MLS Cup 2002 was the seventh edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer, which took place on October 20, 2002. It was hosted at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts
Gillette Stadium, host of MLS Cup 2002
New England Revolution forward Taylor Twellman, who led the team in scoring
Forward Carlos Ruiz, whose golden goal won the MLS Cup for the Los Angeles Galaxy
Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez, initially nicknamed El Pescadito or "The Little Fish" but later became El Pescado or "The Fish", is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a striker.
MLS Cup 2002
…in all three of their previous cup appearances. Los Angeles won their first championship 1–0 in the second overtime on a sudden-death goal scored by Carlos Ruiz. The match was attended by 61,316 spectators, the largest figure for any MLS Cup until 2018. It was also the last MLS final to end with a golden goal…