MLS Statistics (through Sept. 18)
STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
New England 15-6-6 51
D.C. United 14-9-5 47
Chicago 14-10-3 45
Kansas City 11-7-10 43
Metrostars 10-7-10 40
Columbus 9-14-3 30
Western Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
San Jose 15-4-8 53
FC Dallas 11-9-6 39
Los Angeles 11-11-6 39
Colorado 9-13-4 31
Real Salt Lake 5-17-4 19
Chivas USA 3-20-5 14
SCHEDULE (home team first, times ET)
Wednesday, Sept. 21
Columbus-New England, 7:30 pm.
FC Dallas-Los Angeles, 8:30 pm.
Colorado-Real Salt Lake, 9:30 pm.
San Jose-Chicago, 10:30 pm.
Saturday, Sept. 24
New England-Metrostars, 7:30 pm.
Real Salt Lake-Columbus, 9:30 pm.
San Jose-FC Dallas, 10 pm.
Sunday, Sept. 25
Los Angeles-Kansas City, 8 pm.
(Direct Kick Package and regional TV schedule will appear in Friday's Daily.)
WEEK 26 RESULTS
Saturday, Sept. 17
Metrostars 5 New England 4
Columbus 1 Chicago 2
D.C. United 2 Colorado 0
Kansas City 2 Los Angeles 2
Chivas USA 1 San Jose 2
Sunday, Sept. 18
FC Dallas 2 Real Salt Lake 1
LEADING SCORERS
Player (team) goals-assists: points
Twellman (New England) 15-7: 37
Moreno (D.C. United) 13-6: 32
Donovan (Los Angeles) 11-8: 30
Guevara (Metrostars) 10-9: 29
Gomez (D.C. United) 10-8: 28
Dempsey (New England) 9-9: 27
Wolff (Kansas City) 8-9: 25
Cunningham (Columbus) 11-2: 24
Ruiz (FC Dallas) 11-2: 24
Djorkaeff (Metrostars) 9-6: 24
Klein (Kansas City) 7-9: 23
Kreis (Real Salt Lake) 9-4: 22
OBrien (FC Dallas) 6-9: 21
Sealy (Kansas City) 9-2: 20
Noonan (New England) 8-4: 20
Rolfe (Chicago) 8-4: 20
Moreno (San Jose) 8-4: 20
Cerritos (San Jose) 6-8: 20
De Rosario (San Jose) 4-12: 20
Victorine (Kansas City) 7-4: 18
Thiago (Chicago) 5-7: 17
Jaqua (Chicago) 7-2: 16
Gomez (Los Angeles) 8-2: 18
Razov (Metrostars) 6-5: 17
Joseph (New England) 6-5: 17
Gaven (Metrostars) 6-4: 16
Chung (San Jose) 5-6: 16
Quaranta (D.C. United) 5-5: 15
Peguero (Colorado) 5-4: 14
ATTENDANCE
Team: average home attendance
Los Angeles: 24,011
Real Salt Lake: 18,932
Chivas USA: 17,436
Chicago: 17,401
D.C. United: 16,100
Metrostars: 14,237
Colorado: 12,959
San Jose: 12,460
Columbus: 12,453
New England: 12,200
FC Dallas: 11,009
Kansas City: 9,665
Leaguewide: 162 games, 2,415,746 fans for 14,912.
GOALSCORING AVERAGE
Team: goals scored per game
New England: 1.85
D.C. United: 1.71
Metrostars: 1.70
Kansas City: 1.68
Chicago: 1.67
FC Dallas: 1.62
San Jose: 1.59
Los Angeles: 1.36
Colorado: 1.19
Chivas USA: 1.00
Columbus: 1.00
Real Salt Lake: 0.96
Leaguewide goals per game average: 2.90 goals per game.