2001 in American soccer

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Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	10	5	2	3	11	8
International Friendly	5	1	1	3	3	4
Total	15	6	3	6	14	12

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Player	Goals
Earnie Stewart	5
Josh Wolff	3
Joe-Max Moore	2
Brian McBride	1
Clint Mathis	1
Ante Razov	1

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Eastern Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
s - Miami Fusion F.C.	26	16	5	5	57	36	21	53
x - MetroStars	26	13	10	3	38	35	3	42
New England Revolution	27	7	14	6	35	52	-17	27
D.C. United	26	8	16	2	42	50	-8	26

Central Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Chicago Fire	27	16	6	5	50	30	20	53
x - Columbus Crew	26	13	7	6	49	36	13	45
x - Dallas Burn	26	10	11	5	48	47	1	35
Tampa Bay Mutiny	27	4	21	2	32	68	-36	14

Western Conference	GP*	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Los Angeles Galaxy	26	14	7	5	52	36	16	47
x - San Jose Earthquakes	26	13	7	6	47	29	18	45
x - Kansas City Wizards	27	11	13	3	33	53	-20	36
Colorado Rapids	26	5	13	8	36	47	-11	23

• Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
  s =

Supporters Shield
x = Clinched playoff berth

• Miami Fusion F.C. wins first tiebreaker with Chicago Fire (2-0 in head-to-head competition)
• Columbus Crew wins first tiebreaker with San Jose Earthquakes (1-0-1 in head-to-head competition)
• GP* (Games Played) = Season shorten due to 9/11 attacks.

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							MLS Cup 2001
	2	Chicago Fire (7 Points)	2	1	2
	7	Dallas Burn (1 Points)	0	1	0
									Chicago Fire (1 Points)	1	0	1
									Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)* (7 Points)	1	1*	2*
	3	Los Angeles Galaxy (SDET)* (4 Points)	1	1	3*
	6	MetroStars (4 Points)	1	4	2
																Los Angeles Galaxy			1
																San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)*			2*
	1	Miami Fusion F.C. (6 Points)	2	0	2
	8	Kansas City Wizards (3 Points)	0	3	1
									Miami Fusion F.C. (3 Points)	1	0	0
									San Jose Earthquakes (SDET)* (6 Points)	0	4	1*
	4	Columbus Crew (0 Points)	1	0	x
	5	San Jose Earthquakes (6 Points)	3	3	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.