[MLS] Soccer America's Paul Kennedy, Ridge Mahoney and Mike Woitalla grade the players' performance in the four first-leg games of the MLS quarterfinals …

NEW YORK-HOUSTON (1-1)
New York Red Bulls
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
6 Danny Cepero (USA) 23/1
5 Andrew Boyens (New Zealand) 25/2
5 Chris Leitch (USA) 29/7
5 Kevin Goldthwaite (USA) 25/4
6 Diego Jimenez (Mexico) 22/1
6 Dane Richards (Jamaica) 24/2
6 Luke Sassano (USA) 23/R
7 Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 25/2
7 Dave van den Bergh (Netherlands) 32/3
6 John Wolyniec (USA) 31/10
7 Juan Pablo Angel (Colombia) 33/2
Substitutes:
nr Juan Pietravallo (Argentina) 26/1

Houston Dynamo
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
 6 Pat Onstad (Canada) 40/6
6 Richard Mulrooney (USA) 31/10
5 Brian Boswell (USA) 25/4
5 Eddie Robinson (USA) 30/8
7 Wade Barrett (USA) 32/9
5 Brian Mullan (USA) 30/8
4 Ricardo Clark (USA) 25/6
4 Dwayne De Rosario (Canada) 30/8
4 Brad Davis (USA) 26/7
5 Nate Jaqua (USA) 27/6
6 Brian Ching (USA) 30/7
Substitutes:
7 Kai Kamara (Sierra Leone) 24/3
6 Stuart Holden (USA) 23/3
nr Geoff Cameron (USA) 23/R

REAL SALT LAKE-CHIVAS USA (1-0)
Real Salt Lake
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
5 Nick Rimando (USA) 29/9
7 Chris Wingert (USA) 26/5
6 Nate Borchers (USA) 27/4
7 Jamison Olave (Colombia) 27/1
5 Ian Joy (USA) 28/1
3 Andy Williams (Jamaica) 31/11
6 Kyle Beckerman (USA) 26/9
7 Javier Morales (Argentina) 28/2
5 Will Johnson (Canada) 21/1
7 Clint Mathis (USA) 31/9
8 Yura Movsisyan (Arminia) 21/3
Substitutes:
 6 Robbie Russell (USA) 29/1
4 Robbie Findley (USA) 23/2
nr Fabian Espindola (Argentina) 23/2

Chivas USA
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
 7 Zach Thornton (USA) 35/12
5 Carey Talley (USA) 32/11
4 Shavar Thomas (Jamaica) 27/6
3 Jonathan Bornstein (USA) 23/3
4 Francisco Mendoza (Mexico) 23/4
4 Alex Zotinca (Romania) 31/6
5 Paulo Nagamura (Brazil) 25/4
5 Sacha Kljestan (USA) 23/3
4 Jesse Marsch (USA) 35/13
4 Ante Razov (USA) 34/13
4 Justin Braun (USA) 21/R
Substitutes:
4 Bobby Burling (USA) 24/2
nr Roberto Nurse (Mexico) 24/1
nr Dejair (Brazil) 30/1

KANSAS CITY-COLUMBUS (1-1)
Kansas City Wizards
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
6 Kevin Hartman (USA) 33/12
5 Jonathan Leathers (USA) 22/R
5 Jimmy Conrad (USA) 31/10
5 Tyson Wahl (USA) 24/3
5 Michael Harrington (USA) 22/2
4 Herculez Gomez (USA) 26/5
6 Davy Arnaud (USA) 28/7
5 Jack Jewsbury (USA) 27/6
6 Kevin Souter (Scotland) 24/R
4 Abe Thompson (USA) 26/4
6 Claudio Lopez (Argentina) 34/1
Subs:
5 Josh Wolff (USA) 31/10
NR Ivan Trujillo (Colombia) 26/1
NR Roger Espinoza (Honduras) 22/R

Columbus Crew
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
6 William Hesmer (USA) 26/3
6 Frankie Hejduk (USA) 34/9
5 Chad Marshall (USA) 24/5
5 Danny O'Rourke (USA) 25/4
5 Gino Padula (Argentina) 32/1
5 Eddie Gaven (USA) 22/6
6 Brian Carroll (USA) 27/5
5 Brad Evans (USA) 23/3
6 Robbie Rogers (USA) 21/2
6 Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Argentina) 35/2
5 Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela) 29/7
Subs:
6 Steven Lenhart (USA) 22/R
NR Emmanuel Ekpo (Nigeria) 20/1

NEW ENGLAND-CHICAGO (0-0)
New England Revolution
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
5 Matt Reis (USA) 33/11
6 Chris Albright (USA) 29/10
6 Michael Parkhurst (USA) 24/4
7 Jay Heaps (USA) 32/10
6 Chris Tierney (USA) 22/R
5 Sainey Nyassi (Gambia) 20/2
6 Shalrie Joseph (Grenada) 30/6
7 Jeff Larentowicz (USA) 25/4
6 Mauricio Castro (Honduras) 27/1
4 Kenny Mansally (Gambia) 19/2
5 Kheli Dube (Zimbabwe) 25/R
Substitutes:
nr Wells Thompson (USA) 25/2

Chicago Fire
GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE/YRS
 6 Jon Busch (USA) 32/7
6 Brandon Prideaux (USA) 32/10
7 Wilman Conde (Colombia) 26/2
5 Bakary Soumare (Mali) 23/2
6 Gonzalo Segares (Costa Rica) 26/4
4 Chris Rolfe (USA) 25/4
5 Logan Pause (USA) 27/6
7 John Thorrington (USA) 29/4
6 Justin Mapp (USA) 24/7
4 Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico) 35/2
5 Brian McBride (USA) 36/9
Substitutes:
nr Mike Banner (USA) 24/2