2002 Dallas Burn season

The 2002 Dallas Burn season was the seventh season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

Dallas Burn
2002 season
OwnerMajor League Soccer
Head coachMike Jeffries
StadiumCotton Bowl
MLSConference: 3rd
Overall: 3rd
MLS CupLost Western Conference Semifinals vs. Colorado Rapids (1–2)
U.S. Open CupLost Semifinal vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (1–4)
Brimstone CupWon Championship vs. Chicago Fire (2–0)
Average home league attendance13,122

Final standings
Western Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 51 28 16 9 3 44 33  +11
2 San Jose Earthquakes 45 28 14 11 3 45 35  +10
3 Dallas Burn 43 28 12 9 7 44 43  +1
4 Colorado Rapids 43 28 13 11 4 43 48  −5
5 Kansas City Wizards 36 28 9 10 9 37 45  −8
2002 Supporters' Shield winner
2002 MLS Cup Playoffs

Regular season
March 23, 2002 1 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
April 6, 2002 2 D.C. United 1–2 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
April 13, 2002 3 Dallas Burn 1–1 (OT) Los Angeles Galaxy Pasadena, California
Stadium: Rose Bowl
April 20, 2002 4 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
April 27, 2002 5 Kansas City Wizards 1–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
May 4, 2002 6 Dallas Burn 2–1 MetroStars East Rutherford, New Jersey
Stadium: Giants Stadium
May 11, 2002 7 Dallas Burn 0–2 New England Revolution Foxboro, Massachusetts
Stadium: CMGI Field
May 18, 2002 8 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
May 25, 2002 9 Dallas Burn 1–1 (OT) Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio
Stadium: Crew Stadium
June 1, 2002 10 Dallas Burn 2–2 (OT) Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
June 8, 2002 11 Colorado Rapids 1–4 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
June 15, 2002 12 Dallas Burn 3–1 Chicago Fire Naperville, Illinois
Stadium: Cardinal Stadium
June 22, 2002 13 Dallas Burn 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Pasadena, California
Stadium: Rose Bowl
June 29, 2002 14 Columbus Crew 0–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
July 4, 2002 15 MetroStars 0–2 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
July 6, 2002 16 Dallas Burn 1–1 (OT) Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
July 13, 2002 17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
July 20, 2002 18 Dallas Burn 0–4 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
July 27, 2002 19 Dallas Burn 2–2 (OT) Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
Stadium: Invesco Field
July 31, 2002 20 Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
August 10, 2002 21 Chicago Fire 1–3 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
August 17, 2002 22 Dallas Burn 3–1 MetroStars East Rutherford, New Jersey
Stadium: Giants Stadium
August 21, 2002 23 Dallas Burn 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
August 24, 2002 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
September 1, 2002 25 Dallas Burn 2–3 Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
Stadium: Invesco Field
September 5, 2002 26 MetroStars 3–1 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
September 14, 2002 27 New England Revolution 2–1 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
September 19, 2002 28 Dallas Burn 4–3 (OT) D.C. United Washington, D.C.
Stadium: RFK Stadium

Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals
September 25, 2002 (2002-09-25) Game 1 Colorado Rapids 2–4 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT [1]
Report at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2002)
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 6,360
Referee: Alex Prus
Assistant referees: Robert Fereday
Assistant referees: Steven Davidson
September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28) Game 2 Dallas Burn 0–1 Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT [1]
Report at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2002)
Stadium: Invesco Field
Attendance: 9,637
Referee: Rich Grady
Assistant referees: Greg Barkey
Assistant referees: Richard Eddy
October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02) Game 3 Colorado Rapids 1–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT [1]
Report at the Wayback Machine (archived December 18, 2002)
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 8,008
Referee: Terry Vaughn
Assistant referees: Jose Andrade
Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry
October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02) Tiebreaker[2] Colorado Rapids 1–0 Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
 Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 8,008
Referee: Terry Vaughn

U.S. Open Cup
July 17, 2002 Third Round Dallas Burn 2–1 (OT) Atlanta Silverbacks Clarkston, Georgia
Martinez  82'  102' Iotov  18' Stadium: DeKalb Memorial Stadium
August 7, 2002 Quarterfinal Colorado Rapids 0–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Dallas, Texas
O’Brien  111' Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 1,301
September 3, 2002 Semifinal Dallas Burn 1–4 Los Angeles Galaxy Fullerton, California
Cerritos  89' Ruiz  11'
Cienfuegos  17'
Jones  34'
Elliot  81'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 3,132

References
  1. "Major League Soccer 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs Media Guide" (PDF). MLSNET. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-07-14. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  2. "2002 MLS Cup Playoff Synopsis". MLSNET. Archived from the original on 2002-10-04. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
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