'96 MLS Supporter's Shield: Tampa Bay Mutiny '96 MLS Cup: D.C. United '96 U.S. Open Cup: D.C. United '97 MLS Supporter's Shield: D.C. United '97 MLS Cup: D.C. United '97 U.S. Open Cup: Dallas Burn '98 MLS Supporter's Shield: L.A. Galaxy '98 MLS Cup: Chicago Fire '98 U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire '99 MLS Supporter's Shield: D.C. United '99 MLS Cup: D.C. United '99 U.S. Open Cup: Rochester Raging Rhinos '00 MLS Supporter's Shield: K.C. Wizards '00 MLS Cup: K.C. Wizards '00 U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire '01 MLS Supporter's Shield: Miami Fusion '01 MLS Cup: San Jose Earthquakes '01 U.S. Open Cup: L.A. Galaxy '02 MLS Supporter's Shield: L.A. Galaxy '02 MLS Cup: L.A. Galaxy '02 U.S. Open Cup: Columbus Crew '03: MLS Supporter's Shield: Fire or Quakes '03: MLS Cup: - '03 U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire Titles, by team D.C. United: 6 Chicago Fire: 4 L.A. Galaxy: 4 K.C. Wizards: 2 San Jose Earthquakes: 1 Dallas Burn: 1 Miami Fusion: 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny: 1 Rochester Raging Rhinos: 1 (A-League) Columbus Crew: 1 MLS Supporter's Shields, by team D.C. United: 2 L.A. Galaxy: 2 Miami Fusion: 1 K.C. Wizards: 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny: 1 MLS Cup, by team D.C. United: 3 Chicago Fire: 1 K.C. Wizards: 1 San Jose Earthquakes: 1 L.A. Galaxy: 1 U.S. Open Cup, by team Chicago Fire: 3 D.C. United: 1 L.A. Galaxy: 1 Dallas Burn: 1 Rochester Raging Rhinos: 1 (A-League) Columbus Crew: 1 Teams with no titles (Finals played in) New England Revolution ('01 U.S. Open Cup, '02 MLS Cup) Colorado Rapids ('97 MLS Cup, '99 U.S. Open Cup) MetroStars ('03 U.S. Open Cup)
Congratulations to the Fire! They have a chance to do something really special this year. Interesting to note that they've never won the Supporter's Shield. I'm sure they'd like to change that. I just noticed something else: No team has ever won the Open Cup and the Shield in the same year.
I believe the Fire clinched the Shield this weekend, holding tiebreakers over San Jose if they have the same amount of points. However, one thing missing from the titles listed above - is conference titles (West/Central/East). Putting those into the mix, I believe (and might be wrong) - that only the Metrostars do not have ANY titles. James
Like it matters...But you're wrong. In fact, you can still buy the Year 2000 Eastern division Champions Youth T-shirt :O http://www.metrostars.com/Merchant2...OD&Product_Code=T001Y&Category_Code=Clearance
When the conferences get bigger than 4 or 5 teams each, then we can talk about conference titles being awards. If we never have a balenced schedule (which we probably won't due to geography), the SS will never quite be right, so conference titles might be a little more fair. I mean, they are calling the Fire the Eastern Conference champs now, but don't we have a conference playoff final coming up? Doesn't that determine the champ? Whatever... Heh, well look what I found (http://www.chicago-fire.com/organization/yearly_awards.asp) also: http://www.chicago-fire.com/images/awards/2001_centDivChamps.jpg They have trophies, so I guess they should count!
No, the only titles that count (and that are recognized by Major League Soccer) are the Supporters Shield (Best Regular Season Record), the MLS Cup, the US Open Cup and The Concacaf Champions Cup...
2003: LA and Crew made quarters 2002: KC made semifinal, Chicago, SJ quarters 2000/2001: Galaxy won, DC 4th place 1999: DC and Chicago got to the Semis 1998: DC won 1997: Galaxy made final, beat DC in semifinal 1996: (Cruz Azul) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/tourneys/conchamp.htm Can anybody make sense of what it says for the 2002 tourny, and why Chicago and KC were in? hey, look at this old-school stuff (kewl pics!): http://www.mlsnet.com/special/cc99/index.html
Aha. The game took place in 2001, that's all, and the USA Today page listed it as 2001. So confusing...
definately confusing, common mistake among MLS fans to think they won the 01 tourney...game just was in 01, haha... (Real) Titles by Team (including both of Chicagos this season) DC United - 7 Los Angeles - 5 Chicago - 5 Kansas City - 2 San Jose - 1 Columbus - 1 Dallas - 1 Colorado - 0 New England - 0 MetroStars - 0