Eastern Conference
GAME 2 Oct. 18 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 4 D.C. United 2. Goals: McBride 8, Dooley (Farrell) 37, McBride (Yeagley) 47, John (Warzycha, A.Williams) 81; Sanneh (Agoos, Etcheverry) 65, Lassiter (Talley) 77.
Columbus — Sommer (6), Clark (6), Dooley (6), Iribarren (5), Elcock (5), Farrell (5), Smith (5), Yeagley (6), West (5), McBride (7), John (6). Subs: A.Williams (6) for West in 58th minute, Warzycha (6) for McBride in 71st, Abukusumo (NR) for Farrell in 87th.
D.C. United — Presthus (5), Agoos (6), Llamosa (5), Pope (5), Harkes (5), Etcheverry (6), R.Williams (5), Aunger (4), Olsen (4), Lassiter (5), Moreno (5). Subs: Sanneh (7) for Olsen in 61st minute, Talley (5) for Aunger in 62nd, Wood (5) for Llamosa in 82nd.
Yellow cards: Columbus — Dooley 18, Smith 29, Elcock 75, Iribarren 78; D.C. United — Llamosa 47, Aunger 62, R.Williams 88.
Referee: Richard Grady.
Referee’s Assistants: Tom Bobadilla, Levon Baladjanian.
Att.: 13,193. (Series tied 1-1; Game 3 Oct. 21 at D.C. United)
Western Conference
GAME 2 Oct. 16 in Chicago Chicago 1 Los Angeles 1 (Chicago wins shootout 2-1). Goals: Nowak (Razov, Brown) 31; Pena (Jones, Caligiuri) 37.
Chicago — Thornton (8), Kubik (5), Brown (7), Okaroh (5), Armas (8), Marsch (5), Gutierrez (7), Podbrozny (7), Nowak (6), Klopas (4), Razov (7). Subs: Wolff (5) for Klopas in 64th minute, Ibsen (NR) for Gutierrez in 90th, Soehn (NR) for Brown in 90th.
Los Angeles — Hartman (8), Caligiuri (6), Jolley (6), Fraser (5), Franchino (4), Pena (7), Machon (4), Cienfuegos (5), Jones (5), Hendrickson (4), Hermosillo (4). Subs: Welton (6) for Caligiuri in 67th minute, Mathis (5) for Hermosillo in 79th, Vanney (5) for Franchino in 88th.
Shootout: Los Angeles — Jones (wide left), Welton (G), Machon (saved), Cienfuegos (saved), Vanney (saved); Chicago — Nowak (saved), Razov (saved), Soehn (wide left), Marsch (G), Podbrozny (G).
Yellow card: Los Angeles — Pena 50.
Referee: Paul Tamberino.
Referee’s Assistants: Laszlo Nagy, Chip Reed.
Att.: 32,744. (Chicago wins series 2-0.)
