2000 Dallas Burn season

Dallas Burn

2000 season
Owner	Lamar Hunt
Head Coach	Dave Dir
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
MLS	Central Division: 3rd Overall: 6th
MLS Cup	Lost Quarterfinals vs. MetroStars (0 – 2)
U.S. Open Cup	Lost Quarterfinal vs. Chicago Fire (1 – 5)
Average home league attendance	13,102
Home colors Away colors
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Dallas Burn season was the fifth season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. It would be the final season that Dave Dir was head coach.

Final Standings

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - Chicago Fire	32	17	9	6	67	51	16	57
x - Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	16	12	4	62	50	12	52
x - Dallas Burn	32	14	14	4	54	54	0	46
Columbus Crew	32	11	16	5	48	58	-10	38

x - clinched playoff berth

Regular Season

Chicago Fire v Dallas Burn

March 18, 2000	Chicago Fire	2 – 4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Colorado Rapids v Dallas Burn

March 25, 2000	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Tampa Bay Mutiny v Dallas Burn

April 1, 2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0 – 1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

New England Revolution v Dallas Burn

April 8, 2000	New England Revolution	1 – 2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Los Angeles Galaxy

April 15, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
				Stadium: Rose Bowl

Dallas Burn v San Jose Earthquakes

April 22, 2000	Dallas Burn	0 – 5	San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose, California
				Stadium: Spartan Stadium

Columbus Crew v Dallas Burn

April 29, 2000	Columbus Crew	1 – 2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Tampa Bay Mutiny

May 6, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
				Stadium: Raymond James Stadium

Los Angeles Galaxy v Dallas Burn

May 13, 2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Columbus Crew

May 20, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 2	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Crew Stadium

Dallas Burn v Chicago Fire

May 24, 2000	Dallas Burn	3 – 4	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
				Stadium: Soldier Field

Dallas Burn v D.C. United

May 27, 2000	Dallas Burn	2 – 3	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
				Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Tampa Bay Mutiny v Dallas Burn

June 3, 2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 – 2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Columbus Crew v Dallas Burn

June 7, 2000	Columbus Crew	2 – 3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Columbus Crew

June 10, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 1 (OT)	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Crew Stadium

Kansas City Wizards v Dallas Burn

June 17, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Kansas City Wizards

June 21, 2000	Dallas Burn	0 – 0 (OT)	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

Dallas Burn v D.C. United

June 24, 2000	Dallas Burn	0 – 2	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
				Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Dallas Burn v Colorado Rapids

June 28, 2000	Dallas Burn	0 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
				Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Los Angeles Galaxy v Dallas Burn

July 1, 2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v MetroStars

July 5, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 2	MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey
				Stadium: Giants Stadium

D.C. United v Dallas Burn

July 8, 2000	D.C. United	0 – 3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Miami Fusion

July 15, 2000	Dallas Burn	3 – 0	Miami Fusion	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Miami Fusion v Dallas Burn

July 19, 2000	Miami Fusion	1 – 1 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v New England Revolution

August 2, 2000	Dallas Burn	2 – 1	New England Revolution	Foxboro, Massachusetts
				Stadium: Foxboro Stadium

Dallas Burn v Tampa Bay Mutiny

August 5, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
				Stadium: Raymond James Stadium

D.C. United v Dallas Burn

August 12, 2000	D.C. United	0 – 1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Chicago Fire v Dallas Burn

August 16, 2000	Chicago Fire	0 – 3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

MetroStars v Dallas Burn

August 26, 2000	MetroStars	6 – 4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Dallas Burn v Chicago Fire

August 30, 2000	Dallas Burn	0 – 4	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
				Stadium: Soldier Field

Dallas Burn v Los Angeles Galaxy

September 6, 2000	Dallas Burn	1 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
				Stadium: Rose Bowl

San Jose Earthquakes v Dallas Burn

September 9, 2000	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
				Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Dallas Burn v MetroStars

September 15, 2000 Game 1	Dallas Burn	1 – 2 (OT)	MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Rhine  57'		Mathis  34' Valencia  100'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,868

MetroStars v Dallas Burn

September 20, 2000 Game 2	MetroStars	2 – 1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
	Mathis  53', 81'		Rodriguez  82' (pen)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,555

U.S. Open Cup

Tennessee Rhythm v Dallas Burn

June 14, 2000 Second Round	Tennessee Rhythm	0 – 3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
			Deering  27', 75' Alavanja  72'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 477

Dallas Burn v Minnesota Thunder

July 25, 2000 Third Round	Dallas Burn	2 – 0	Minnesota Thunder	Blaine, Minnesota
	Kreis  36' Alavanja  88'			Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,110

Dallas Burn v Chicago Fire

August 9, 2000 Quarterfinal	Dallas Burn	1 – 5	Chicago Fire	Naperville, Illinois
	Deering  82'		Wolff  2', 47', 72', 87' Kovalenko  9'	Stadium: Cardinal Stadium Attendance: 6,514

External links

• Season statistics