MLS Top scorers - United States 2002

The winning top scorer in MLS (Major League Soccer), United States during the season 2002 was Carlos Ruiz with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

Season:

Major League Soccer best goal scorers 2002

Below is the final top scorer list for the MLS 2002, including the 26 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age GoalsGoals
1. Carlos Ruiz
LA Galaxy
Guatemala
Guatemala
23
24
2. Taylor Twellman
New England Revolution
United States
22
23
3. Jeff Cunningham
Columbus Crew SC
United States
26
16
4. Ante Razov
Chicago Fire
United States
28
14
  Ariel Graziani
San Jose Earthquakes
Ecuador
31
14
  Jason Kreis
FC Dallas
United States
29
14
7. Mamadou Diallo
New York Red Bulls
Senegal
31
12
  Rodrigo Faria
New York Red Bulls
Brazil
25
12
9. Chris Carrieri
Colorado Rapids
United States
22
11
  Chris Henderson
Colorado Rapids
United States
31
11
  Mark Chung
Colorado Rapids
United States
32
11
12. Edson Buddle
Columbus Crew SC
United States
21
9
13. Bobby Rhine
FC Dallas
United States
26
8
14. Chris Klein
Sporting Kansas City
United States
26
7
  Dante Washington
Columbus Crew SC
United States
31
7
  Darío Fabbro
Sporting Kansas City
Argentina
26
7
  Landon Donovan
San Jose Earthquakes
United States
20
7
  Preki
Sporting Kansas City
United States
39
7
19. Ronnie Ekelund
San Jose Earthquakes
Denmark
30
6
20. Ali Curtis
D.C. United
United States
23
5
  Bobby Convey
D.C. United
United States
19
5
  Brian McBride
Columbus Crew SC
United States
30
5
  Igor Simutenkov
Sporting Kansas City
Russia
29
5
  John Spencer
Colorado Rapids
Scotland
32
5
  Josh Wolff
Chicago Fire
United States
25
5
  Steve Ralston
New England Revolution
United States
28
5
The age of the players is when the season ended at 20 October 2002

Scored hat-tricks in MLS, season 2002

In total there were 6 scored hat-tricks during the season 2002 in MLS, United States. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Taylor Twellman
New England Revolution
New England Revolution - D.C. United 3-0
Sat 7 september 2002
3
63', 75', 83'
Guatemala
Carlos Ruiz
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy - New York Red Bulls 3-0
Sat 31 august 2002
3
4', 23', 83'
Chris Carrieri
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids - Chicago Fire 3-2
Thu 4 july 2002
3
57', 82', 87'
Mamadou Diallo
New York Red Bulls
New York Red Bulls - LA Galaxy 5-0
Sat 15 june 2002
4
27', 36', 58', 90'
Bobby Rhine
FC Dallas
FC Dallas - Colorado Rapids 4-1
Sat 8 june 2002
3
4', 17', 74'
Ante Razov
Chicago Fire
New England Revolution - Chicago Fire 1-3
Sun 19 may 2002
3
34', 54', 73'

The season started 23 March 2002 and the last game of the season was played at 20 October 2002. More information and the winning top scorers in MLS between the seasons 2000-2025 here.