2002 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2002 season
Owner	D.C. United Holdings
Head Coach	Ray Hudson
MLS	Conference: 5th; Overall: 10th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First round
Atlantic Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Curtis; Convey (05)
Home colors	Away colors

The 2002 D.C. United season was the clubs' eighth year of existence, as well as their seventh season in Major League Soccer.

Under second-year head coach, Ray Hudson, United failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season, a dry spell that would not be achieved again until the 2011 United season.

Competitions

Preseason

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	Head-to-head
1	Los Angeles Galaxy (SS) (W1)	28	16	9	3	44	33	+11	51	2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup
2	San Jose Earthquakes	28	14	11	3	45	35	+10	45	2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup¹, 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup
3	Dallas Burn	28	12	9	7	44	43	+1	43	2002 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2003 U.S. Open Cup	DAL: 7 pts COL: 4 pts
4	Colorado Rapids	28	13	11	4	43	48	-5	43		DAL: 7 pts COL: 4 pts
5	New England Revolution (E1)	28	12	14	2	49	49	0	38		NE: 7 pts CLB: 4 pts
6	Columbus Crew	28	11	12	5	44	43	+1	38		NE: 7 pts CLB: 4 pts
7	Chicago Fire	28	11	13	4	43	38	+5	37
8	Kansas City Wizards²	28	9	10	9	37	45	-8	36	2002 MLS Cup Playoffs
9	MetroStars²	28	11	15	2	41	47	-6	35
10	D.C. United²	28	9	14	5	31	40	-9	32

Source: MLSSoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored.
(SS) = MLS Supporters' Shield; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

^Note 1 – Since Los Angeles Galaxy won MLS Cup 2002 and the Supporters' Shield, San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup by finishing as Supporters' Shield runners-up.
^Note 2 – Since Kansas City Wizards, MetroStars, and D.C. United finished outside of the top seven in the league standings, they enter the U.S. Open Cup in the third round proper rather than fourth.
^Note 3 – D.C. United qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup by finishing runners-up in the CONCACAF Giants Cup.

Results summary

Results by round

Match reports

March 22, 2002 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–1	D.C. United	Pasadena, California
20:00 EST	Ruíz 85', 92+'	Report	Curtis 76'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 20,602

March 30, 2002 2	D.C. United	2–0	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
16:00 EST	Etcheverry 39' Conteh 46'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,033

April 3, 2002 3	Colorado Rapids	2–0	D.C. United	Denver, Colorado
19:00 EST	Henderson 44', 89'	Report		Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High Attendance: 48,476

April 6, 2002 4	Dallas Burn	2–1	D.C. United	Dallas
18:00 EST	Kreis 63' Rodríguez 84'	Report	Quaranta 61'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 8,565

April 20, 2002 5	D.C. United	2–1	Kansas City Wizards	Washington, D.C.
17:00 EST	Curtis 71' McKinley 92+'	Report	Preki 73'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,759

April 27, 2002 6	Columbus Crew	1–0	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio
17:00 EST	Maisonneuve 15'	Report		Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,997

May 4, 2002 7	D.C. United	0–3	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
15:00 EST		Report	Daniv 26' Nowak 55' Razov 59'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,767

May 12, 2002 7	D.C. United	1-1	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
15:00 EST	Santino Quaranta 45'	Report	Dante Washington 67'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 30,413

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

February 3, 2002 First round	Comunicaciones	4–0	D.C. United	Guatemala City, Guatemala
21:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Progress Cements Stadium

March 27, 2002 First round	D.C. United	2–1 (2–5 agg.)	Comunicaciones	Washington, D.C., United States
20:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium

Exhibitions

June 23, 2002	D.C. United	0–0	Boca Juniors	Washington, D.C., United States
16:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium

October 17, 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	D.C. United	London, England
00:00 UTC−5				Stadium: White Hart Lane

October 26, 2002	D.C. United	4–0	Águila	Washington, D.C., United States
16:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium

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References

General

"2002 Schedule: All competitions". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

Citations

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