Fire
Hernández 44'		Wynalda 32'

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 10,388

October 13, 2001

AET)	Los Angeles Galaxy
		Vagenas  94'

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Attendance: 10,100

October 17, 2001

Chicago Fire
Califf 44' Cienfuegos  98'		D. Beasley 30'

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 13,444

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 7–1 on points.

October 10, 2001

San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Miami Fusion
		Preki 53'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 9,236

October 14, 2001

Miami Fusion	0–4	San Jose Earthquakes
		Donovan 16' Russell 57' Lagos 69' De Rosario 89'

Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California

Attendance: 16,119

October 17, 2001

AET)	Miami Fusion
Dayak  94'

Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 11,242

San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–3 on points.

MLS Cup

October 21, 2001

AET)	San Jose Earthquakes
Hernández 21'		Donovan 43' De Rosario  96'

Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 21,626

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion	19
2	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	15
3	John Spencer	Colorado Rapids	14
	Abdul Thompson Conteh	D.C. United
5	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Earthquakes	11
	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn
7	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	10
	Eric Wynalda	Chicago Fire
9	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	9
	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	11
	John Wilmar Pérez	Columbus Crew
3	Ross Paule	Colorado Rapids	10
	Preki	Miami Fusion
5	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	8
	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
	Manny Lagos	San Jose Earthquakes
	Piotr Nowak	Chicago Fire
9	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes	7
	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn
	Eric Quill	Tampa Bay Mutiny

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn	9
	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire
3	Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	7
4	Matt Reis	Los Angeles Galaxy	6
5	Tom Presthus	Columbus Crew	5
	Nick Rimando	Miami Fusion
7	Kevin Hartman	Los Angeles Galaxy	4
	Tim Howard	MetroStars
	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
10	Bo Oshoniyi	Kansas City Wizards	3

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion
Defender of the Year	Jeff Agoos	San Jose Earthquakes
Goalkeeper of the Year	Tim Howard	MetroStars
Coach of the Year	Frank Yallop	San Jose Earthquakes
Rookie of the Year	Rodrigo Faria	MetroStars
Comeback Player of the Year	Troy Dayak	San Jose Earthquakes
Scoring Champion	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion
Goal of the Year	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
Fair Play Award	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion
Humanitarian of the Year	Tim Howard	MetroStars

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
MetroStars	Jeff Agoos, San Jose Carlos Llamosa, Miami Pablo Mastroeni, Miami Greg Vanney, LA Galaxy	Chris Armas, Chicago Piotr Nowak, Chicago Preki, Miami	Alex Pineda Chacón, Miami Diego Serna, Miami John Spencer, Colorado

Attendance

Team	Games	Total	Average
D.C. United	12	258,213	21,518
MetroStars	13	270,477	20,806
Columbus Crew	13	227,644	17,511
Los Angeles Galaxy	13	226,035	17,387
Colorado Rapids	13	214,249	16,481
Chicago Fire	14	229,438	16,388
New England Revolution	13	203,501	15,654
Dallas Burn	13	163,465	12,574
Miami Fusion	14	156,481	11,177
Kansas City Wizards	13	142,402	10,954
Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	146,704	10,479
San Jose Earthquakes	13	125,250	9,635
Totals	158	2,363,859	14,961

International Competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002
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