2003 in American soccer explained

Country:	the United States
Soccer:	yes
Season:	2003
Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2004
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The 2003 season was the 91st year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

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.

Major League Soccer

See main article: article and 2003 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Eastern Conference
	30	15	7	8	53	43	10	53
	30	12	9	9	55	47	8	45
	30	11	10	9	40	40	0	42
	30	10	11	9	38	36	2	39
Columbus Crew	30	10	12	8	44	44	0	38

Western Conference
	30	14	7	9	45	35	10	51
	30	11	10	9	48	44	4	42
	30	11	12	7	40	45	-5	40
	30	9	12	9	35	35	0	36
Dallas Burn	30	6	19	5	35	64	-29	23

• Top eight teams with the highest points clinch play-off berth, regardless of conference.
  x = Playoff berth
  y = Conference Winner (Season)
  s = Supporters Shield/Conference winner (Season)

MLS Cup

See main article: article and MLS Cup 2003.

A-League

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Montreal Impact	28	16	6	6	40	21	54
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	7	6	40	21	51
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	15	9	4	50	41	49
4	Syracuse Salty Dogs	28	11	12	5	42	38	38
5	Toronto Lynx	28	11	13	4	29	38	37

Southeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Charleston Battery	28	15	6	7	41	27	54
2	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	14	9	5	51	34	47
3	Richmond Kickers	28	12	9	7	41	32	43
4	Charlotte Eagles	28	6	15	7	29	59	25
5	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	17	7	27	48	19

Western Conference

Central Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Milwaukee Wave United	28	18	10	0	61	32	54
2	Minnesota Thunder	28	17	9	2	44	28	53
3	El Paso Patriots	28	9	16	3	33	48	30
4	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	9	19	0	38	62	24
5	Indiana Blast	28	3	23	2	28	67	11

Pacific Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	16	7	5	45	24	53
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	15	6	7	45	24	52
3	Portland Timbers	28	15	11	2	39	43	47
4	Calgary Storm	28	4	21	3	16	62	15

Playoffs

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

See main article: article and 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
Columbus Crew	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
New England Revolution	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round
San Jose Earthquakes	2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First Round

San Jose Earthquakes

References

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