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	Nationality	Age	Goals
1.	Carlos Ruiz	LA Galaxy	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 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'