2.61
Average goals per game in the 2004 MLS regular season, down 9.7 percent from last year's 2.89 per game. MLS's record low came in 1999 at 2.86. MLS games averaged 3.0 or more goals per game in six of its nine seasons.
12
Goals by Dallas forward Eddie Johnson and San Jose's Brian Ching, the lowest total for MLS goalscoring champions in history, three below last year's low scored by co-goalscoring champions Carlos Ruiz and Taylor Twellman.
18
Unbeaten streak by the Columbus Crew, the longest in MLS history, to clinch the Supporters' Shield as the MLS club with the best record in the regular season for the first time in club history.
21
Point total of Eddie Gaven, the MetroStars' 17-year-old midfielder, on seven goals and seven assists, the second highest total for an MLS teenager behind Landon Donovan's 24 points in 2001.
30
Games played by 15-year-old rookie Freddy Adu, one of only two D.C. United players to play every game. He finished with five goals and three assists for 13 points.
46
MLS games that ended in a tie. Last year, 53 games were tied after 90 minutes, but 12 were decided in overtime.
15,559
Average attendance during the 2004 MLS regular season, up 4.4 percent from last year's average of 14,898. Only two other seasons — 17,406 in 1996 and 15,821 in 2002 — topped 15,000 a game.
23,686
Average road attendance for D.C. United, the highest in MLS history.
23,809
The Los Angeles Galaxy's average attendance at the Home Depot Center, the third highest in MLS history behind the Galaxy's average of 28,916 and the MetroStars' average of 23,896, both in MLS's inaugural season.