March 16 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 1
Goals: Prampin 13; Okafor 78.
Notes: USISL addition Trace Hollis (Carolina Dynamo) started in goal for the Wiz, who had lost former Georgetown goalie Phil Wellington for the entire year with a herniated disk…. Tampa Bay goalie Scott Budnik stopped a penalty kick by the Wiz’s Peter Isaacs.
March 17 in Boca Raton, Fla.
New England 2 Lynn Univ. 2
Goals: Keegan 70, 82; Lynn goalscorers not available.
Notes: The Revolution rallied from two goals down to tie the NAIA power…. Revolution defender Tom Lips needed five stitches above his left eye after Revs goalie Jim St. Andre caught him with an elbow.
March 17 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 2
Goals: Lassiter n/a, Viera 82; Young 5, Marino (pen.) n/a.
Notes: The game drew an estimated 2,000 fans at Florida Atlantic University…. Uruguayan Diego Viera tied the score with a bicycle kick from 18 yards…. Colombian Carlos Valderrama has been named Tampa Bay captain and Cle Kooiman co-captain.
March 17 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Kansas City 1 New York/New Jersey 0
Goal: Eichmann (68).
Notes: The MetroStars dressed only 13 players due to injuries…. Peter Vermes has been named the MetroStars captain…. New York/New Jersey has reached an agreement with Madison Square Garden to carry 16 games in 1996 (14 live and two on same-day delayed telecasts)…. Eric Eichmann struck the winner, beating Tony Meola with a free kick from 22 yards out…. The Wiz’s Preki is out two weeks with a quad contusion. He had to go the hospital after being stung by a bee during afternoon training.
March 17 in Del Mar, Calif.
Los Angeles 1 Colorado 1
(Colorado wins shootout 2-1.)
Goals: Jara (61); Edwards (57).
Los Angeles — Kramer, Fraser, Calichman, Motajo, Semioli, Vasquez, Cienfuegos, Noamouz, Shaw, Jones, Hurtado. Subs: Adair, Armas, Beall, Karapetyan, Jara, Jaguande, Leonetti, O’Brien, Salcedo, Shue, Vanney.
Colorado — Azmi, Butterworth, Hamlett, Trittschuh, Edwards, Sharpe, Jinnear, Rodriguez, Henderson, Harbor, Barlett. Subs: Benedetti, Hill, McKay.
Notes: Galaxy coach Lothar Osiander started 10 new players for the second half of the game…. Among those who played were “Melrose Place” star Andrew Shue…. Rapids striker Shaun Bartlett sprained his ankle in the 51st minute and had to leave the game…. The Galaxy’s David Beall had a chance to win the game in the 89th minute but his shot was cleared of the goal line with goalie Khalil Azmi beaten.
March 17 in Del Mar, Calif.
Washington 2 Dallas 1
Goals: De Oliviera (pen.) 37, Diaz Arce 75; Rodriguez 76.
Washington — Causey, Agoos, Lee, Gori, Fazlagic, De Oliviera, Etcheverry, Williams, Huwiler, Crawley, Suarez. Subs: Diaz Arce, Garcia, Imler, Kamler, Marsch, Milovac.
Dallas — Dodd, Ferrer, Vagner, Lozzano, Alvarez, Elliott, Kreis, Ortiz, Santel, Kerr, Rodriguez. Subs: Cavitt, Keller, Gentile, Fitzgerald.
Notes: The Burn’s Mark Dodd saved Daniel De Oliviera’s penalty kick in the first half, but De Oliviera picked up the rebound and beat Dodd…. United backup goalie Mile Milovac preserved the win with a save on Jason Kreis’ 30-yard blast with five minutes left.
March 17 in Del Mar, Calif.
San Jose Gray 3 San Jose Black 1
Goals: Garcia (pen.) 19, 65, Quinn 83; Wynalda (pen.) 88.
Notes: The Clash played a split-squad game…. With only 19 players in camp, San Diego Sockers coach Brian Quinn was recruited to play for the Gray team and scored the team’s third goal. After the game, Nigerians Michael Emenalo (attending to personal matters following the death of his wife Vicky Feb. 29) and Ben Iroha (playing with Dutch club Vitesse) joined training camp.