| 20 Fearless Predictions for the 2001 season. 6 points out of 20… not so good. |
| 1. East finish: Metro, NE, Miami, DC. pretty close but for Miami 1/2 point |
| 2. Central Finish: Chicago, Dallas, Tampa, Columbus. 1st right anyway. |
| 3. West Finish: KC, Colorado, LA, and SJ. er… not good. |
| 4. The US Open Cup will be won by Los Angeles. YES!, 1 point |
| 5. Stoitchkov will be MVP of MLS. He got hurt, Chacon won. |
| 6. Dallas will win the MLS Cup. Dude, are we homers of what. San Jose won |
| 7. Tom Fitzgerald will be fired in Columbus and the Crew will hire Thomas Dooley to replace him. try, try again. another Correct |
| 8. Clint Mathis will lead MLS in points. He would have if not for injury. |
| 9. Ryan Nelson will win rookie of the year for DC United. nope Rodrigo Faria |
| 10. The US Nats will qualify for the 2002 World Cup. YES!!!! |
| 11. Luis Hernandez and Cobi Jones will both leave LA. 1/2 point Hernandez is out. |
| 12. The Burn will be sold before the season is over. If at first you don’t succeed. nope.. dang it… |
| 13. Landon Donavan will play for a MLS team this season. probably LA 1/2 point SJ |
| 14. Chicago will win the Supporters Shield. Miami won it, who knew? |
| 15. MLS will award the second expansion franchise to Philadelphia Athletic FC. Contracted instead. |
| 16. Peter Vagenas will have a breakout year for LA. Yes, didn’t win any awards, but now they want to trade Cienfuegos. |
| 17. Matt Jordan will be goalkeeper of the Year. Not looking good. |
| 18. Mike Petke will be defender of the year. Agoos in SJ |
| 19. Chicago will not miss Kubik with the emergence of Andrew Lewis as sweeper. They didn’t miss him.1/2 point |
| 20. Alexi Lalas will start the majority of games for the Galaxy. Only started 9, played 11. |