Every 2000 MLS playoff matchup, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Kansas City Wizards won the 2000 title from a regular season record of 16-7-9. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 3 rounds. Every matchup below is taken from the MLS stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals | Chicago Fire FC | 2-1 in games | New England Revolution | September 15 to September 22, 2000 |
| Quarterfinals | Kansas City Wizards | 2-0-1 in games | Colorado Rapids | September 16 to September 24, 2000 |
| Quarterfinals | New York/New Jersey MetroStars | 2-0 in games | Dallas Burn | September 15 to September 20, 2000 |
| Quarterfinals | LA Galaxy | 2-0 in games | Tampa Bay Mutiny | September 14 to September 20, 2000 |
| Semifinals | Chicago Fire FC | 2-1 in games | New York/New Jersey MetroStars | September 26 to October 6, 2000 |
| Semifinals | Kansas City Wizards | 1-1-1 in games | LA Galaxy | September 29 to October 6, 2000 |
| MLS Cup | Kansas City Wizards | 1-0 | Chicago Fire FC | October 14, 2000 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: Supporters' Shield