2003 Dallas Burn season

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Dallas Burn
2003 season
Owner
Head coachMike Jeffries (until September)
Colin Clarke (September – October)
StadiumDragon Stadium
MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 10th
U.S. Open CupLost Fourth Round vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (1–4)
Brimstone CupWon Championship vs. Chicago Fire (1–1)
Average home league attendance7,906
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The 2003 Dallas Burn season was the eighth season of the Major League Soccer team. It still stands as the worst season in franchise history. It was the only season where the team had the worst record in the entire league. The team's average attendance of 7,906 still stands as the lowest in franchise history. The season saw team management fire head coach Mike Jeffries in September. Colin Clarke took over as interim head coach for the rest of the season. The 2003 season was played at Dragon Stadium in Southlake, Texas, home of the Southlake Carroll high school football team, featuring black, purple, white and yellow field lines for 5 different sports, on artificial turf. At the Cotton Bowl, the Dallas Burn were known throughout the western hemisphere for having the best pitch in soccer. The inexplicable stadium move decimated the team and their fans. Crowds dwindled below 1000 and the team finished the season with a -29 goal differential.

Final standings[]

Western Conference GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
y - San Jose Earthquakes 30 14 7 9 45 35 10 51
x - Kansas City Wizards 30 11 10 9 48 44 4 42
x - Colorado Rapids 30 11 12 7 40 45 -5 40
x - Los Angeles Galaxy 30 9 12 9 35 35 0 36
Dallas Burn 30 6 19 5 35 64 -29 23

y - Conference Champions, x - clinched playoff berth

Regular season[]

April 12, 2003 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
April 26, 2003 New England Revolution 2–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
May 3, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–0 (OT) D.C. United Washington, D.C.
Stadium: RFK Stadium
May 10, 2003 Kansas City Wizards 3–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
May 17, 2003 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
May 24, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–2 MetroStars East Rutherford, New Jersey
Stadium: Giants Stadium
May 31, 2003 D.C. United 2–3 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
June 14, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
June 18, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–4 Chicago Fire Chicago, Illinois
Stadium: Soldier Field
June 21, 2003 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
June 28, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Carson, California
Stadium: The Home Depot Center
July 2, 2003 D.C. United 3–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
July 5, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–0 (OT) Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
July 12, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–5 Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
July 16, 2003 Dallas Burn 2–1 New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
July 19, 2003 MetroStars 2–1 (OT) Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
July 26, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–3 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
August 9, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–2 Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
August 13, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
August 16, 2003 Kansas City Wizards 2–3 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
August 23, 2003 Columbus Crew 2–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
August 30, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy Carson, California
Stadium: The Home Depot Center
September 6, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–2 Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium
September 13, 2003 Dallas Burn 2–3 Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
September 20, 2003 Chicago Fire 0–2 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
September 27, 2003 Dallas Burn 2–5 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
October 4, 2003 New England Revolution 4–1 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium
October 11, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–0 (OT) MetroStars East Rutherford, New Jersey
Stadium: Giants Stadium
October 18, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–1 Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
October 25, 2003 Colorado Rapids 3–4 Dallas Burn Southlake, Texas
Stadium: Dragon Stadium

U.S. Open Cup[]

August 6, 2003 Fourth Round Dallas Burn Texas 1–4 North Carolina Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington, North Carolina
Johnson 6' 33'
Nylen 52'
Murray 69', 89'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,019

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