D.C. United: Due to the absence of five players with the U.S. National Team in preparations for the Gold Cup, some of United’s new draftees are in Florida to fill out training sessions … 18-year-old F Sergio Salas, United’s fourth pick in Sunday’s draft, and Michael Burke, United’s fifth selection, both are with the club … F Bobby Convey, United’s first-round selection with the 12th pick overall, will join the club later in the week — he’s currently with the U.S. U-20 National Team … D Eric Denton will also join the club later in the week after attending to personal business in California … M Steven Armstrong, the 13th overall selection, has returned to Butler University in Indianapolis to finish his studies. MetroStars: Four of the club’s five SuperDraft picks are in training camp (Daniel Alvarez is the exception and he arrives Wednesday afternoon) … Morning training has focused on fitness training, while afternoon sessions feature technical and tactical drills … A traffic jam delayed training 30 minutes Tuesday morning. Miami: The Fusion went down 4-1 to the U.S. National Team on Monday afternoon at Lockhart Stadium, with Welton scoring the lone Fusion goal … Miami played with a makeshift lineup that included three rookies from the MLS SuperDraft (Nick Rimando, Keith Beach and David Wright) … Fusion forward Eric Wynalda and midfielders Andy Williams and Martin Machon are currently in training with their respective National Teams in preparations for the Gold Cup … Colombian forward Diego Serna reported to the Fusion on Monday as he continues to rehabilitate from a torn ACL in his right knee … The Fusion’s all-time leading scorer, Serna ran laps on his first day back … Forward Roy Lassiter did not report to camp Monday as he attempts to renegotiate his contract with MLS. New England: The Revolution started its second day of training camp with a full roster that included former U.S. National Team captain John Harkes and former Colorado striker Wolde Harris, as well as all six Revolution draft picks from last Sundays MLS SuperDraft … Harkes signed a new contract with MLS later Tuesday evening … In addition, invitees Nickolay Innocentin (defender from Italy) and forward Elias Montes trained with the team … F Jamar Beasley is out for one week with a sprained ankle suffered last Wednesday and defender Dan Calichman had light practice because of a tight hamstring. Chicago: All five Fire SuperDraft picks are in camp … Draft-day acquisition DaMarcus Beasley is also with the club in Boca Raton …Chicago has a third goalkeeper training with the club, former St. John’s netminder Dan Popik … The Fire also has new goalkeeper coach Daryl Shore in Florida … Shore comes to the Fire after spending last season as the head coach of the Lehigh Valley Steam of the A-League … Shore was an assistant under current Fire Assistant Coach Mike Jeffries when the two were with New Orleans (A-League) … D Lubos Kubik (in Czech Republic) and D Francis Okaroh (in Nigeria) are not in Florida due to personal reasons … D C.J. Brown, M Chris Armas and F Ante Razov are not training with the club as they are with the U.S. National Team for the Gold Cup. Columbus: The Crew kicked off training camp Monday night by downing Florida International University 2-0 … F Jeff Cunningham netted both Columbus goals … Mark Dougherty and Matt Napoleon teamed up for the clean sheet in net, with each playing one half … The Crew is without F Brian McBride and M Ansil Elcock as both train with their respective national teams for the Football Confederation’s 2000 Gold Cup (which starts Feb. 12). Dallas: The Burn’s fifth and sixth draft picks, Seth Marks and Angel Rivillo, will not be with the team … They will finish their semester at college and join the club in May … F Aleksey Korol, the team’s first-round draft pick, is already in Florida and met the team for the first time Tuesday … The other three draft picks will join the team possibly as early as today … Ariel Graziani is on loan to Emelec of Ecuador until early March … Invitee M Tony Soto, who spent 1999 with Los Angels and Kansas City, has been training with the team since January 24 and traveled with the club to Florida. Tampa Bay: The weather played a factor in poor field conditions during training on Tuesday …Mutiny players were having difficulty keeping their feet during the session … Newcomer Amos Magee (fourth-round draft choice, Minnesota Thunder) suffered a right hip flexor as a result of the slippery pitch … His injury was not serious, however, and he was scheduled to join the team for its afternoon session … Forward Eric Quill, who was excused from Monday’s initial training sessions due to personal reasons, returned to the club Tuesday morning … Sixth-round draft choice Ubusuku Abukusumo arrived in Miami Tuesday evening and will take part in his first training session with Tampa Bay Wednesday morning … Still absent are draft picks Ernest Inneh and Mark Schulte, who are expected this week … F/M Manny Lagos took part in drills, but did not participate in scrimmages Tuesday while recovering from post-hernia repair … F Alan Prampin is still out with a pubic bone stress reaction … D Chad McCarty (shoulder surgery) and M Caleb Porter (knee surgeries) are not in camp. Colorado: The Rapids opened the Florida portion of training camp on Monday, one day after the MLS SuperDraft … All three first-round draft choices (Adin Brown, Wes Hart and Alan Woods) and newcomers Scott Vermillion and David Kramer are in attendance … Trinidadian D/M Keyeno Thomas, who took home MVP honors at the Umbro Select All-Star Classic prior to the draft, left camp Tuesday to return home while awaiting his work visa to return permanently to the Rapids … The remainder of the draft picks are expected to join the club in the next couple days … D Jason Bent is not training (knee surgery following injury suffered playing for Canada against Bermuda in January), while M Joey DiGiamarino, M Anders Limpar and M Ross Paule are going through lighter workouts as they recover from injury. Kansas City: Many Wizards are ill with food poisoning, including goalkeeper Chris Snitko … With Snitko out and starter Tony Meola with the U.S. National Team, Wizards P.R. man Rob Thomson spent time in goal during both training sessions on Tuesday. Los Angeles: All seven of Los Angeles’ draft picks are training with the club … Players have been divided into two squads with one facing the Under-20s Wednesday and the second scheduled to take on Miami on Feb. 11 … Currently training with the Galaxy are non-draft invitees Steve Patterson-Orange County Wave (A-League), Thomas Poltl-Boston Bulldogs, (A-League), Ty Ingram-UMBC, Doug Brooks-California and Ivan Polic … According to team trainer Ivan Pierra, “this is probably the best shape of any preseason Galaxy squad in my four years with the club.” San Jose: M Mauricio Solis is not with the team in Florida while recovering from stress fracture in his left foot suffered last week … Solis is expected to be out four to six weeks … San Jose has acquired 29-year-old F Abdul Thompson Conteh as a discovery player … Conteh, who most recently played for Comunicaciones in Guatemala, is a green card holder who is originally from Sierra Leone and played in the United States at the University of District Columbia. he’s also played in Mexico and El Salvador.