The regular season came to an end with San Jose and Kansas City splitting a home-and-home series. Both teams won on the road by scoring four goals. The results put the Earthquakes at 16-5-5 on the season, eight points better than their actual 13-7-6.
In real life, the Earthquakes were the #5 seed in the MLS playoffs after collecting 45 points. If we re-order the standings based on San Jose’s results against their opponents, the Earthquakes would have tied Miami atop the league standings with 53 points, but the Fusion would have earned the tiebreaker.
| Standings | Soccer Blast | Actual |
| Miami | 1st – 53 points (+21 GD) | 1st – 53 points |
| San Jose | 2nd – 53 points (+20 GD) | 5th – 45 points |
| Los Angeles | 3rd – 50 points | 3rd – 47 points |
| Chicago | 4th – 50 points | 2nd – 53 points |
| MetroStars | 5th – 44 points | 6th – 42 points |
| Columbus | 6th – 42 points | 4th – 45 points |
| Kansas City | 7th – 36 points | 8th – 36 points |
| Dallas | 8th – 32 points | 7th – 35 points |
| DC United | 9th – 27 points | 10th – 26 points |
| New England | 10th – 27 points | 9th – 27 points |
| Colorado | 11th – 22 points | 11th – 23 points |
| Tampa Bay | 12th – 11 points | 12th – 14 points |
2001 San Jose Earthquakes Replay Home Page
September 1 at San Jose
Kansas City Wizards 4, San Jose Earthquakes 2
(actual: San Jose 3, Kansas City 0)
45′ goal Kansas City — Chris Brown (Andrew Gregor)
51′ goal San Jose — Richard Mulrooney (Ronald Cerritos)
53′ goal Kansas City — Peter Vermes (Kerry Zavagnin)
61′ goal San Jose — Ian Russell (Junior Agogo)
65′ goal Kansas City — Chris Brown (Andrew Gregor)
92′ goal Kansas City — Matt McKeon (penalty kick)
Shots: San Jose 11, Kansas City 7
Shots on Goal: San Jose 6, Kansas City 5
Corner Kicks: San Jose 1, Kansas City 5
Cards: Kerry Zavagnin (KC) 6′ yellow; Brandon Prideaux (KC) 7′ yellow; Ian Russell (SJ) 68′ yellow; Nick Garcia (KC) 84′ yellow; Dwayne DeRosario (SJ) 92′ yellow
The Earthquakes twice erased a one-goal Wizards lead, but KC’s third goal put them ahead for good, and they added a penalty kick in stoppage time. The Wizards only took seven shots but scored on four of them.
September 8 at Kansas City
San Jose Earthquakes 4, Kansas City Wizards 1
(actual: Kansas City 1, San Jose 0)
25′ goal San Jose — Troy Dayak
27′ goal San Jose — Junior Agogo
28′ goal Kansas City — Francisco Gomez
36′ goal San Jose — Junior Agogo
84′ goal San Jose — Ronald Cerritos
Shots: San Jose 16, Kansas City 13
Shots on Goal: San Jose 14, Kansas City 8
Corner Kicks: San Jose 4, Kansas City 5
Cards: Troy Dayak (SJ) 33′ yellow
Both offenses were working at a high level and put a lot of shots on goal, but San Jose had more success putting it in the back of the net. Junior Agogo scored twice and Ronald Cerritos added one late.
SEASON TOTALS
| Player | Soccer Blast G-A | Actual G-A |
| Ronald Cerritos | 15g, 2a | 11g, 2a |
| Landon Donovan | 10g, 1a | 7g, 7a |
| Manny Lagos | 9g, 3a | 8g, 8a |
| Ian Russell | 3g, 5a | 3g, 3a |
| Richard Mulrooney | 3g, 4a | 1g, 5a |
| Junior Agogo | 3g, 1a | 4g, 3a |
| Troy Dayak | 2g, 2a | 2g, 0a |
| Dwayne DeRosario | 2g, 1a | 5g, 2a |
| Jeff Agoos | 1g, 2a | 2g, 2a |
| Wade Barrett | 1g, 1a | 1g, 3a |
| Zak Ibsen | 1g, 0a | 2g, 1a |
| Ramiro Corrales | 0g, 1a | 1g, 0a |
| Ronnie Ekelund | 0g, 1a | 0g, 1a |
| After 26 Games | Soccer Blast | Actual |
| Goals Scored | 52 goals (2.0 per game) | 47 (1.8 per game) |
| Goals Allowed | 32 goals (1.2 per game) | 29 (1.1 per game) |
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 