2000 Major League Soccer season

5th season of Major League Soccer June 2017 June 2017 Major League Soccer 2000 12 Kansas City Wizards (1st title) Kansas City Wizards (1st shield) CONCACAF Champions' Cup Kansas City WizardsChicago Fire Mamadou DialloTampa Bay MutinyGoals: 26 192 612 MetroStarsGames: 5(1 Jul – 2 Aug) Kansas City WizardsGames: 12(25 Mar – 4 Jun) San Jose EarthquakesGames: 6(15 Jul – 19 Aug) Los Angeles GalaxySeason: 326,392Game Avg.: 20,400 Miami FusionSeason: 119,352Game Avg.: 7,460 2,641,085 13,756 1999 2001 United States 525 right Locations of teams for the 2000 Major League Soccer season8px Western Division   8px Central Division   8px Eastern Division United States 38.889722 -76.971667 D.C. United bottom ButtonGreen.svg United States 40.737411 -74.153763 MetroStars left ButtonGreen.svg United States 26.193056 -80.161111 Miami right ButtonGreen.svg United States 42.090833 -71.264444 New England top ButtonGreen.svg United States 41.742432 -87.806789 Chicago top ButtonGray.svg United States 40.009444 -82.991111 Columbus left ButtonGray.svg United States 33.154444 -96.835278 Dallas right ButtonGray.svg United States 27.978889 -82.503611 Tampa Bay top ButtonGray.svg United States 39.35 -104.8918 Colorado top ButtonViolet.svg United States 33.864444 -118.261111 Los Angeles bottom ButtonViolet.svg United States 39.1218 -94.8237 Kansas City bottom ButtonViolet.svg United States 37.350556 -121.936667 San Jose top ButtonViolet.svg 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 List of Major League Soccer stadiums 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 USA Bob Bradley — Colorado Rapids USA Glenn Myernick Columbus Crew USA Tom Fitzgerald Snickers D.C. United NED Thomas Rongen MasterCard Dallas Burn USA Dave Dir Kansas City Wizards USA Bob Gansler — Los Angeles Galaxy USA Sigi Schmid — MetroStars ECU Octavio Zambrano USA Tab Ramos New York Life Miami Fusion ENG Ray Hudson — New England Revolution USA Fernando Clavijo — San Jose Earthquakes GER Lothar Osiander USA John Doyle Yahoo! Sports Tampa Bay Mutiny USA Tim Hankinson Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment Miami Fusion BRA Ivo Wortmann Fired May 8, 2000 ENG Ray Hudson May 8, 2000 Standings Eastern Division Central Division Western Division Overall standings Fixtures and results main FBREF.com complete FBR CHI COL CLB DAL DC KC LA MIA NE MTS SJ TB Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Dallas Burn D.C. United Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy Miami Fusion New England Revolution MetroStars San Jose Earthquakes Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–1* null null 2–1* null null 1–0 3–2 0–0* 4–2 4–1 3–2* 1–1* 0–0* 2–1 0–2 null 3–1 2–1* null 0–0* 1–1* 3–4 2–2* 4–1 1–2 3–0 5–1 2–5 null 0–1 0–1 0–1 null 2–1 null 4–0 null null 3–1 0–1 2–2* 0–2 1–0* 4–3 null null 4–2 2–0 2–0 null 2–1 null 1–0 0–0* 2–0 null 2–1* null null 0–4 1–1* 2–0 0–1 0–0* 2 1–1* 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1* 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 null null 0–0* 2–3 null 3–0 2–0 1–0* null 0–1 4–1 1–0 null 5–3 null 4–2 null 0–2 null null 2–0 1–1* 2–0 null null 4–3 null 0–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 null 2–1 4–2 null 0–5 1–2 1–1* 1–0 1–1* 2–0 null 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–0* 3–2 4–1 1–1* 4–0 null 4–1 null null 0–1 1–2 3–2* 2–1 2–2* 3–0 null null 1–1* 2–1 2–0 null 2–1 1–5 null null null 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–0* y 0–1 0–0* 0–0* null 1–0 1–4 4–3* 1–2 3–0 null 2–1 null 2–4 null 2–3 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 null null 1–0 2–2* 3–1 0–3 null 0–3 0–0* 2–0 null 3–1 1–1* 2–1 2–2* null 4–6 2–0 null 2–1 3–2 0–3 3–1 null 3–2 1–2 3–0 null 1–2 null 2–0 2–2* 4–3 2–3* 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1* 2–1 1–1* 1–0* 3–4 4–2 4–1 null 1–2 0–0* null 2–1 null 1–1* 2–1 3–0 null null 3–5 null 3–3* 3–1 5–0 null 2–0 null 2–1 null 5–1 0–3 null 2–1 1–1* 4–2 0–2 1–2 null 2–1 0–1 1–2 null 2–6 1–1* 1–3 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 null null 1–2 2–2* null null null 2–3 1–3 Note: * = Match required extra time MLS Cup playoffs Bracket 3/3/1 Quarterfinals Semifinals MLS Cup 25px 260px 1 Kansas City Wizards (7 Points) 1 0 3 8 Colorado Rapids (1 Points) 0 0 2 4 Tampa Bay Mutiny (0 Points) 0 2 x 5 Los Angeles Galaxy (6 Points) 1 5 x 2 Chicago Fire (6 Points) 2 1 6 7 New England Revolution (3 Points) 1 2 0 3 MetroStars (ASDET*) (6 Points) 2* 2 x 6 Dallas Burn (0 Points) 1 1 x 1 Kansas City Wizards (SDET**) (4 Points) 0 1 1** 5 Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET*) (4 Points) 0 2* 0 2 Chicago Fire (6 Points) 3 0 3 3 MetroStars (3 Points) 0 2 2 1 Kansas City Wizards 1 2 Chicago Fire 0 Points systemWin = 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, 2000Game 1 Colorado Rapids 0–1 Kansas City Wizards Molnar 18 Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MissouriAttendance: 8,682 September 20, 2000Game 2 Kansas City Wizards 0–0 Colorado Rapids INVESCO Field at Mile HighDenver, ColoradoAttendance: 8,789 September 24, 2000Game 3 Colorado Rapids 2–3 Kansas City Wizards Bravo 70, 90+ pen. Henderson 11 Molnar 65 Gomez 69 Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MissouriAttendance: 4,156 Kansas City Wizards advance 7–1 on points. September 15, 2000Game 1 New England Revolution 1–2 Chicago Fire Harris 50 Wright 54 o.g. Kovalenko 73 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 10,476 September 19, 2000Game 2 Chicago Fire 1–2 New England Revolution Kovalenko 83 Wynalda 18 Wright 86 Foxboro StadiumFoxborough, MassachusettsAttendance: 10,723 September 22, 2000Game 3 New England Revolution 0–6 Chicago Fire Razov 5, 65 Stoichkov 14, 17 Nowak 45+ George 75 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 5,972 Chicago Fire advance 6–3 on points. September 15, 2000Game 1 Dallas Burn 1–1 (AET)0–1 (ASDET) MetroStars Rhine 57 Mathis 34 Valencia 100 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New JerseyAttendance: 14,868 September 20, 2000Game 2 MetroStars 2–1 Dallas Burn Mathis 53, 81 Rodríguez 82 pen. Cotton BowlDallas, TexasAttendance: 7,555 MetroStars advance 6–0 on points. September 14, 2000Game 1 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny Vanney 61 pen. Raymond James StadiumTampa, Florida 5,583 September 20, 2000Game 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–5 Los Angeles Galaxy Diallo 21 67 Hendrickson 14 Kelly 19 Hernández 48 Cienfuegos 51 Jones 85 Rose BowlPasadena, California 13,581 Los Angeles Galaxy advance 6–0 on points. Semifinals September 26, 2000Game 1 MetroStars 0–3 Chicago Fire Stoichkov 21 Kovalenko 35 Razov 84 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 7,141 September 30, 2000Game 2 Chicago Fire 0–2 MetroStars Chung 40 Valencia 84 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New JerseyAttendance: 15,476 October 6, 2000Game 3 MetroStars 2–3 Chicago Fire Valencia 32, 36 Brown 4 Stoichkov 31 Razov 88 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 10,133 Chicago Fire advance 6-3 on points. September 29, 2000Game 1 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MissouriAttendance: 11,815 October 3, 2000Game 2 Kansas City Wizards 1–1 (AET)0–1 (ASDET) Los Angeles Galaxy McKeon 29 Jones 16 Califf 93 Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaAttendance: 20,849 October 6, 2000Game 3 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Kansas City Wizards Molnar 22 pen. Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MissouriAttendance: 8,320   0–1 series (SDET)   Molnar 6 Kansas City Wizards advance 1–0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4–4 tie on points. MLS Cup MLS Cup 2000 October 15, 2000 Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Chicago Fire Molnar 11 RFK StadiumWashington, D.C.Attendance: 39,159 Player statistics Goals Rank Player Club Goals1SEN Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny262USA Ante Razov Chicago Fire183USA Clint Mathis Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars16COL Diego Serna Miami FusionCOL Adolfo Valencia MetroStars6ECU 1900 Ariel Graziani Dallas Burn15USA Dante Washington Columbus CrewJAM Wolde Harris New England Revolution 9COL Alex Comas MetroStars 1310DEN Miklos Molnar Kansas City Wizards 12BOL Jaime Moreno D.C. United Hat-tricks List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks Player Club Against Result DateUSA Ante Razov Chicago Fire Miami Fusion 3–0 md 2000 5 6BOL Jaime Moreno D.C. United Colorado Rapids 5–2COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–1 md 2000 6 21SEN Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny MetroStars 4–3 md 2000 8 16USA Clint Mathis5 MetroStars Dallas Burn 6–4 md 2000 8 26SEN Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny Columbus Crew 4–3 md 2000 8 30COL Diego Serna4 Miami Fusion MetroStars 4–1 md 2000 9 2COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion D.C. United 6–2 md 2000 9 9COL Alex Comas MetroStars New England Revolution 3–4 Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1COL Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny 26 2USA Clint Mathis Los Angeles Galaxy, MetroStars 13 3USA Eric Quill Tampa Bay Mutiny 11 4GUA Martín Machón Miami Fusion 10USA Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny 6USA Preki Kansas City Wizards 9COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion 8USA Mark Chung MetroStars 8USA Jason Kreis Dallas BurnCOL Adolfo Valencia MetroStarsPOL Robert Warzycha Columbus Crew Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1USA Tony MeolaKansas City Wizards162USA Joe CannonSan Jose Earthquakes7USA Kevin HartmanLA GalaxyUSA Matt JordanDallas Burn5USA Scott GarlickTampa Bay Mutiny66USA Zach ThorntonChicago Fire57USA Tim HowardMetroStars4USA David KramerColorado Rapids9USA Jeff CauseyNew England Revolution3USA Mark DoughertyColumbus Crew Awards Individual awards AwardPlayerClubMost Valuable PlayerUSA Tony MeolaKansas City WizardsDefender of the YearUSA Peter VermesKansas City WizardsGoalkeeper of the YearUSA Tony MeolaKansas City WizardsCoach of the YearUSA Bob GanslerKansas City WizardsRookie of the YearUSA Carlos BocanegraChicago FireComeback Player of the YearUSA Tony MeolaKansas City WizardsScoring ChampionSEN Mamadou DialloTampa Bay MutinyGoal of the YearUSA Marcelo BalboaColorado RapidsFair Play AwardUSA Steve RalstonTampa Bay MutinyHumanitarian of the YearSierra Leone Abdul Thompson ContehSan Jose Earthquakes Best XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsUSA Tony Meola, Kansas CityUSA Robin Fraser, LA Galaxy USA Greg Vanney, LA GalaxyUSA Peter Vermes, Kansas CityUSA Chris Armas, Chicago POL Piotr Nowak, Chicago USA Steve Ralston, Tampa BayBUL Hristo Stoichkov, ChicagoCOL Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay SEN Mamadou Diallo, Tampa BayUSA Clint Mathis, MetroStars Player of the Month WeekPlayerClubApril DEN Miklos Molnar Kansas City WizardsMay USA Tony Meola Kansas City WizardsJune USA Clint Mathis MetroStarsJuly USA Dante Washington Columbus CrewAugust USA Clint Mathis MetroStarsSeptember COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion Attendance TeamGames TotalAverageLos Angeles Galaxy 16326,392 20,400D.C. United 16297,279 18,580 MetroStars 16281,938 17,621 New England Revolution 16247,409 15,463Columbus Crew 16247,220 15,451 Chicago Fire 16214,189 13,387 Dallas Burn 16209,637 13,102 Colorado Rapids 16201,280 12,580 San Jose Earthquakes 16199,364 12,460 Tampa Bay Mutiny 16151,232 9,452 Kansas City Wizards 16145,793 9,112Miami Fusion 16119,352 7,460Totals1922,641,08513,756 References MLS Site https://web.archive.org/web/20100804025603/http://www.mlssoccer.com/content/2000-full-season-stats August 4, 2010 2000 1 United States