2001 Miami Fusion season

August 2023 Miami Fusion F.C. 2001 Coach ENG Ray Hudson Major League Soccer 1st in Eastern Division Alex Pineda Chacón (19) Supporters' Shield Winners U.S. Open Cup Third round MLS Cup Playoffs Semi-finals 11,177 2000 The 2001 Miami Fusion season was the fourth and final season of the Miami Fusion's existence. They competed in Major League Soccer and played their home matches at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They won the club's first and only trophy by securing the Supporters' Shield as the team with the best regular season record. Outside of MLS, they competed in the U.S. Open Cup where they were eliminated by Columbus Crew in the Third Round. Due to financial problems, the club folded in January 2002.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/us_sport/1750024.stm BBC News Fusion and Mutiny fold January 9, 2002 November 1, 2013 Non-competitive Friendlies January 20 Miami Fusion USA 1–4 SCO Rangers Williams 26 Miller 3 21 57 85 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL L May 12 Miami Fusion USA 0–5 ENG Fulham Saha 43 pen. Clark 57 Štolcers 65 Betsy 84 Lewis 85 Homestead Sports Complex Homestead, FL L Competitive Major League Soccer 2001 Major League Soccer season Match results 1 April 7 Miami Fusion 2–1 Colorado Rapids Pineda Chacón 68 72 Spencer 50 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 10,411 W 2 April 14 New England Revolution 0–1 Miami Fusion Marshall 55 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, MA 15,576 W 3 April 18 Kansas City Wizards 2–1 Miami Fusion Brown 73 Johnston 77 Pineda Chacón 72 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO 4,420 L 4 April 21 Miami Fusion 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Ibsen 39 o.g. Pineda Chacón 45 Russell 51 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 8,096 W 5 April 28 Miami Fusion 1–0 New England Revolution Pineda Chacón 80 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 14,381 W 6 May 5 Columbus Crew 0–0 Miami Fusion Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, OH 13,975 D 7 May 19 Miami Fusion 3–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Preki 34 pen. Mastroeni 38 Serna 75 Valderrama 26 pen. Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 12,412 W 8 May 23 Colorado Rapids 0–1 Miami Fusion Rooney 79 Mile High Stadium Denver, CO 6,295 W 9 May 26 Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–4 Miami Fusion Rooney 20 Henderson 26 Serna 67 90 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 12,988 W 10 May 30 Miami Fusion 2–1 D.C. United Preki 11 Rooney 71 Albright 54 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,524 W 11 June 2 Dallas Burn 2–6 Miami Fusion Rhine 8 Marshall 79 Marshall 2 Serna 25 84 87 Pineda Chacón 34 Mastroeni 52 Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 10,049 W 12 June 9 Miami Fusion 5–1 Kansas City Wizards Pineda Chacón 22 83 Serna 49 89 Preki 66 McKeon 70 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 9,154 W 13 June 16 Miami Fusion 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Serna 10 80 Rooney 53 Lalas 28 Bishop 35 o.g. Cienfuegos 45 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 11,846 D 14 June 30 Miami Fusion 4–3 Columbus Crew Preki 29 Rooney 36 Serna 42 Pineda Chacón 49 Washington 28 Buddle 55 Maisonneuve 89 Orange Bowl Miami, FL 14,856 W 15 July 4 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Miami Fusion Corrales 57 Preki 21 Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 9,847 D 16 July 7 Miami Fusion 0–3 Metrostars Villegas 56 Valencia 67 73 Orange Bowl Miami, FL 22,370 L 17 July 14 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Miami Fusion Hernández 8 Frye 85 Vanney 90+1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 16,207 L 18 July 18 Miami Fusion 2–1 Chicago Fire Marshall 23 Serna 36 Daniv 72 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,092 W 19 July 21 Miami Fusion 1–1 New England Revolution Rooney 42 Williams 54 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,123 D 20 August 1 D.C. United 2–2 Miami Fusion Thompson Conteh 30 33 Pineda Chacón 55 Serna 74 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 13,391 D 21 August 4 Metrostars 2–1 Miami Fusion Faria 3 Chung 78 Preki 49 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ 41,794 L 22 August 11 New England Revolution 1–4 Miami Fusion Okoh 6 Pineda Chacón 16 Preki 27 Henderson 35 Serna 68 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, MA 12,003 W 23 August 15 Chicago Fire 1–2 Miami Fusion Kovalenko 32 Pineda Chacón 15 Serna 38 Soldier Field Chicago, IL 14,737 W 24 August 18 Miami Fusion 4–2 Dallas Burn Pineda Chacón 36 78 Preki 51 Henderson 90 Kreis 23 Deering 56 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 9,750 W 25 August 25 Miami Fusion 2–3 Metrostars Pineda Chacón 9 78 Faria 48 Villegas 84 Hernández 90+1 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 18,247 L 26 September 8 Miami Fusion 3–1 D.C. United Pineda Chacón 3 26 70 Lisi 64 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,219 W MLS Cup Playoffs 2001 MLS Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Game 1 September 22 Miami Fusion 2–0 Kansas City Wizards Serna 28 Pineda Chacón 53 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,281 W Game 2 September 26 Kansas City Wizards 3–0 Miami Fusion Lowe 24 McKeon 31 Gomez 49 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO 5,803 L Game 3 September 29 Miami Fusion 2–1 Kansas City Wizards Preki 14 Henderson 71 Lowe 13 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 8,119 W Semifinals Game 1 October 10 Miami Fusion 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes Preki 53 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 9,236 W Game 2 October 14 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Miami Fusion Donovan 16 Russell 57 Lagos 69 De Rosario 89 Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 16,119 L Game 3 October 17 Miami Fusion 0–1 (a.e.t.) San Jose Earthquakes Dayak 94 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL 11,242 L U.S. Open Cup 2001 U.S. Open Cup Second Round June 27 Miami Fusion (MLS) Florida 4–0 Florida Uruguay SC (USASA) Serna 18 Henderson 24 Simmonds 32 Alavanja 43 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL Kermit Quisenberry (USA) W Third Round July 11 Columbus Crew (MLS) Ohio 2–1 Florida Miami Fusion (MLS) Cunningham 52 89 Rooney 24 Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, OH 4,316 Noel Kenny (USA) L First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/usa/2001/mls/miami.htm FootballSquads - Miami Fusion - 2001 1 GK Jeff Cassar USA 2 MF Ian Woan ENG 3 USA DF Carlos LlamosaLlamosa was born in Palmira, Colombia, but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in November 1998. 4 MF Shaker Asad PLE 5 MF Kyle Beckerman USA 6 MF Ian Bishop ENG 7 DF Brian Dunseth USA 8 DF Ivan McKinley RSA 9 MF Lazo Alavanja USA 10 FW Alex Pineda Chacón HON 11 USA MF PrekiPreki was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in November 1996. 12 FW Pete Marino USA 14 MF Jim Rooney USA 15 DF Tyrone Marshall JAM 16 FW Greg Simmonds JAM 17 FW Diego Serna COL 18 GK Nick Rimando USA 19 MF Chris Henderson USA 22 MF Johnny Torres COL 23 MF Jeff Bilyk USA 25 USA MF Pablo MastroeniMastroeni was born in Mendoza, Argentina, but also qualified to represent the United States after becoming a naturalized citizen and made his international debut for the United States in June 2001. 27 MF Randy Merkel USA on loan from Atlanta Silverbacks Left club during season 2 DF Leo Cullen USA to New England Revolution 4 DF Tim Sahaydak USA released 22 MF Judah Cooks USA on loan from Charleston Battery References 2 Category:Miami Fusion Miami Fusion Miami Fusion Miami Fusion Category:Supporters' Shield winning seasons Category:2000s in Broward County, Florida