Fifa 2001 MLS Qualifications

One of a few non-european leagues in the game so this is an important place in the final. Chicago Fire and DC United were I guess the major pretendents to that golden ticket and they did not dissapoint the fans. Only team that actually could bring a suprise was Miami Fusion, mainly thanks to their striker Lessiter who give the team a lot of confidence in their attacks and produce a key goals. But in the semi final Miami clashed with D.C. United and lost after a close game 1:2. In the final Fire was already waiting for their biggest rival but D.C. was stronger than they could possibly imagine. Chicago will remember this day for long, as D.C. provided them a lesson of counting, when goals kept coming one after another. It ended with four and that was far enough for D.C. to play in the finals.





HIGHLIGHTS
RESULTS
1 Round
Tampa Bay Mutiny 2:0 San Jose Earthquakes
1:0 McCarty
2:0 Diallo

Los Angeles Galaxy 2:0 Colorado Rapids
1:0 Cinfuegos
2:0 Cinfuegos

Miami Fusion 1:0 Dallas Burn
1:0 Lassiter

Columbus Crew 2:1 Kansas City Wizards
1:0 Perez
1:1 Brown
2:1 McBride

2 Round
Miami Fusion 3:0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
1:0 Lassiter
2:0 Lassiter
3:0 Williams

D.C. United 2:1 Los Angeles Galaxy
1:0 Moreno
1:1 Fraser
2:1 Moreno

Chicago Fire 5:0 Columbus Crew
1:0 Wolff
2:0 Kovalenko
3:0 Razov
4:0 Wolff
5:0 Kovalenko

New England 0:1 NY/NJ Metrostars
0:1 Mathis

Semi Finals
Miami Fusion 1:2 D.C. United
0:1 Etcheverry
1:1 Lassiter
1:2 Moreno

Chicago Fire 1:0 NY/NJ Metrostars
1:0 Wolff

FINAL
D.C. United 4:0 Chicago Fire
1:0 Olsen
2:0 Moreno
3:0 Moreno
4:0 Olsen

TOP SCORERS
Moreno (DC United) - 5
Lessiter (Miami Fusion) - 4
Wolff (Chicago Fire) - 3

MVP - Lessiter (Miami Fusion)