D.C. United’s 3-1 loss to Miami eliminated the three-time MLS champion from the playoffs for the second straight year. The eight playoff teams will be Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Columbus, the MetroStars, Kansas City and Dallas. The Fusion’s Alex Pineda Chacon had a hat trick to give him a league-high 19 goals. Diego Serna joined the 15-15 club (15 goals and 15 assists) with an assist in a match interrupted for an hour by severe weather problems. Chicago’s 2-2 tie with Dallas before almost 25,000 fans at Soldier Field was marred by injuries to American internationals DaMarcus Beasley and Ante Razov. Both had to be stretchered off the field and rushed to the hospital due to concussions. The 19-year-old Beasley, injured in a collision with former Fire teammate Lubos Kubik, was diagnosed late last night with a mild left shoulder separation and is listed as questionable for the Fire’s match against the Burn next weekend. Razov, who hit his head on the left goalpost, was also released from Northwestern Hospital. Both Beasley and Razov received CAT scans, but the results were negative. Razov, however, will be re-evaluated by a neurosurgeon on Monday to determine the how long the 27-year-old forward will need to recover. Kansas City beat San Jose, 1-0, before 20,734 fans — the second largest in Wizards’ history. Los Angeles took advantage of the Quakes’ loss to take a two-point lead in the race for the Western Division title with a 2-0 win at Colorado. The MetroStars beat New England, 3-1, thanks to two goals from Rodrigo Faria in a rare Friday night game that drew more than 13,000 in the Meadowlands. Sept. 7 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 New England 1. Goals: MET–Faria (Hernandez) 5. NE –Williams (Franchino, Cloutier) 14. MET–Faria (Villegas, Jolley) 27. MET–Valencia (Jolley, Hernandez) 46+. METROSTARS–Tim Howard, Steve Jolley, Orlando Perez, Mike Petke, Pedro Alvarez, Petter Villegas, Mark Chung, Daniel Hernandez, Gilmar, Adolfo Valencia (Ross Paule 77), Rodrigo Faria. CAUTIONS: Jolley 38, Alvarez 53, Villegas 81. N.E. REVOLUTION–Jose Fernandez, Joe Franchino, Mauricio Wright, Nick Downing, Leo Cullen, Jay Heaps, Leonel Alvarez, Braeden Cloutier, Andy Williams (Cate 59), Wolde Harris, Matt Okoh (William Sunsing 60). Referee: Paul Tamberino; Assistant Referees: Craig Lowry, Richard Eddy. Attendance: 13,679. Sept. 8 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 3 D.C. United 1. Goals: MIA–Pineda Chacon (Serna, Alavanja) 3. MIA–Pineda Chacon (Henderson, Woan) 26. DC –Lisi (Etcheverry) 64. MIA–Pineda Chacon (Preki, Woan) 70. MIAMI FUSION–Nick Rimando, Tyrone Marshall (Ivan McKinley 90), Carlos Llamosa, Pablo Mastroeni, Lazo Alavanja (Ian Woan 24), Ian Bishop, Jim Rooney, Alex Pineda Chacon, Chris Henderson, Diego Serna, Preki (Johnny Torres 81). CAUTIONS: Rooney 45, Bishop 49. D.C. UNITED–Mark Simpson, Ryan Nelsen (Brian Kamler 58), Eddie Pope (Carey Talley 17), Scott Vermillion, Bryan Namoff, Marco Etcheverry, Mark Lisi, Stephen Armstrong, Chris Albright (A.J. Wood 75), Jaime Moreno, Abdul Thompson Conteh. CAUTIONS: Albright 58, Etcheverry 59, Armstrong 62, Talley 78. Referee: Gerry Corrie; Assistant Referees: Roger Itaya, Steve Taylor. Attendance: 6,219. Sept. 8 in Chicago Chicago 2 Dallas 2. Goals: CHI–Gutierrez (Daniv) 68. CHI–Nowak 81. DAL–Rhine (Kreis, Pareja) 86. DAL–Graziani (Rhine, Rodriguez) 91+ CHICAGO FIRE–Zach Thornton, Evan Whitfield, Carlos Bocanegra, Diego Gutierrez, Sergi Daniv (Jim Curtin 84), Jesse Marsch, David Vaudreuil, Peter Nowak, DaMarcus Beasley (Eric Wynalda 61), Dema Kovalenko, Ante Razov (Andrew Lewis 100+). CAUTIONS: Marsch 11, Razov 31, Vaudreuil 83. DALLAS BURN–Matt Jordan, Eric Dade, Lubos Kubik (Justin Evans 86), Ryan Suarez, Paul Broome (Antonio Martinez 78), Chad Deering, Oscar Pareja, Jorge Rodriguez, Richard Farrer (Bobby Rhine 76), Jason Kreis, Ariel Graziani. CAUTIONS: Dade 16, Suarez 31, Farrer 40. Referee: Noel Kenny; Assistant Referees: Chip Reed, Francisco Sanchez. Attendance: 24,866. Sept. 8 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 San Jose 0. Goal: KC –Lassiter (Glasgow, Klein) 36. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS–Tony Meola, Chris Klein, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Andrew Gregor (Francisco Gomez 93+), Gary Glasgow, Chris Brown, Roy Lassiter (Mark Santel 76). CAUTIONS: Lassiter 44, Garcia 73, Burns 83. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES–Jon Conway, Zak Ibsen, Jimmy Conrad, Troy Dayak, Ramiro Corrales, Ian Russell (Wade Barrett 63), Richard Mulrooney, Ronnie Ekelund, Manny Lagos, Ronald Cerritos (Landon Donovan 69), Junior Agogo (Dwayne DeRosario 69). CAUTIONS: Dayak 39, Russell 44. EJECTIONS: Lagos 69. Referee: Terry Vaughn; Assistant Referees: Steven Davidson, Richard Huber. Attendance: 20,734. Sept. 8 in Denver Colorado 0 Los Angeles 2. Goals: LA –Elliott (Caligiuri) 20. LA –Vagenas (Frye, Bengard) 93+. COLORADO RAPIDS–Scott Garlick, Chris Martinez, Robin Fraser, Chris Dawes (Raul Diaz Arce 78), Ritchie Kotschau, Steve Shak, Jason Moore, Carlos Valderrama, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Bravo (Steven Herdsman 77), Chris Carrieri. CAUTIONS: Carrieri 38, Martinez 53, Shak 75. LOS ANGELES GALAXY–Kevin Hartman, Craig Waibel, Danny Califf, Paul Caligiuri, Greg Vanney, Peter Vagenas, Isaias Bardales (Sasha Victorine 64), Mauricio Cienfuegos (Alexi Lalas 87), Simon Elliott, Adam Frye, Marvin Quijano (Alex Bengard 71). CAUTIONS: Califf 26, Waibel 59. Referee: Erich Simmons; Assistant Referees: Chris Strickland, George Gansner. Attendance: 17,129.