EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: D.C. United 3-4-0 (9 points)/T-3rd D.C. United midfielder Bobby Convey, who celebrated his 18th birthday last Sunday, will be featured on ESPN’s “The Life”, a program that profiles the lifestyles of professional athletes … The 30-minute show is scheduled to air on Saturday, June 2 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on ESPN … Also featured on the program with Convey is Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James … United’s match next Wednesday, June 6, versus the Los Angeles Galaxy has been rescheduled to Saturday, August 11 at 10 p.m. (ET) at the Rose Bowl … The match was originally scheduled in June to accommodate the Galaxy’s participation in the FIFA Club World Championship that was postponed last week … Rookie forward Santino Quaranta reported on Sunday to the U.S. under-17 national team for a European tour as the Americans prepare for the FIFA Under-17 World Championship in September in Trinidad & Tobago … Quaranta will miss the May 30 match with Miami and the June 2 game with Chicago while on tour with the U-17s … Defender Mark Watson reported on May 21 to the Canadian national team for the upcoming 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup May 30-June 10 in Korea and Japan … United rookie midfielder Ryan Nelsen was selected to join the New Zealand national team for World Cup qualifying and will report to national team duty following United’s match at Miami on Wednesday, May 30 … He could miss up to five MLS league matches if the “Kiwis” advance to a playoff round with Australia in late June … United is 3-1 at home in RFK Stadium this season, but is 0-3 on the road … D.C. is 2-1-0 when scoring first and 1-3-0 when conceding the first goal. MetroStars 6-3-1 (19 points)/2nd The MetroStars are 7-1-1 under Octavio Zambrano (vs. international opponents) after Saturday night’s 2-0 win over Bayern Munich …The game against New England this Sunday is the third of four consecutive road games for the MetroStars … The MetroStars are 0-2-1 on the road and 6-1-0 at home … The MetroStars have not scored a goal in their last 258 minutes, dating back to an 11th minute penalty kick by Alex Comas in a 1-0 win over Colorado on May 16 … The MetroStars have scored two or more goals in each of their last five regular season meetings against the Revolution … Clint Mathis, MLS’ leading scorer (7g, 4a, 18 pts.), has not registered a point in his last two games … The MetroStars are 6-0-1 when Mathis notches a point … The Metros have a league-leading 17 goals scored … The MetroStars are 4-1-0 in one-goal games … Defender Mike Petke set the club’s all-time record for games played, making his 92nd appearance in the 1-0 road loss at Kansas City on May 24 … Petke, Steve Jolley, and Tim Howard have played every minute for the MetroStars this season … The MetroStars have struggled late allowing six of their 13 goals allowed this season after the 75th minute … The Metros have taken a league-high 154 shots. Miami Fusion 7-1-1 (22 points)/1st The Miami Fusion continue a stretch of five games in 14 days when hosting Eastern Division rival D.C. United on Wednesday evening … Fusion defender Carlos Llamosa was a member of United from 1997-2000, forward Pete Marino played for D.C. during the 2000 season and forward Greg Simmonds played two matches with United during the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup in January … United rookie midfielder Craig Ziadie was a Community Relations intern for the Fusion during the summer of 2000 … Fusion Head Coach Ray Hudson was a teammate of D.C. United Head Coach Thomas Rongen on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL in the early 1980’s and Fusion assistant coach Eric Eichmann played for Rongen for four seasons with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the APSL … Forwards Alex Pineda Chacon (5g, 1a, 12 pts) and Diego Serna (3g, 3a, 9 pts.) are ranked fifth and sixth respectively in MLS’ scoring … GK Nick Rimando is first among MLS ‘keepers in wins (7), shutouts (5), and goals against average (0.55). He also has the top save percentage (86 percent) and save ratio (7.4) among MLS ‘keepers … Through nine games, Rimando has already broken the Fusion single-season record for shutouts and tied the all-time club record for shutouts (Jeff Cassar, 7) … The Fusion are 5-1-0 in one-goal games and have yet to trail at the half this season. New England Revolution 3-7-0 (9 points)/T-3rd The New England Revolution will face Eastern Division rivals, the MetroStars, on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader … A friendly match featuring Portuguese teams Benfica and Santa Clara will follow the MLS showdown … Revolution Head Coach Fernando Clavijo served as a MetroStars assistant coach in 1999, while MetroStars goalkeeper coach Des McAleenan served as the goalkeeper coach for the Revolution’s A-League affiliate Connecticut Wolves in 2000 … The Los Angeles Galaxy brought an end to New England’s three-game winning streak last Saturday at the Rose Bowl, defeating New England 2-0 with a pair of second half goals … Revs goalkeeper Juergen Sommer is third among MLS ‘keepers with an average of 5.10 saves per game … New England is 2-1-0 at home this season and 1-6-0 away from Foxboro Stadium … The Revolution are 3-0-0 when scoring first and 0-7 when conceding the opening goal. The Revs also rank first in fouls committed (188) and third in fouls suffered (163). CENTRAL DIVISION Record (Points)/Place Chicago Fire 4-2-2 (14 points)/1st The Chicago Fire are riding an MLS record-tying 15-game home unbeaten streak at Soldier Field … A win or tie on Wednesday evening versus the surging Los Angeles Galaxy would set a new unbeaten standard … The Galaxy have lost just once in their last seven matches (4-1-2) … Fire midfielder Chris Armas has Los Angeles ties, having spent two seasons with the Galaxy (1996-97) … He registered four goals and five assists for 13 points while in L.A. and helped the Galaxy to MLS Cup ’96 … Midfielder Dema Kovalenko is the Fire’s leading scorer with nine points on three goals, three assists, good for sixth overall in MLS … Goalkeeper Zach Thornton has recorded four shutouts in eight games this season and has a GAA of 0.84, second behind Miami’s Nick Rimando overall … Chicago’s defense has allowed just seven goals this season, good for second lowest in the league and a 0.88 GAA per contest … The Fire have an unbeaten streak of 22 games at home including MLS Cup Playoff and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches … The team is 20-0-2 during that stretch … Chicago has a record of 41-14-3 when the team wears its red uniforms, while in the white version the team is 18-23-5 … The Fire have scored first in every game in 2001, except in their 2-1 OT loss at New England on May 12. Columbus Crew 2-3-3 (9 points)/3rd The Columbus Crew’s 3-3 tie vs. Colorado last Saturday kept interim head coach Greg Andrulis’ record unblemished at 1-0-1, since he assumed his post on May 17 … The Crew’s comeback from a two-goal deficit marked just the third time in club history that they have rallied from a two goals down to earn a standings point … The previous two-goal comebacks occurred in the 1996 season on May 11, vs. New England and August 10 vs. D.C. United … Both forward Brian McBride (assist) and midfielder John Wilmar Perez (goal and assist) are riding two-game point streaks after earning their way onto the score sheet again last Saturday … The Crew improved their record to 2-0-8 in overtime after Saturday’s come-from-behind 3-3 tie against Colorado … Columbus went 1-0-5 in OT a year ago and is now 1-0-3 in 2001 … Four of the Crew’s five home games this season – including the last three – have gone to overtime … The Crew are 2-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-1 when conceding the opening goal … Columbus is 2-1-0 in one-goal games and 2-0-0 when holding the lead at the half. Dallas Burn 3-4-1 (10 points)/2nd After a 10-day layoff from game action, the Dallas Burn return to action this Saturday, June 2, as they host the red-hot Miami Fusion in the Cotton Bowl … The Burn currently have a three-game unbeaten streak against Miami, going 2-0-1 over that span … Dallas has not registered a goal in their last two games, a scoreless streak of 198 minutes … The drought is 89 minutes shy of the team record scoreless streak of 287 minutes set in 1996 … Burn midfielder/defender Jorge “Zarco” Rodriguez will miss this Saturday’s match vs. Miami as he continues to play with El Salvador in the UNCAF Copa de Naciones tournament in Honduras … Rodriguez (4g, 8 pts.) and Jason Kreis (2g, 4a, 8 pts.) are tied for ninth among MLS scorers … After posting only six home losses combined in the last two years (three in 1999 and 2000), the Burn have equaled their home loss total for the past two seasons, dropping three of their first five home games this year … Dallas is first in the league in fewest shots allowed, conceding only 73 shots through eight games, an average of 9.1 shots per game … Burn forward Aleksey Korol and midfielder Miguel Saavedra both played for the Burn’s A-League affiliate Atlanta this weekend … Korol played 67 minutes and Saavedra played 58 minutes in a 2-0 loss at Richmond … Dallas is 2-1-0 against teams in the Central Division and 1-3-1 outside of their division. Tampa Bay Mutiny 2-6-1 (7 points)/4th The Tampa Bay Mutiny has never gone more than five regulation games without a win (five straight regulation losses in 1998) in its history … Tampa Bay’s last three goals have been via the penalty kick; Mamadou Diallo scored the Mutiny’s last goal from the field in the 78th minute 5/9/01 v LA … Carlos Valderrama missed a PK attempt last Saturday vs. Miami … Only three players – Valderrama, Eric Quill and Scott Garlick – have started all nine matches thus far in 2001 for the Mutiny … Tampa Bay has yet to use the same starting 11 more than once this season … Tampa Bay has not scored a goal other than a PK in its last 281 minutes (Diallo, 78′ v LA 5/5/01) … Garlick leads MLS in saves (51) … Despite only one assist in his last five matches, Valderrama still leads MLS (6) in that category … Diallo is second in MLS in points (14) and tied for second in goals (6) in four less games in each category than the leader, NY/NJ’s Clint Mathis (18/7) … Diallo leads MLS in points per game (2.75) … Garlick’s (32) next win moves him into sole possession of first place on the Mutiny’s all-time GK win list … The Mutiny are tied with Chicago and the MetroStars for most players ejected this season (three) … The Mutiny is in the middle of their longest homestand of the season (three games) … Tampa Bay has not won a home game since August 16, 2000 (five games – 0-3-2) … Ralston needs 48 minutes to break 14,000 in his MLS career … He was the first to 10, 11, 12 and 13,000 minutes in MLS … Garlick celebrates his 29th birthday May 29 … Defender Scott Cannon was signed as a Discovery Player by the Mutiny on May 22, and started his second game for Tampa Bay Saturday … Cannon, previously with the Charleston Battery, was called up and played 90 minutes on May 5 at Chicago. WESTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: Colorado Rapids 2-6-2 (8 points)/4th Rapids M/F John Spencer is in fourth place among MLS scorers with 12 points (5g, 2a) … Adin Brown is fifth among MLS ‘keepers with a 1.27 GAA … D Marcelo Balboa needs one more assist to reach the 20/20 mark … M Ross Paule needs two goals to reach the 20/20 mark … M Paul Bravo needs three goals to reach the 50-goal club … D Chris Martinez played his 100th MLS game on May 19 against the New England Revolution … The Rapids are 2-1-0 when scoring first and 0-5-2 when allowing the first goal … Having gone winless in their last four outings, the Colorado Rapids are now 2-6-2 overall in the Western Division … The Rapids face the Western Division’s first-place San Jose Earthquakes in a home-and-home set this week, traveling to play in Spartan Stadium on Wednesday and hosting the ‘Quakes at Mile High Stadium on Saturday … Wednesday’s match begins at 9:30 p.m. (ET) as the first game in a doubleheader, followed by a friendly between Atlas (Mexico) and Benfica (Portugal) … Several Rapids’ have San Jose ties, as Bravo and ‘keeper David Kramer are former San Jose players (Clash) … Bravo, who has 10 goals and 9 assists against his former team, played for San Jose in 1996, while Kramer played for the then-Clash from 1997-99. Kansas City Wizards 4-4-1 (13 points)/3rd The Kansas City Wizards, who travel to Tampa Bay this weekend, currently own a nine game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) at home including the playoffs, dating back to August 18, 2000 … 10 different players have recorded a point for the Wizards … Newly acquired forward Onandi Lowe took a Wizards season high five shots in his debut vs. the Metros last Thursday … He also netted the game-winning goal and his first MLS goal during stoppage time (92+) in the 1-0 triumph … Lowe’s goal tied the Wizards record for the latest goal scored in a game … The Wizards are tied for fourth in the league in road goals with seven and have scored first in four of the five games they have played on the road … Forward Roy Lassiter is two points away from becoming the first MLS player in the 200-point club … Goalkeeper Tony Meola is tied for third in MLS with three shutouts, boosting his career total to 40 … Meola (208) is now the Wizards all-time leader in saves overtaking Mike Ammann (206). Los Angeles Galaxy 4-3-2 (14 points)/2nd Los Angeles Galaxy forward Cobi Jones is six points from notching his 150th MLS point to become the sixth player in MLS history to achieve that mark … Since taking over as a the Galaxy’s starting goalkeeper, Matt Reis has posted a 4-0-2 record, including registering his third shutout of the season in last Saturday’s 2-0 victory over the Revolution … Currently, Reis has played seven games, the most of any year of his career, and has stopped 21 of 28 shots and has a 1.10 GAA (fourth in MLS) … The Fire will look to set a new MLS home unbeaten streak when they host the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday … Fire midfielder Chris Armas was a member of the Galaxy from 1996-97 … M Danny Pena and GK Kevin Hartman were both Fire expansion draft selections in 1998, but were traded back to the Galaxy for Armas and GK Jorge Campos … Midfielder Simon Elliott, the 2000 Galaxy MVP, will join the New Zealand national team for Oceania’s World Cup Qualifying following Wednesday’s match vs. Chicago … Defender Greg Vanney is two goals and one assist away from reaching the 20-20 plateau … The Galaxy’s June 6 match with D.C. United has been rescheduled to Saturday, August 11 at 10:00 p. m. (ET) in the Rose Bowl … Los Angeles is third in MLS averaging 1.67 goals per game … The Galaxy have lost just once in their last seven games (4-1-2), and are 3-0-1 when scoring first and 2-0-0 when leading at the half. San Jose Earthquakes 5-2-2 (17 points)/1st The Western Division leading San Jose Earthquakes had their four game winning streak snapped last Saturday against the Chicago Fire as they tied 1-1, however, the tie kept their six-game unbeaten streak alive … The unbeaten streak began on April 28 against the Kansas City Wizards … A win or tie Wednesday against Colorado would make the ‘Quakes undefeated in the month of May, also marking the first undefeated month for San Jose in club history … Win or lose it will be the ‘Quakes best May performance ever … The 13 points that the ‘Quakes have earned this month is also a team record, surpassing the nine earned in 1998 and 1996 … The Earthquakes lead the league in wins when scoring the first goal and wins when leading at halftime, with a 5-0-0 slate in both categories … San Jose’s total of 15 goals this season ties the ‘Quakes for second in MLS in goals scored … The Earthquakes notched their 10th road goal last weekend in their 1-1 tie with Chicago, surpassing last year’s road goal total of nine … The club record for road goals is 27 set in 1997 … Rapids Head Coach Tim Hankinson coached ‘Quakes assistant coach Dominic Kinnear, a former Colorado and San Jose player, with the Tampa Bay Mutiny from 1998-2000 … ‘Quakes Head Coach Frank Yallop, who played for Tampa Bay from 1996-1998, coached with Hankinson in 1999, after playing for him in 1998.