The following are Soccer America Magazine's MLS playoff ratings leaders through the conference finals (1-low to 10-high).
1. Cannon (Colorado) 7.0.
2. Eskandarian (D.C. United), Rimando (D.C. United) 6.7.
4. Gutierrez (Kansas City), Reis (New England) 6.3.
6. Busch (Columbus), Burciaga (Kansas City), Zavagnin (Kansas City), Kirovski (Los Angeles), Marshall (Los Angeles), Walker (MetroStars), Dorman (New England), Twellman (New England) 6.0.
14. Carroll (D.C. United), Conrad (Kansas City), Jewsbury (Kansas City) 5.7.
17. Chung (Colorado), Cunningham (Columbus), Guevara (MetroStars), Agoos (San Jose), Donovan (San Jose), Dunivant (San Jose) 5.5.
23. Moreno (D.C. United), Olsen (D.C. United), Arnaud (Kansas City), Garcia (Kansas City), Stephenson (Kansas City), Califf (Los Angeles), Hartman (Los Angeles), Jones (Los Angeles), Saragosa (Los Angeles), Victorine (Los Angeles), Dempsey (New England), Joseph (New England), Leonard (New England), Noonan (New England) 5.3.