EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 2-1-0 (6 points)/3rd D.C. United travels to battle the MetroStars this Saturday at Giants Stadium marking the first time United ‘keeper Mike Amman and Metros midfielder Richie Williams face their former teammates … A pre-draft trade on Feb. 4 sent the popular Ammann to United in exchange for the veteran defensive midfielder Williams … As part of the trade the Metros received an allocation from United, while United received the No. 15 overall pick in the 2001 draft (used to draft midfielder Bryan Namoff) … United announced yesterday that the club has raised over $18,000 for El Salvador earthquake relief from day-of-game ticket sales from United’s home matches on April 7 and 21 … As was the case with the two previous matches, the team will again donate $2 from each ticket purchased on game-day at RFK Stadium for the next home match on May 9 against the New England Revolution … Defender Mark Watson and his Canadian teammates split a pair of matches last week in Cairo, Egypt, in the LG Cup … Canada defeated Iran, 1-0, on Thursday in the consolation match after falling to Egypt, 3-0, on Tuesday … Watson played the full-90 in both matches in central defense. METROSTARS 2-1-1 (7 points)/2nd The MetroStars will host their first-ever series of business-to-business networking events this season, kicking off with a Hispanic Marketing Business Symposium on Wednesday, May 2 at 6 p.m. (ET), prior to the MetroStars’ game against Kansas City at Giants Stadium … The game is the third of six consecutive MetroStars home games at Giants Stadium … The MetroStars will be without the services of Alex Comas tomorrow night, as the forward will miss the match after being ejected in last Saturday’s 3-2 home win over Dallas … Defender Mersim Beskovic, a call up from the Long Island Rough Riders, made his MLS debut last Saturday as a substitution in the 84th minute vs. the Burn … Mathis is tied for 4th in the MLS scoring race with six points (2g, 2 a) in three games and is 6th with 1.97 points per 90 minutes … Reserve team North Jersey Imperials will battle the Westchester Apples in Premier Development League (PDL) action at Giants Stadium in a game scheduled for 4:30 P.M. ET on Wednesday. MIAMI FUSION 4-1-0 (12 points)/1st The Miami Fusion are the best team in MLS after five games, notching four wins and 12 points, aided by the best defense in the league (four goals allowed in five games) … They next travel to Columbus Crew Stadium on Saturday where they are winless in three years in the league (0-5-0) … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has been one of the highlights of the team’s defensive performance as he has made a number of spectacular saves in compiling the best goals-against-average in the league (0.80) … Aside from Alex Pineda Chac=n, defender Tyrone Marshall is the only other Fusion player to hit the back of the net in five matches … With 236 minutes under his belt, Pineda Chac=n is scoring at a rate of a goal every 47 minutes … Of the Honduran’s six shots on goal, five have been goals … All three of Diego Serna’s assists have been game-winning assists … With three assists already to his credit, midfielder Jim Rooney is just two away from matching a career high set in 1998 with the MetroStars … One dark spot is the loss of forward Pete Marino who was placed on injured reserve on April 27 after tearing the ACL in his right knee during training last week. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0-4-0 (0 points)/4th At 0-4-0, the Revolution are off to their worst start in team history but have historically performed well in the fifth game of the season … Matt Okoh started with Wolde Harris for the first time last weekend and together they formed as incisive an attack as New England has had in this first part of the season … The worst attack in the league with only two goals in four games, New England has just four players who have registered a point in 2001 … The Revolution’s two goals through four games this season is a record low for the team … The Revs previous low through four games was four goals set in 1999 and 1997 … Revolution defender Mauricio Wright plays against his former team, the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday … The Costa Rican played entire 1999 season with San Jose and 10 games in 2000 before being traded to New England on May 30 of last year … New England scored two or more goals in each of its three games against San Jose in 2000, going undefeated in each of them. CENTRAL DIVISION Record (Points)/Place CHICAGO FIRE 2-1-1 (7 points)/1st This weekend the Fire will be without national team star Josh Wolff, who has scored two goals in three games he has played in, both being game-winners … The team has lost the one game he has not been in the starting lineup this season Either Jamar Beasley or John Wolyniec should be given the nod at forward alongside Hristo Stoitchkov if the Bulgarian is fit to play … Chicago is also riding a 12-game home unbeaten streak when it takes on Tampa Bay this Saturday at Soldier Field … The Mutiny have only defeated the Fire once – in a shootout in 1999 … The value of Chris Armas to the team is clearly on display when the team takes on Carlos Valderrama and the Mutiny as the Colombian is yet to register an assist in his career against Bob Bradley’s team … Chicago is currently second in the league in team defense, allowing four goals in four games (1.0 goals per game) … Goalkeeper Zach Thornton has the highest saves per game average in the league with six saves … Stoitchkov will be featured in this week’s edition of New City (Chicago). COLUMBUS CREW 1-1-1 (4 points)/4th The Columbus Crew return to action Saturday after a two-week layoff between games (April 21-May 5), matching the longest regular-season respite in club history … Midfielder Robert Warzycha underwent successful surgery to repair a dislocated left ankle ligament, suffered April 21 vs. Kansas City … Ansil Elcock played the full 90 minutes in Trinidad & Tobago’s 1-1 tie with Mexico last week at Port of Spain, Trinidad … The Columbus City Council made an official proclamation yesterday at Columbus City Hall, declaring Saturday, May 5, “Hispanic Heritage Night” in Columbus … Crew assistant coach Oscar Pisano, a native of Argentina, was on hand to acknowledge the proclamation … Crew and U.S. national team forward Brian McBride, the official spokesperson for the Central Ohio Diabetes Association (CODA), will present a check for $4,100 to the organization at a pregame on-field ceremony on Saturday … McBride pledges $100 for every Crew win and tie, every U.S. national team win or tie in games he plays in, and another $100 for every goal and assist he scores for both The Crew and the U.S. national team … The Crew will take on The Ohio State University men’s soccer team in the annual Keith L. Evans Memorial Match tomorrow, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., at The Crew’s Obetz Training Center … A $2.00 donation will be requested at the gate, all proceeds of which will go to the Keith L. Evans Memorial Fund. DALLAS BURN 2-2-0 (6 points)/T-2nd Dallas 2nd round SuperDraft selection Eddie Johnson will be available for the team in the next two games … The 17-year-old forward recently helped led the U.S. U-17 national team to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Championship … Johnson has scored 21 goals in 19 international matches, including 14 in the last eight internationals … The Burn offense is currently tied for first in the league, averaging 2.0 goals per game, but rank last in the league defensively conceding 2.25 goals per game … The Burn has outshot the opposition in three of their four games and they have outshot their opponents by a total of 61-26 overall … With a penalty kick save against the Metros last Saturday, Matt Jordan has saved two of three penalty kicks faced this season … For his career, he has allowed only five goals on ten penalty kick attempts. TAMPA BAY MUTINY 2-2-0 (6 points)/T-2nd The Tampa Bay Mutiny play Chicago in the second of consecutive home-and-home matches vs. the Fire … Chicago is the only team the Mutiny does not have a regulation win against in its history … Forward Mamadou Diallo will sit out Saturday’s contest due to a red card suspension … The Mutiny roster contains two former Fire players, M Josh Keller and D Ritchie Kotschau, who both own MLS Cup championship rings from the Fire’s inaugural season title in 1998 … Mutiny rookie F Ali Curtis (1997-2000) was a teammate of Fire D Evan Whitfield at Duke (1994-97); Keller’s college career at UCLA (1994-97) overlapped with two former Fire players from UCLA, GK Chris Snitko (1991-95) and D Carlos Bocanegra (1997-99) … Midfielder Steve Ralston is tied for second in MLS in scoring (3 g, 1 a), and tied for second in goals … Midfielder Carlos Valderrama leads MLS in assists (5) while ‘keeper Scott Garlick is tied for first in MLS in saves (24) with Chicago’s Zach Thornton … Garlick’s next win moves him into sole possession of first place on the Mutiny’s all-time win list (33) … GK Matt Nyman will be back for the Chicago match after being loaned to Nike Project-40 for its Northwest tour last week … Five of the Mutiny’s six goals allowed thus far in 2001 have been scored in the first half. WESTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: COLORADO RAPIDS 0-3-1 (1 point)/4th The Colorado Rapids travel to Dallas in search of their first win of the season on Saturday, May 5 … The Rapids won both meetings between the two teams in 2000 … Rapids midfielder Seth Trembly, the clubs lone Nike Project 40 player, started his first professional game last Saturday against the L.A. Galaxy after being a substitute in five previous MLS appearances … Rapids defender Marcelo Balboa (1 goal, 2 assists in 2001) is one assist shy of reaching the 20 goals/20 assists plateau in his MLS career … Balboa recorded his 20th career goal on April 14 against the MetroStars at Mile High Stadium … Forward John Spencer is tied for 7th in the MLS scoring race with five points (2g, 1a) and is 5th in the league with a 1.99 points per 90 minute average. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 3-1-1 (10 points)/1st The Kansas City Wizards have the most multi-goal games in the league with four, and lead the league in scoring with nine goals … Forward Chris Brown is 2nd in the league in scoring with seven points (3g, 1a) and leads the league in shots on goal with eight … Midfielders Chris Klein and Kerry Zavagnin are tied for the league lead with three assists while Zavagnin is 2nd in the league in game-winning assists with two … Nine different players have recorded a point for the Wizards … The Wizards have not given up a goal in the first 32 minutes of a game this season, and currently own a 208-minute shutout streak … Goalkeeper Tony Meola is tied for the league lead with two shutouts, boosting his MLS record career total to 39. LOS ANGELES GALAXY 2-2-0 (6 points)/2nd The Los Angeles Galaxy will be in Mexico City on Tuesday where the club will take on Chivas de Guadalajara of the Mexican First Division today in an international friendly at the Estadio de Ciudad Universitaria … Chivas is led by former Mexican national team and Galaxy star (1998-99) Carlos Hermosillo … Forward Cobi Jones, who scored two milestone goals last Saturday at Colorado, registered his first multi-goal performance, since July 8, 2000 against the Miami Fusion … It was Jones’ ninth career multi-goal game … Goalkeeper Matt Reis, who spent the last three seasons as a backup to starter Kevin Hartman, has made the most of his first two starts of season, registering a 0.95 goals-against-average to rank second on the MLS goalkeeping leader board. In his first start, Reis recorded his second career shutout of the Rapids … The 2000 F.C. Champions’ Cup winners host the Western Division-leading Kansas City Wizards this Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (ET). SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 1-2-1 (4 points)/3rd The San Jose Earthquakes forward Dwayne DeRosario recently appeared in four matches over a seven-day period, culminating last Saturday night in Kansas City. DeRosario played 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to the Miami Fusion (Saturday, April 21), and then flew to Cairo, Egypt to play for Canada in an international tournament. … He Arrived at game time on Tuesday, April 24 and entered that match as a sub in the 75th minute as Canada lost 3-0 … On Thursday, April 26, he came on as a sub and played 35 minutes in Canada’s 1-0 win over Iran … After the match, DeRosario traveled 19 hours to Kansas City and played 19 minutes and had three shots in the 0-0 tie … Number one overall draft pick Chris Carrieri played in two matches this past weekend with the Nike Project-40 team against A-League foes, logging the full 90 minutes in each contest … Former Earthquakes defender Mauricio Wright returns to Spartan Stadium on Saturday, May 5 with the New England Revolution.