Winners …
FC DALLAS' 3-1 win over Colorado, on goals by Aaron Pitchkolan, Bobby Rhine and Abe Thompson, extended its lead over Los Angeles at the top of the Western Conference to nine points. NEW ENGLAND maintains a five-point lead over Chicago at the top of the East after its 4-2 comeback win over the MetroStars, during which Jay Heaps and Steve Ralston scored their first goals of the season while Pat Noonan hit his eighth, which puts him in a tie with Colorado's Jeff Cunningham atop the MLS scoring race.
South American giants ARGENTINA and BRAZIL will meet in the final of the Confederations Cup Wednesday after winning their semifinal games. Argentina edged Mexico, 6-5, in a shootout after their game ended in a 1-1 tie with both goals coming in overtime. Brazil beat host Germany, 3-2, thanks to a pair of goals from Adriano
and a penalty kick by Ronaldinho.
TIFFENY MILBRETT became only the fifth player to play 200 or more international games when she made her 200th appearance, coming on as a substitute in the Americans' 2-0 win over Canada Sunday in Virginia Beach, Va. Milbrett, who had not played for the USA since November 2003, joined Kristine Lilly, Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett, all Americans, in the 200 club.
Losers …
EUROPEAN TEAMS were 0-4 in the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. The host Netherlands fell on penalty kicks to Nigeria. Italy, which beat the USA in the round of 16, also fell to Morocco in a shootout. While one semifinal is an all-Africa affair, the other features two South American teams. Argentina, which lost to the USA in their opening game, beat Spain, 3-1, and Brazil downed Germany, 2-1, in overtime. In the Confederations Cup, one European team, host Germany, reached the semifinals, where it lost to Brazil.
The LOS ANGELES GALAXY's 3-0 loss at San Jose means it went winless on a four-game road trip while getting shut out three times. The Galaxy, which is undefeated (7-0-2) at the Home Depot Center, has not won a road game since last June.