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.

Major League Soccer best goal scorers 2002

Season:
# Player Team Nationality Age Goals
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

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 2000-2023 here.

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 Goals
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'