2000 in American soccer explained

Country:	the United States
Soccer:	yes
Season:	2000
Prevseason:	1999
Nextseason:	2001
Flagicon:	yes

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

National team

Record

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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

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.

Goalscorers

Player	Goals
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

See main article: 2000 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Eastern Conference
	32	17	12	3	64	56	8	54
	32	13	13	6	47	49	-2	45
	32	12	15	5	54	56	-2	41
	32	8	18	6	44	63	-19	30

Central Conference
	32	17	9	6	67	51	16	57
	32	16	12	4	62	50	12	52
	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
	32	11	16	5	48	58	-10	38

Western Conference
	32	16	7	9	47	29	18	57
	32	14	10	8	47	37	10	50
	32	13	15	4	43	59	-16	43
	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

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.

MLS Cup

See main article: MLS Cup 2000.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2000 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Final

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup at RSSSF