The 2001 Major League Soccer season was shortened due to the

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, with the final weeks' regular season matches canceled. The playoffs, however, were played, and the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

won their first

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Standings

*Top eight teams with the highest points per game clinch playoff berth, regardless of division. *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) *Season shortened due to

. Due to the different number of games played, playoff ordering determined by points per game, instead of total points. *Dallas Burn (1.35 ppg) finishes ahead of Kansas City Wizards (1.33 ppg) in points per game

MLS Cup Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

*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.

Quarterfinals

Chicago Fire advance 7–1 on points. ---- Miami Fusion advance 6–3 on points. ---- Los Angeles Galaxy advance 1-0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4-4 tie on points. ---- San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

---- Los Angeles Galaxy advance 7–1 on points. ---- San Jose Earthquakes advance 6–3 on points.

MLS Cup

*San Jose Earthquakes earns MLS berth to

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2002. *D.C. United, Chicago Fire and Kansas City Wizards qualify for

2001.

Player awards

Player statistics

Top goal scorers

Played for more than one team - Most Recent Team Listed*

Attendance

International Competition

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse a ...

2001 edition canceled; Wizards advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002. * Chicago Fire
2001 edition canceled; Fire advance to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002. Copa Merconorte * MetroStars
Went 3-3-0 in group stage and did not advance.
Defeated Deportivo Italchacao, 2-0 at home.
Awarded two forfeit wins against
Club Deportivo Guadalajara, after the club refused to travel.
Lost Deportivo Italchacao, 2-1 away.
Lost

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

, 2-1 away and 1-0 at home. *

Went 1-4-1 in group stage and did not advance.
Defeated

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, 3-2 away, Drew 1-1 at home.
Lost Santos Laguna, 4-2 away and 1-0 at home.
Lost

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, ...

, 2-1 at home and 2-1 away. CONCACAF Giants Cup * D.C. United
Defeated

Arnett Gardens The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston, which currently plays in the Jamaica National Premier League. The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in th ...

, 5-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.
Defeated Comunicaciones, 2-1 in semifinals.
Lost

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier ...

, 2-0 in final. * Columbus Crew
Lost Deportivo Saprissa, 3-1 on aggregate in quarterfinals.

References

External links

MLS Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Major League Soccer 2001 Season

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1 Association football events curtailed due to the September 11 attacks