2002 Playoffs
RESULTS
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORE | NOTES | ATT. | ROUND | GAME |
| 09/26/2002 | CHICAGO FIRE | W | 2-0 | 6,306 | EC Semifinals | 1 | |
| 09/29/2002 | at Chicago Fire | L | 1-2 | 9.434 | EC Semifinals | 2 | |
| 10/02/2002 | CHICAGO FIRE | W | 2-0 | 6,954 | EC Semifinals | 3 | |
| 10/06/2002 | COLUMBUS CREW | T | 0-0 | OT | 11,387 | EC Final | 1 |
| 10/09/2002 | at Columbus Crew | W | 1-0 | 10,245 | EC Final | 2 | |
| 10/12/2002 | COLUMBUS CREW | T | 2-2 | OT | 9,216 | EC Final | 3 |
| 10/20/2002 | vs. LOS ANGELES GALAXY | L | 0-1 | OT | 61,316 | MLS Cup |
LINEUPS
| East. Conf. SEMIS - GM. 1 | EAST. CoNF. SEMIS - GM. 2 | EAST. CONF. SEMIS - GM. 3 | EAST. CONF. FINAL - GM. 1 | EAST. CONF. FINAL - GM. 2 | |||||
| VS. CHICAGO FIRE | @ CHICAGO FIRE | VS. CHICAGO FIRE | VS. COLUMBUS CREW | @ COLUMBUS CREW | |||||
| W, 2-0 September 26, 2002 | L, 1-2 September 29, 2002 | W, 2-0 October 2, 2002 | T, 0-0 October 6, 2002 | W, 1-0 October 9, 2002 | |||||
| GK | Brown | GK | Brown | GK | Brown | GK | Brown | GK | Brown |
| D | Franchino | D | Franchino | D | Franchino | D | Franchino | D | Franchino |
| D | Heaps | D | Heaps | D | Kante | D | Kante | D | Llamosa |
| D | Kante | D | Llamosa | D | Pierce (Cloutier 46’) | D | Pierce | D | Pierce (Griffiths 66’) |
| D | Llamosa | D | Heaps | D | Heaps | D | Heaps | D | Heaps |
| M | Cullen | M | Kamler (Cloutier 64’) | M | Kamler | M | Kamler | M | Kamler |
| M | Hernandez | M | Cullen (Griffiths 82’) | M | Cullen | M | Cullen | M | Cullen |
| M | Kamler | M | Hernandez | M | Hernandez | M | Hernandez | M | Hernandez |
| M | Ralston | M | Ralston | M | Joseph | M | Ralston | M | Ralston |
| F | Harris (Fuller 85’) | F | Harris | F | Harris (Griffiths 76’) | F | Harris (Chacon 58’, Cloutier 88’) | F | Harris |
| F | Twellman | F | Twellman | F | Twellman | F | Twellman | F | Twellman (Fuller 75’) |
| EAST. CONF. FINAL - GM. 3 | MLS CUP 2002 | ||
| VS. COLUMBUS CREW | VS. LOS ANGELES GALAXY | ||
| T, 2-2 October 12, 2002 | L, 0-1 (OT) October 20, 2002 | ||
| GK | Brown | GK | Brown |
| D | Franchino | D | Franchino |
| D | Kante | D | Kante |
| D | Llamosa | D | Llamosa |
| D | Pierce (Fuller 84’) | D | Heaps |
| M | Kamler | M | Kamler (Griffiths 90’) |
| M | Cullen | M | Cullen |
| M | Hernandez | M | Hernandez |
| M | Ralston | M | Ralston |
| F | Harris | F | Harris (Pineda Chacon 76’) |
| F | Pineda Chacon (Griffiths 77’) | F | Twellman |
STATISTICS
| # | POS | PLAYER | GP | GS | MIN | G | A | PTS | SHT | SOG | BLK | FC | FS | OFF | CK | C | E |
| 8 | MID | Brian Kamler | 7 | 7 | 613 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FWD | Wolde Harris | 7 | 7 | 575 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FWD | Taylor Twellman | 6 | 6 | 558 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MID | Daniel Hernandez | 6 | 6 | 583 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DEF | Leo Cullen | 7 | 7 | 665 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | M/D | Jay Heaps | 6 | 6 | 522 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MID | Steve Ralston | 7 | 7 | 673 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DEF | Joe Franchino | 7 | 7 | 673 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Adin Brown | 7 | 7 | 673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MID | Braeden Cloutier | 5 | 1 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | FWD | Ian Fuller | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MID | Winston Griffiths | 5 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DEF | Daouda Kante | 6 | 6 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DEF | Carlos Llamosa | 5 | 5 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | DEF | Rusty Pierce | 5 | 4 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MID | Alex Pineda Chacon | 3 | 1 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 7 | 7 | 673 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 60 | 25 | 4 | 118 | 108 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Opponent totals | 7 | 7 | 673 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 126 | 51 | 1 | 115 | 111 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 1 |
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Taylor Twellman 1, Brian Kamler 1, Jay Heaps 1
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Wolde Harris 2, Brian Kamler 1, Joe Franchino 1, Leo Cullen 1
PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
| # | POS | GOALKEEPER | GP | GS | MIN | SHT | SV | C/P | GA | GAA | PG | PA | W | L | T | SO |
| 24 | GK | Adin Brown | 7 | 7 | 673 | 51 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Team totals | 7 | 7 | 673 | 51 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Opponent totals | 7 | 7 | 673 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
BOX SCORES
Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 1
Chicago Fire 0 at New England Revolution 2
Sept. 26 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) Att: 6,306
Scoring - CHI - None
NE - Twellman (Franchino) 13, Hernandez (unassisted) 60
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| CHI | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| NE | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 2
New England Revolution 1 at Chicago Fire 2
Sept. 29 at Cardinal Stadium (Naperville, Ill.) Att: 9,434
Scoring - NE - Kamler (unassisted) 28
CHI - Razov (penalty kick) 43, Razov (Gray, Bocanegra) 76
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| NE | 5 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| CHI | 21 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 |
Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 3
Chicago Fire 0 at New England Revolution 2
Oct. 2 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) Att: 6,954
Scoring - CHI - None
NE - Kamler (Cullen, Harris) 12, Twellman (Hernandez) 65
Shots Saves Fouls Offside Corners
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| CHI | 17 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 10 |
| NE | 11 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
Eastern Conference Final, Game 1
Columbus Crew 0 at New England Revolution 0 (2OT)
Oct. 6 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) Att: 11,387
Scoring - None
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| CLB | 17 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 9 |
| NE | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Eastern Conference Final, Game 2
New England Revolution 1 at Columbus Crew 0
Oct. 9 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att: 10,245
Scoring - NE - Heaps (Harris, Kamler) 3
CLB - None
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| NE | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| CLB | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 11 |
Eastern Conference Final, Game 3
Columbus Crew 2 at New England Revolution 2 (2OT)
Oct. 12 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) Att: 9,216
Scoring - CLB - McBride (unassisted) 80, Washington (West, Martino) 85
NE - Ralston (Cullen) 17, Harris (Kamler) 47
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| CLB | 24 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| NE | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
MLS Cup 2002
New England Revolution 0 at Los Angeles 1 (2OT)
Oct. 20 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) Att: 61,316
Scoring - LA - Ruiz (Marshall, Albright) 113
NE - None
| Shots | Saves | Fouls | Offside | Corners | |
| NE | 9 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| LA | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 |