Kansas City won its first MLS title with a 1-0 win over Chicago in MLS Cup 2000. Danish striker Miklos Molnar scored in the 11th minute, and Kansas City held on thanks to a brilliant performance by keeper Tony Meola to edge the Fire. The closest the Fire came was on shots by Hristo Stoitchkov off the post and Diego Gutierrez off the crossbar. Oct. 15 in Washington, D.C. Kansas City 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Molnar 11. Kansas City — Meola, Prideaux, Vermes, Garcia, Klein (Gomez, 89), Savagnin, Johnston, McKeon, Henderson, Preki (Okafor, 73), Molnar. Chicago — Thornton, Bocanegra, Bonseu, Brown, Marsch (Wolff, 61), Nowak (Kubik, 83), Gutierrez (Beasley, 70), Kovalenko, Stoitchkov, Razov. Yellow cards: Kansas City — Johnston 48, Garcia 58, Meola 76; Chicago — Kovalenko 46. Referee: Paul Tamberino.