| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 125 | 332 | 2.65 | 58 | 46.40% | 38 | 30.40% | 29 | 23.20% |
| Eastern | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 37 | WWXX | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 2 | Metrostars | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 40 | +0 | 36 | WLXL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | D.C. United | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 30 | WLOX | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |
| 4 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 29 | WWLX | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 24 | LLOL | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||
| Western | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 39 | WWOW | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |
| 2 | 1 | Kansas City Wizards | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 38 | LWLW | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 38 | WLXO | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ||
| 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 34 | LLWO | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Dallas Burn | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 32 | LLWL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||
| 11 | Brian CHING (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Carlos RUIZ (LA Galaxy, 2p) | ||
| 10 | Amado GUEVARA (Metrostars, 6p) | |
| Damani RALPH (Chicago Fire) | ||
| 9 | +2 | Alecko ESKANDARIAN (D.C. United) |
| Eddie JOHNSON (Dallas Burn, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Pat NOONAN (New England Revolution) | |
| Davy ARNAUD (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Josh WOLFF (Kansas City Wizards, 2p) | |
| 7 | John WOLYNIEC (Metrostars) | |
| Ross PAULE (Columbus Crew, 4p) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United, 1p) | ||
| 6 | Landon DONOVAN (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Alejandro MORENO (LA Galaxy) | ||
| Clint DEMPSEY (New England Revolution) | ||
| +1 | Eddie GAVEN (Metrostars) | |
| Jovan KIROVSKI (LA Galaxy, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Taylor TWELLMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| Edson BUDDLE (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Nkosinathi NHLEKO (Dallas Burn) | ||
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (Columbus Crew, 3p) |
| Wednesday, 8 September 2004 | |||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 0-1 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 90 | Sanneh | ||||
| Friday, 10 September 2004 | |||||
| Colorado Rapids | 3-1 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 24(p) | Chung | 11(p) | Wolff | ||
| 60 | Cila | ||||
| 90 | Beckerman | ||||
| Saturday, 11 September 2004 | |||||
| D.C. United | 3-0 | Dallas Burn | |||
| 46 | Eskandarian | ||||
| 82 | Eskandarian | ||||
| 84 | Adu | ||||
| Metrostars | 3-2 | New England Revolution | |||
| 31(p) | Magee | 5 | Noonan | ||
| 45 | Gaven | 14 | Twellman | ||
| 68 | Glen | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 2-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 36 | Victorine | 77 | Ekelund | ||
| 75 | Torres | ||||