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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

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