July 4 in Tampa
Tampa Bay 4 Columbus 1. Goals: Galderisi (Pittman) 15, Ralston (Lassiter) 56, Lassiter (McKinley) 73, Lassiter (Galderisi) 78; Marino (Paz) 18.
Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Vasquez, McKinley, Ralston, Wise, Viera, Lassiter, Galderisi. Subs: Frye for Lassiter in 85th minute, Backman for Galderisi in 87th.
Columbus — Winner, Clark, Michallik, Caligiuri, Battelle, Bliss, Thompson, Warzycha, Paz, Marino, McBride. Subs: Iribarren for Battelle in 64th, Khumalo for Michallik in 77th, Carrera for Paz in 81st.
Yellow card: Columbus — Battelle 32.
Referee: Joshua Patlak.
Att.: 18,761.
July 4 in Pasadena, Calif.
Los Angeles 0 New England 1. Goal: Kerr (Sawatzky, Welton) 24.
Los Angeles — Campos, Calichman, R. Fraser, Vanney, Semioli, Wilson, Salcedo, Cienfuegos, Jones, Karapetyan, Vasquez. Subs: Kramer for Karapetyan in 63rd minute (Campos moved to forward), Jara for Salcedo in 68th, Motajo for Wilson in 75th.
New England — St. Andre, I. Fraser, Okaroh, Wylie, Lalas, Woodring, Aunger, Sawatzky, Keegan, Kerr, Welton. Subs: Chronopoulos for Welton in 80th minute, Lips for Woodring in 89th.
Yellow cards: Los Angeles — Vasquez 42; New England — Woodring 34, Lalas 34.
Red card: New England — Lalas 79.
Referee: Frank Gorog.
Att.: approximately 70,000.
In other MLS action…
July 4 in Dallas
Dallas 2 D.C. United 1 (Dallas wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Kreis (Sanchez) 34; Diaz Arce (Agoos) 61.
STARTING LINEUPS
Dallas — Dodd, Farrer, Puskarich, Ibsen, Flores, Santel, Lozzano, Sonora, Kreis, Sanchez, Haynes.
D.C. United — Simpson, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Medved, Sanneh, Harkes, Rammel, Diaz Arce.
Shootout: Jeff Agoos was the only Washington player to score, while Chad Ashton, Hugo Sanchez, and Richard Farrer all connected for Dallas.
Referee: Brian Hall.
Att.: n/a.
July 4 in Denver
Colorado 2 MetroStars 1. Goals: Harbor 67, Trittschuh (Bartlett) 83; Ramos (Hennessey) 56.
STARTING LINEUPS
Colorado — Woods, Kmosko, Hamlett, Butterworth, Henderson, Trittschuh, Kinnear, Benedetti, Wegerle, Harbor, Bartlett.
MetroStars — Meola, Harty, Caricola, Da Silva, Gillen, Husenovic, Lagos, Ramos, Vermes, Brauchle, Johnson. Sub: Hennessey.
Referee: Esse Baharmast.
Att.: n/a.