Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS playoff games played Sept. 26 and 29. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Sept. 26 MetroStars 4 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Faria (Valencia, Chung) 72, Chung (D.Hernandez) 75, Faria (Villegas, D.Hernandez) 80, Valencia 83; Victorine (Elliott) 4. MetroStars lead series, 4 points to 1. MetroStars (3-5-2) — Tim Howard (5); Orlando Perez (5),Steve Jolley (6), Mike Petke (5); Petter Villegas (5), Daniel Hernandez (6), Richie Williams (6), Mark Chung (6), Ross Paule (5); Adolfo Valencia (6), Rodrigo Faria (7). Subs: Billy Walsh (NR) for Faria 82, Pedro Alvarez (NR) for Williams 87. Yellow Card: Petke 50. Los Angeles (4-3-3) — Kevin Hartman (4); Ezra Hendrickson (5), Danny Califf (4), Greg Vanney (3), Craig Waibel (5); Simon Elliott (6), Peter Vagenas (5), Mauricio Cienfuegos (4); Cobi Jones (5), Sasha Victorine (6), Adam Frye (4). Subs: Marvin Quijano (5) for Cienfuegos 65, Alexi Lalas (NR) for Califf 87, Brian Ching (NR) for Jones 88. Yellow Cards: Vanney 22, 48. Red Card: Vanney 48. Referee: Noel Kenny. Attendance: 12,817. Weather: 55 degrees, clear. Kansas City 3 Miami 0. Goals: Lowe (McKeon, Gomez) 24, McKeon pen. 31, Gomez (Vermes) 49+. Series tied, 3 points to 3. Kansas City (4-4-2) — Tony Meola (6); Chris Klein (5), Nick Garcia (5), Peter Vermes (5), Mike Burns (5); Kerry Zavagnin (6), Matt McKeon (5), Francisco Gomez (6), Gary Glasgow (5); Onandi Lowe (6), Roy Lassiter (5). Subs: Chris Brown (5) for Glasgow 21, Mo Johnston (5) for Gomez 46, Andrew Gregor (5) for Lassiter 60. Yellow Cards: Lassiter 38, Burns 60, Vermes 80. Miami (4-4-2) — Nick Rimando (5); Ian Woan (4), Pablo Mastroeni (3), Carlos Llamosa (4), Ivan McKinley (4); Jim Rooney (5), Ian Bishop (5), Alex Pineda Chacon (5), Chris Henderson (6); Preki (5), Diego Serna (5). Subs: Tyrone Marshall (5) for Woan 43, Jeff Cassar (5) for Rimando 46, Brian Dunseth (5) for Llamosa 46, Lazo Alavanja (5) for Preki 46. Yellow Cards: Mastroeni 4, Woan 41. Red Cards: Mastroeni 30, Serna 82. Referee: Alex Prus. Attendance: 5,803. Weather: 64 degrees, clear and crisp. San Jose 3 Columbus 0. Goals: Lagos (Barrett, Donovan) 9, Cerritos (Barrett, Corrales) 68, Donovan (Agoos, Mulrooney) 76. San Jose wins series, 6 points to 0. San Jose (4-4-2) — Joe Cannon (6); Jimmy Conrad (6), Troy Dayak (6), Jeff Agoos (7), Wade Barrett (6); Richard Mulrooney (6), Ronnie Ekelund (6), Ian Russell (5), Manny Lagos (6); Junior Agogo (5), Landon Donovan (7). Subs: Ramiro Corrales (5) for Russell, Ronaldo Cerritos (7) for Agogo, Zak Ibsen (4) for Lagos. Yellow Cards: None. Columbus (3-5-2) — Tom Presthus (5); Mike Clark (4), Tenywa Bonseu (6), Mike Lapper (5); Ansil Elcock (4), John Harkes (5), Mike Duhaney (5), Robert Warzycha (4), Brian Maisonneuve (5); John Wilmar Perez (6), Jeff Cunningham (5). Subs: Brian West (5) for Duhaney 58, Daniel Torres (5) for Lapper 72, Edson Buddle (6) for Elcock 73. Yellow Cards: Warzycha 30, Lapper 61, Clark 91+. Referee: Kevin Stott. Attendance: 10,419. Weather: Warm, clear, slight breeze. Sept. 29 Miami 2 Kansas City 1 Goals: Preki 14, Henderson (Torres, McKinley) 71; Lowe (Burns, Lassiter) 13. Miami wins series, 6 points to 3. Miami (3-5-2) — Nick Rimando (6); Brian Dunseth (6), Carlos Llamosa (7), Ivan McKinley (6); Lazo Alavanja (6), Jim Rooney (5), Ian Bishop (5), Preki (6), Ian Woan (5); Alex Pineda Chacon (5), Chris Henderson (7). Subs: Tyrone Marshall (5) for Alavanja 62, Johnny Torres (6) for Woan 5, Jeff Bilyk (NR) for Preki 90. Yellow Card: Alavanja 42. Kansas City (3-4-3) — Tony Meola (5); Nick Garcia (6), Peter Vermes (6), Mike Burns (6); Chris Klein (6), Kerry Zavagnin (5), Matt McKeon (5), Francisco Gomez (5); Chris Brown (5), Onandi Lowe (7), Roy Lassiter (5). Subs: Mo Johnston (6) for Gomez 45, Gary Glasgow (5) for Lassiter 61, Andrew Gregor (5) for Brown 81. Yellow Cards: Lowe 16, Burns 65, Glasgow 91+. Referee: Gerry Corrie. Attendance: 8,119. Weather: 76 degrees, clear, fair. Chicago 2 Dallas 0. Goals: Kovalenko (Whitfield, Nowak) 17, Armas (Nowak, Marsch) 55. Chicago wins series, 7 points to 1. Chicago (3-5-2) — Zach Thornton (6); Chris Brown (6), Carlos Bocanegra (6), David Vaudreuil (5); Jesse Marsch (6), Chris Armas (7), Evan Whitfield (5), Diego Gutierrez (5), Peter Nowak (7); Dema Kovalenko (6), Ante Razov (5). Subs: Jim Curtin (NR) for Brown 81, Jamar Beasley (NR) for Razov 87, Sergi Daniv (NR) for Nowak 91+. Yellow Cards: Armas 7, Gutierrez 25, Bocanegra 74, Vaudreuil 90. Dallas (4-3-3) — Matt Jordan (5); Ryan Suarez (4), Eric Dade (4), Jorge Rodriguez (4), Paul Broome (4); Oscar Pareja (4), Chad Deering (5), Hamisi Amani-Dove (4); Jason Kreis (5), Bobby Rhine (5), Ariel Graziani (4). Subs: Antonio Martinez (4) for Broome 58, Richard Farrer (4) for Dade 64, Aleksey Korol (5) for Amani-Dove 65. Yellow Cards: Deering 30, Graziani 34, Broome 46+, Suarez 68, Korol 73. Red Card: Pareja 75. Referee: Tim Weyland. Attendance: 12,811. Weather: 59 degrees, clear. Los Angeles 3 MetroStars 2. Victorine (Elliott, Lalas) 21, Victorine (Jones, Cienfuegos) 33, Frye (Lalas, Jones) 56; Villegas (Faria, Valencia) 49, Villegas (Chung, Paule) 60. Series tied, 4 points to 4. Tiebreaker Los Angeles 1 MetroStars 0. Goal: Cienfuegos 8. Galaxy wins series on tiebreaker. Los Angeles (4-3-3) — Kevin Hartman (6); Ezra Hendrickson (5), Alexi Lalas (4), Danny Califf (4), Paul Caligiuri (5); Simon Elliott (5), Peter Vagenas (5), Mauricio Cienfuegos (6); Adam Frye (5), Sasha Victorine (7), Cobi Jones (5). Subs: Craig Waibel (5) for Frye 75. Yellow Card: Cienfuegos 39. Red Card: Califf 71. MetroStars (3-5-2) — Tim Howard (5); Mike Petke (5), Steve Jolley (5), Orlando Perez (5); Daniel Hernandez (6), Richie Williams (5), Ross Paule (5), Mark Chung (6), Petter Villegas (7); Adolfo Valencia (5), Rodrigo Faria (5). Subs: Mark Semioli (5) for Petke 46, Gilmar (NR) for Semioli 1 (tiebreaker), Billy Walsh (NR) for Paule 1 (tiebreaker). Yellow Card: Perez 55. Referee: Paul Tamberino. Attendance: 6,154. Weather: 85 degrees, sunny and clear.
