STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
New England 16-6-7 55
D.C. United 14-9-5 47
Chicago 14-11-3 45
Kansas City 11-8-10 43
Metrostars 10-8-10 40
Columbus 10-14-4 34
Western Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
San Jose 16-4-9 57
FC Dallas 12-9-7 43
Los Angeles 12-12-6 42
Colorado 11-13-4 37
Real Salt Lake 5-19-4 19
Chivas USA 3-21-5 14
SCHEDULE (home team first, times ET)
Saturday, Oct. 1
Columbus-Chivas USA, 7:30 pm.
Metrostars-D.C. United, 7:30 pm.
New England-San Jose, 7:30 pm.
Kansas City-Chicago, 8 pm.
Colorado-Real Salt Lake, 9 pm.
Los Angeles-FC Dallas, 10 pm.
(Direct Kick Package and regional TV schedule will appear in Friday's Daily.)
WEEK 27 RESULTS
Wednesday, Sept. 21
Columbus 1 New England 1
FC Dallas 4 Los Angeles 1
Colorado 2 Real Salt Lake 0
San Jose 2 Chicago 0
Saturday, Sept. 24
New England 1 Metrostars 0
Real Salt Lake 1 Columbus 2
San Jose 1 FC Dallas 1
Chivas USA 1 Colorado 3
Sunday, Sept. 25
Los Angeles 2 Kansas City 1
LEADING SCORERS
Player (team) goals-assists: points
Twellman (New England) 16-7: 39
Moreno (D.C. United) 13-6: 32
Donovan (Los Angeles) 11-10: 32
Guevara (Metrostars) 10-8: 28
Gomez (D.C. United) 10-8: 28
Dempsey (New England) 9-9: 27
Wolff (Kansas City) 9-9: 27
Cunningham (Columbus) 11-2: 24
Ruiz (FC Dallas) 11-2: 24
Djorkaeff (Metrostars) 9-6: 24
De Rosario (San Jose) 6-12: 24
Noonan (New England) 8-7: 23
Klein (Kansas City) 7-9: 23
Kreis (Real Salt Lake) 9-4: 22
O?Brien (FC Dallas) 6-10: 22
Sealy (Kansas City) 9-2: 20
Gomez (Los Angeles) 9-2: 20
Rolfe (Chicago) 8-4: 20
Moreno (San Jose) 8-4: 20
Cerritos (San Jose) 6-8: 20
Victorine (Kansas City) 7-4: 18
Peguero (Colorado) 7-4: 18
Razov (Metrostars) 6-5: 17
Joseph (New England) 6-5: 17
Thiago (Chicago) 5-7: 17
Jaqua (Chicago) 7-2: 16
Mina (FC Dallas) 7-2: 16
Gaven (Metrostars) 6-4: 16
Ching (San Jose) 6-4: 16
Chung (San Jose) 5-6: 16
Buddle (Columbus) 7-1: 15
Quaranta (D.C. United) 5-5: 15
ATTENDANCE
Team: average home attendance
Los Angeles: 23,907
Real Salt Lake: 18,605
Chivas USA: 17,059
Chicago: 17,401
D.C. United: 16,100
Metrostars: 14,237
San Jose: 12,612
Colorado: 12,514
New England: 12,448
Columbus: 12,407
FC Dallas: 10,848
Kansas City: 9,665
Leaguewide: 171 games, 2,534,181 fans for 14,823.
GOALSCORING AVERAGE
Team: goals scored per game
New England: 1.79
D.C. United: 1.71
FC Dallas: 1.68
Kansas City: 1.66
Metrostars: 1.64
Chicago: 1.61
San Jose: 1.59
Los Angeles: 1.37
Colorado: 1.29
Columbus: 1.04
Chivas USA: 1.00
Real Salt Lake: 0.93
Leaguewide goals per game average: 2.88 goals per game.