2000 in American soccer

Soccer-related events in the U.S. during the season of 2000

Soccer in the United StatesSeason| 2000

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The 2000 season was the 88th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

## National team

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### Record

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Competition  | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA

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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 14  | 3
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 2
2000 U.S. Cup | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 1
International Friendly | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 4
Total | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 10

### Results

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

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Win   Draw   Loss

United States  v  Iran January 16 International Friendly|  United States  | 1 – 1|   Iran | Pasadena, California

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14:00 UTC-08 | Armas 48' | (Report) | Mahdavikia 7' | Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 50,181
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Chile  v  United States January 29 International Friendly|  Chile  | 1 – 2|   United States | Coquimbo, Chile

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22:00 UTC-03 | Riveros 57' | (Report) | Lewis 55'
Jones 88' | Stadium: Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Attendance: 11,000

United States  v  Haiti February 12 Gold Cup Group Stage|  United States  | 3 – 0|   Haiti | Miami, Florida

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19:00 UTC-05 | Kirovski 18'
Wynalda 55' (pen.)
Jones 88' | (Report) |  | Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 49,591

Peru  v  United States February 16 Gold Cup Group Stage|  Peru  | 0 – 1|   United States | Miami, Florida

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21:00 UTC-05 |  | (Report) | Jones 59' | Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 36,004

United States  v  Colombia February 19 Gold Cup Quarterfinal|  United States  | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(1 - 2 p)|   Colombia | Miami, Florida

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15:00 UTC-05 | McBride 20'
Armas 51' | (Report) | Asprilla 24'
Bedoya 82' | Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 32,972
| Penalties|
Wynalda
Reyna
Lewis
Armas
Olsen |  | Pérez
Martínez
Candelo
Mosquera

United States  v  Tunisia March 12 International Friendly|  United States  | 1 – 1|   Tunisia | Birmingham, Alabama

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13:30 UTC-06 | Olsen 90+2' | (Report) | Kanzari 78' | Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 21,637
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Russia  v  United States April 26 International Friendly|  Russia  | 2 – 0|   United States | Moscow, Russia

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19:00 UTC+04 | Titov 63'
Karpin 90+2' | (Report) |  | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 12,500

United States  v  South Africa June 3 U.S. Cup|  United States  | 4 – 0|   South Africa | Washington, D.C.

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16:00 UTC-04 | Jones 36', 43'
Reyna 65'
Stewart 68' | (Report) |  | Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 16,570

United States  v  Republic of Ireland June 6 U.S. Cup|  United States  | 1 – 1|   Republic of Ireland | Foxborough, Massachusetts

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20:00 UTC-04 | Razov 68' | (Report) | Foley 31' | Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 16,319

United States  v  Mexico June 11 U.S. Cup|  United States  | 3 – 0|   Mexico | East Rutherford, New Jersey

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13:00 UTC-04 | McBride 33'
Hejduk 79'
Razov 85' | (Report) |  | Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 45,008

Guatemala  v  United States July 16 World Cup qualifying|  Guatemala  | 1 – 1|   United States | Mazatenango, Guatemala

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11:00 UTC-06 | Ruiz 88' | (Report) | Razov 45' | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo
Attendance: 9,500

Costa Rica  v  United States July 23 World Cup qualifying|  Costa Rica  | 2 – 1|   United States | San José, Costa Rica

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11:00 UTC-06 | Fonseca 10'
Medford 90+3' (pen.) | (Report) | Stewart 65' | Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
Attendance: 20,000

United States  v  Barbados August 16 World Cup qualifying|  United States  | 7 – 0|   Barbados | Foxborough, Massachusetts

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20:30 UTC-04 | Pope 14'
McBride 28'
Moore 45', 82'
O'Brien 46'
Ramos 72'
Stewart 74' | (Report) |  | Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 18,334

United States  v  Guatemala September 3 World Cup qualifying|  United States  | 1 – 0|   Guatemala | Washington, D.C.

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14:00 UTC-04 | McBride 72' | (Report) |  | Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 51,996

United States  v  Costa Rica October 11 World Cup qualifying|  United States  | 0 – 0|   Costa Rica | Columbus, Ohio

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20:00 UTC-04 |  | (Report) |  | Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 24,430

United States  v  Mexico October 25 International Friendly|  United States  | 2 – 0|   Mexico | Los Angeles, California

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20:00 UTC-07 | Donovan 50'
Wolff 79' | (Report) |  | Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 61,072

Barbados  v  United States November 15 World Cup qualifying|  Barbados  | 0 – 4|   United States | Saint Michael, Barbados

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15:00 UTC-04 |  | (Report) | Mathis 63'
Stewart 73'
Jones 77'
Razov 90+3' | Stadium: Barbados National Stadium
Attendance: 4,000

### Goalscorers

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Player  | Goals

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Cobi Jones | 6
Brian McBride | 4
Earnie Stewart | 4
Ante Razov | 4
Chris Armas | 2
Joe-Max Moore | 2
Eddie Lewis | 1
Jovan Kirovski | 1
Eric Wynalda | 1
Ben Olsen | 1
Claudio Reyna | 1
Frankie Hejduk | 1
Eddie Pope | 1
John O'Brien | 1
Tab Ramos | 1
Landon Donovan | 1
Josh Wolff | 1
Clint Mathis | 1

## Major League Soccer

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Main article: 2000 Major League Soccer season

### Standings

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Eastern Conference  |  GP  |  W  |  L  |  D  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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x - MetroStars | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 64 | 56 | 8 | 54
x - New England Revolution | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 47 | 49 | -2 | 45
Miami Fusion F.C. | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 41
D.C. United | 32 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 44 | 63 | -19 | 30
Central Conference  |  GP  |  W  |  L  |  D  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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x - Chicago Fire | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 51 | 16 | 57
x - Tampa Bay Mutiny | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 52
x - Dallas Burn | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 46
Columbus Crew | 32 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 58 | -10 | 38
Western Conference  |  GP  |  W  |  L  |  D  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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s - Kansas City Wizards | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 57
x - Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 50
x - Colorado Rapids | 32 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 43 | 59 | -16 | 43
San Jose Earthquakes | 32 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 50 | -15 | 29

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

Supporters Shield
x = Clinched Playoff berth.

### Playoffs

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Playoff bracket

| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | MLS Cup '00 |

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| 1 | Kansas City Wizards (7 Points) | 1 | 0 | 3 | | |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids (1 Points) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | 1 | Kansas City Wizards (SDET**) (4 Points) | 0 | 1 | 1** |
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| 4 | Tampa Bay Mutiny (0 Points) | 0 | 2 | x |

| 5 | Los Angeles Galaxy (6 Points) | 1 | 5 | x |
| | 1 | Kansas City Wizards |   |   | 1 |
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| 2 | Chicago Fire (6 Points) | 2 | 1 | 6 | |

| 7 | New England Revolution (3 Points) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | 2 | Chicago Fire (6 Points) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | MetroStars (ASDET*) (6 Points) | 2* | 2 | x |

| 6 | Dallas Burn (0 Points) | 1 | 1 | 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.

### MLS Cup

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Main article: MLS Cup 2000

October 15

Kansas City Wizards| 1 – 0| Chicago Fire

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Molnar 11' |  |

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 39,159

## Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 2000 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

### Bracket

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Home teams listed on top of bracket

| Second round | | | Third round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| D3 | Riverside County Elite | 1 | | | | |
| A-L | San Diego Flash | 2 |
| | A-L | San Diego Flash | 0 |
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| | | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |
| MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |

| A-L | Seattle Sounders | 1 |
| | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |
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| USASA | Stanislaus United Cruisers | 0 | |

| MLS | San Jose Earthquakes | 5 |
| | MLS | San Jose Earthquakes | 2 |
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| | | A-L | Richmond Kickers | 0 |
| A-L | Richmond Kickers | 3 |

| MLS | Colorado Rapids | 0 |
| | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET) | 1 |
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| PDL | Chicago Sockers | 0 (7) | | |

| MLS | Kansas City Wizards
(ASDET, PSO) | 0 (6) |
| | PDL | Chicago Sockers | 0 |
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| MLS | Chicago Fire | 4 |

| D3 | Texas Rattlers | 0 |
| | MLS | Chicago Fire | 5 |
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| A-L | Minnesota Thunder | 7 | |

| USASA | Mexico SC | 0 |
| | A-L | Minnesota Thunder | 0 |
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| MLS | Dallas Burn | 3 |

| A-L | Tennessee Rhythm | 0 |
| | MLS | Chicago Fire | 2 |
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| PDL | Cape Cod Crusaders | 0 | | | |

| MLS | Columbus Crew | 2 |
| | MLS | Columbus Crew | 4 |
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| | | A-L | Hampton Roads Mariners | 1 |
| A-L | Hampton Roads Mariners | 3 |

| D3 | Northern Virginia Royals | 2 |
| | MLS | Columbus Crew (ASDET, PSO) | 1 (6) |
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| D3 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 1 | |

| MLS | MetroStars | 2 |
| | MLS | MetroStars | 3 |
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| | | MLS | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 0 |
| MLS | Tampa Bay Mutiny (ASDET) | 1 |

| USASA | Uruguay SC | 0 |
| | MLS | MetroStars | 2 |
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| A-L | Charleston Battery | 0 | | |

| MLS | D.C. United | 4 |
| | MLS | D.C. United | 3 |
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| A-L | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 |

| A-L | Rochester Rhinos | 2 |
| | MLS | D.C. United | 2 |
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| MLS | New England Revolution | 0 | |

| PDL | Mid Michigan Bucks | 1 |
| | PDL | Mid Michigan Bucks | 3 (5) |
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| MLS | Miami Fusion | 6 |

| D3 | New Jersey Stallions | 1 |

### Final

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October 21

Miami Fusion| 1 – 2| Chicago Fire

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Wélton 90' |  | Stoichkov 44'
Marshall 88' (o.g.)

Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 19,146

Referee: Kevin Stott

## References

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