2001 Major League Soccer season

6th season of Major League Soccer March 2019 June 2017 2001 12 San Jose Earthquakes (1st title) Miami Fusion (1st shield) 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup San Jose Earthquakes Alex Pineda ChaconMiami Fusion F.C.Goals: 19 158 519 D.C. UnitedSeason: 258,213Game Avg.: 21,518 San Jose EarthquakesSeason: 125,250Game Avg.: 9,635 2,363,859 14,961 2000 2002 United States 525 right Locations of teams for the 2001 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 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.http://mlsnet.com:80/content/01/mls0913teleconference.html MLS Teleconference: September 13, 2001 MLSNET https://web.archive.org/web/20020211203952/http://mlsnet.com/content/01/mls0913teleconference.html February 11, 2002 November 25, 2018 dead 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 MLS Cup 2001 on October 21. The Miami Fusion won their first Supporters' Shield and the San Jose Earthquakes defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy in the final to win their first MLS Cup. Overview Season format The season began on April 7 and concluded with MLS Cup on October 21. The 12 teams were split into three divisions. Each team was to play 28 gamesWhite Joseph April 5, 2001 Everything but attendance rising for Major League Soccer B4 News & Messenger] Associated Press https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-messenger-everything-but-attend/159525028/ Newspapers.com November 21, 2024 that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team would play every other team in their division four times, for a total of 12 games. The remaining schedule was to consist of two games against the remaining eight teams, for a total of 16 games. The eight teams with the most points per game 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 Tim Hankinson Columbus Crew USA Greg Andrulis — D.C. United NED Thomas Rongen MasterCard Dallas Burn USA Mike Jeffries 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 CAN Frank Yallop USA Jeff Agoos Yahoo! Sports Tampa Bay Mutiny USA Perry Van der Beck Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment Columbus Crew USA Tom Fitzgerald Fired May 17, 2001 USA Greg Andrulis May 17, 2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny SPA Alfonso Mondelo Resigned July 5, 2001 USA Perry Van der Beck July 5, 2001 Standings Eastern Division Central Division Western Division Overall standings MLS Cup playoffs Bracket 3/3/1 Quarterfinals Semifinals MLS Cup 20px 260px 2 Chicago Fire (7 Points) 2 1 2 7 Dallas Burn (1 Points) 0 1 0 3 Los Angeles Galaxy (SDET)* (4 Points) 1 1 3* 6 MetroStars (4 Points) 1 4 2 1 Miami Fusion (6 Points) 2 0 2 8 Kansas City Wizards (3 Points) 0 3 1 4 Columbus Crew (0 Points) 1 0 x 5 San Jose Earthquakes (6 Points) 3 3 x 2 Chicago Fire (1 Points) 1 0 1 3 Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* (7 Points) 1 1* 2* 1 Miami Fusion (3 Points) 1 0 0 5 San Jose Earthquakes (SDET)* (6 Points) 0 4 1* 3 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 5 San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)* 2 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 20, 2001 Dallas Burn 0–2 Chicago Fire Bocanegra 40 Whitfield 90+ Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 8,314 September 23, 2001 Chicago Fire 1–1 Dallas Burn J. Beasley 84 Deering 27 Cotton BowlDallas, TexasAttendance:: 17,149 September 29, 2001 Dallas Burn 0–2 Chicago Fire Kovalenko 17 Armas 55 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 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 StadiumFort Lauderdale, FloridaAttendance: 6,281 September 26, 2001 Miami Fusion 0–3 Kansas City Wizards Lowe 24 McKeon 31 pen. Gomez 45+ Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MissouriAttendance: 5,803 September 29, 2001 Kansas City Wizards 1–2 Miami Fusion Lowe 13 Preki 14 Henderson 71 Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FloridaAttendance: 8,119 Miami Fusion advance 6–3 on points. September 23, 2001 MetroStars 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy Faria 29 Caligiuri 63 Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaAttendance: 11,580 September 26, 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–4 MetroStars Victorine 4 Faria 72, 80 Chung 75 Valencia 83 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New JerseyAttendance: 12,817 September 29, 2001 MetroStars 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Villegas 49, 60 Victorine 21, 33 Frye 56 Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaAttendance: 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 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Columbus Crew Donovan 5 45+ Lagos 31 Warzycha 54 pen. Columbus Crew StadiumColumbus, OhioAttendance: 20,883 September 26, 2001 Columbus Crew 0–3 San Jose Earthquakes Lagos 9 Cerritos 68 Donovan 76 Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CaliforniaAttendance: 10,419 San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–0 on points. Semifinals October 10, 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Chicago Fire Hernández 44 Wynalda 32 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 10,388 October 13, 2001 Chicago Fire 0–1 (AET) Los Angeles Galaxy Vagenas 94 Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaAttendance: 10,100 October 17, 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 (AET) Chicago Fire Califf 44 Cienfuegos 98 D. Beasley 30 Soldier FieldChicago, IllinoisAttendance: 13,444 Los Angeles Galaxy advance 7–1 on points. October 10, 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Miami Fusion Preki 53 Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FloridaAttendance: 9,236 October 14, 2001 Miami Fusion 0–4 San Jose Earthquakes Donovan 16 Russell 57 Lagos 69 De Rosario 89 Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CaliforniaAttendance: 16,119 October 17, 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 (AET) Miami Fusion Dayak 94 Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FloridaAttendance: 11,242 San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–3 on points. MLS Cup MLS Cup 2001 October 21, 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 (AET) San Jose Earthquakes Hernández 21 Donovan 43 De Rosario 96 Columbus Crew StadiumColumbus, OhioAttendance: 21,626 Player statistics Goals Rank Player Club Goals 1HON 1949 Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion 19 2COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion 15 3SCO John Spencer Colorado Rapids 14SLE Abdul Thompson Conteh D.C. United 5SLV Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes 11ECU 1900 Ariel Graziani Dallas Burn 7USA Jeff Cunningham Columbus Crew 10USA Eric Wynalda New England Revolution, Chicago Fire 9SEN Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny 9BOL Jaime Moreno D.C. United Hat-tricks List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks Player Club Against Result DateUSA Clint Mathis MetroStars Kansas City Wizards 4–1 md 2001 5 2SLE Abdul Thompson Conteh D.C. United New England Revolution 5–0 md 2001 5 9SEN Mamadou Diallo4 Tampa Bay Mutiny Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion Dallas Burn 6–2 md 2001 6 2USA Dante Washington Columbus Crew Tampa Bay Mutiny 6–1 md 2001 6 16SCO John Spencer Colorado Rapids D.C. United 3–1 md 2001 7 4HON 1949 Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion D.C. United 3–1 md 2001 9 8 Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1COL Diego Serna Miami Fusion 11COL John Wilmar Pérez Columbus Crew 3USA Ross Paule Colorado Rapids 10USA Preki Miami Fusion 5USA Jeff Cunningham Columbus Crew 8USA Cobi Jones Los Angeles GalaxyUSA Manny Lagos San Jose EarthquakesPOL Piotr Nowak Chicago Fire 9USA Landon Donovan San Jose Earthquakes 7BOL Marco Etcheverry D.C. United ECU Ariel Graziani Dallas Burn USA Eric Quill Tampa Bay Mutiny Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1USA Matt JordanDallas Burn9USA Zach ThorntonChicago Fire3USA Joe CannonSan Jose Earthquakes74USA Matt ReisLos Angeles Galaxy65USA Tom PresthusColumbus Crew5USA Nick RimandoMiami Fusion7USA Kevin HartmanLos Angeles Galaxy4USA Tim HowardMetroStarsUSA Tony MeolaKansas City Wizards10USA Bo OshoniyiKansas City Wizards3 Awards Individual awards AwardPlayerClubMost Valuable PlayerHON 1949 Alex Pineda ChacónMiami FusionDefender of the YearUSA Jeff AgoosSan Jose EarthquakesGoalkeeper of the YearUSA Tim HowardMetroStarsCoach of the Year CAN Frank YallopSan Jose EarthquakesRookie of the YearBRA Rodrigo FariaMetroStarsComeback Player of the YearUSA Troy DayakSan Jose EarthquakesScoring ChampionHON 1949 Alex Pineda ChacónMiami FusionGoal of the YearUSA Clint MathisMetroStarsFair Play AwardHON 1949 Alex Pineda ChacónMiami FusionHumanitarian of the YearUSA Tim HowardMetroStars Best XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsUSA Tim Howard, MetroStarsUSA Jeff Agoos, San Jose USA Carlos Llamosa, MiamiUSA Pablo Mastroeni, MiamiUSA Greg Vanney, LA Galaxy USA Chris Armas, Chicago POL Piotr Nowak, Chicago USA Preki, Miami HON 1949 Alex Pineda Chacón, MiamiCOL Diego Serna, MiamiSCO John Spencer, Colorado Player of the Month WeekPlayerClubApril HON 1949 Alex Pineda Chacón Miami FusionMay USA Clint Mathis MetroStarsJune COL Diego Serna Miami FusionJuly BUL Hristo Stoitchkov Chicago FireAugust USA Brian Maisonneuve Columbus Crew Attendance TeamGamesTotalAverageD.C. United12258,21321,518MetroStars13270,47720,806Columbus Crew13227,64417,511Los Angeles Galaxy13226,03517,387Colorado Rapids13214,24916,481Chicago Fire14229,43816,388New England Revolution13203,50115,654Dallas Burn13163,46512,574Miami Fusion14156,48111,177Kansas City Wizards13142,40210,954Tampa Bay Mutiny14146,70410,479San Jose Earthquakes13125,2509,635Totals1582,363,85914,961 International Competition CONCACAF Champions' Cup Kansas City Wizards2001 edition canceled; Wizards advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002. Chicago Fire2001 edition canceled; Fire advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002. Copa Merconorte MetroStarsWent 3-3-0 in group stage and did not advance.Defeated VEN 1954 Deportivo Italchacao, 2-0 at home.Awarded two forfeit wins against MEX Club Deportivo Guadalajara, after the club refused to travel.Lost VEN 1954 Deportivo Italchacao, 2-1 away.Lost COL Millonarios, 2-1 away and 1-0 at home. Kansas City WizardsWent 1-4-1 in group stage and did not advance.Defeated ECU 1900 Barcelona, 3-2 away, Drew 1-1 at home.Lost MEX Santos Laguna, 4-2 away and 1-0 at home.Lost PER Sporting Cristal, 2-1 at home and 2-1 away. CONCACAF Giants Cup D.C. UnitedDefeated JAM Arnett Gardens, 5-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.Defeated GUA Comunicaciones, 2-1 in semifinals.Lost MEX Club América, 2-0 in final. Columbus CrewLost CRC Deportivo Saprissa, 3-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals. References External links MLS Site https://web.archive.org/web/20150719210604/http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/season/2001 July 19, 2015 2001 1 United States Category:Sports events affected by the September 11 attacks