MLS opened with a shocking win for San Jose over Los Angeles (3-2 after leading 3-0 after 27 minutes) at the Rose Bowl. D.C. United got goals from 17-year-old Bobby Convey and rookie Mark Lisi in a 3-2 win over defending champion Kansas City. Tampa Bay beat Dallas 4-2 at the Cotton Bowl, breaking a 2-2 tie with second-half goals from Ali Curtis and Mamadou Diallo. Adolfo Valencia’s stoppage-time goal gave the MetroStars a 2-1 win over New England before more than 30,000 fans at Giants Stadium (opening night’s biggest crowd). Alex Pineda Chacon scored twice in the first 12 minutes after coming on in the second half to give Miami a 2-1 win over Colorado . There were three red cards in Columbus , where the Crew had to settle for a 1-1 tie with the depleted Chicago Fire playing without Peter Nowak and Hristo Stoitchkov. April 7 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 New England 1. GOALS: MET — Mathis (unassisted) 61 NE — L.Alvarez (Sunsing) 73 MET — Valencia (Chung, Mathis) 92+ METROSTARS — Tim Howard, Daniel Hernandez, Steve Jolley, Mike Petke, Richie Williams, Tab Ramos, Mark Chung, Petter Villegas, Adolfo Valencia, Clint Mathis, Alex Comas (Pedro Alvarez 28). CAUTIONS: Comas 28, Ramos 33, Mathis 43, Hernandez 80, Alvarez 94+. NEW ENGLAND — Jeff Causey, Alan Woods, Mauricio Wright, Brian Dunseth, Joe Franchino, John Harkes (Jamar Beasley 71), Andy Williams (Eric Wynalda 65), Johnny Torres, Leonel Alvarez (Shaker Asad 87), Wolde Harris, William Sunsing. CAUTIONS: Sunsing 45, Franchino 49+, Alvarez 60. Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela. Attendance: 30,753. April 7 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 2 Colorado 1. GOALS: COL — Spencer (Paule, Baba) 50 MIA — Chacon (Bishop) 68 MIA — Chacon (McKinley, Serna) 72 MIAMI — Nick Rimando, Ivan McKinley, Pablo Mastroeni, Tim Sahaydak (Alex Pineda Chacon 60), Tyrone Marshall, Jim Rooney, Ian Bishop, Jay Heaps, Chris Henderson, Preki (Pete Marino 82), Diego Serna. CAUTIONS: McKinley 25, Sahaydak 41. COLORADO — Adin Brown, Scott Vermillion, Chris Martinez, Steven Herdsman (Neathan Gibson 74), Lance Key, Geoff Aunger (Marcelo Balboa 82), Wes Hart (Jason Moore 62), Imad Baba, Ross Paule, Paul Bravo, John Spencer. CAUTIONS: Hart 7, Key 56. Referee: Alex Prus. Attendance: 10,411. April 7 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 Chicago 1 (OT). GOALS: CHI–Wolyniec (Beasley, Gutierrez) 16 CLB–Washington (Warzycha, Yeagley) 69 COLUMBUS — Tom Presthus, Mike Clark, Ansil Elcock, Tenywa Bonseu, Todd Yeagley (Mike Lapper 86), Jeff Cunningham, Brian Maisonneuve (Roland Aguilera 57), Robert Warzycha, Brian West, Dante Washington, Edson Buddle (John DeBrito 72). CAUTIONS: Clark 14, Elcock 66; EJECTIONS: Aguilera 85. CHICAGO — Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra, Diego Gutierrez, Matt Chulis (Andrew Lewis 71), DaMarcus Beasley, Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch, Dema Kovalenko, Josh Wolff, John Wolyniec. CAUTIONS: Wolyniec 18, Marsch 63; EJECTIONS: Lewis 89, Gutierrez 94. Referee: Kevin Terry. Attendance: 17,947. April 7 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Kansas City 2. GOALS: KC — Lassiter (McKeon) 18 DC — Convey (Diaz Arce, Watson) 33 KC — McKeon (Gomez) 44 DC — Diaz Arce (PK) 65 DC — Lisi (Albright, Denton) 88 D.C. UNITED — Mark Simpson, Craig Ziadie, Carey Talley, Mark Watson, Eric Denton, Brian Kamler (Abdul Thompson Conteh 78), Ryan Nelsen, Bobby Convey (Mark Lisi 80), Marco Etcheverry, Chris Albright, Raul Diaz Arce. CAUTIONS: Watson 51, Talley 69. KANSAS CITY — Tony Meola, Mike Burns (Tahj Jakins 46), Nick Garcia, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein (Mark Santel 67), Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Chris Brown (Gary Glasgow 91+), Francisco Gomez, Mo Johnston, Roy Lassiter. EJECTIONS: Garcia 64. Referee: Tim Weyland. Attendance: 22,216. April 7 in Dallas Dallas 2 Tampa Bay 4. GOALS: TB — Ralston (Valderrama, Quill) 14 DAL — Rodriguez (Martinez, Vaca) 16 TB — Addo (Valderrama, Ralston) 21 DAL — Rodriguez (Kubik, Eck) 26 TB — Curtis (Quill, Anderson) 51 TB — Diallo (PK) 55 TAMPA BAY — Scott Garlick, Craig Demmin, Ritchie Kotschau, Chad McCarty (John Maessner 31), Joseph Addo, Steve Ralston, Kevin Anderson, Carlos Valderrama, Eric Quill (Gus Kartes 77), Mamadou Diallo, Ali Curtis (Devin Barclay 84). CAUTIONS: Maessner 79. DALLAS — Matt Jordan, Richard Farrer, Eric Dade, Lubos Kubik, Jorge Rodriguez, Antonio Martinez (Paul Broome 87), Ted Eck, Oscar Pareja (Miles Joseph 68), Joselito Vaca, Ariel Graziani, Jason Kreis (Bobby Rhine 63). Referee: Noel Kenny. Attendance: 15,124. April 7 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 2 San Jose 3. GOALS: SJ — Dayak (Mulrooney) 9 SJ — Cerritos (Ibsen, Bower) 24 SJ — DeRosario (Bower, Russell) 27 LA — Victorine (unassisted) 80 LA — Frye (Cienfuegos, Caligiuri) 83 LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hartman, Greg Vanney, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas (Paul Caligiuri 71), Peter Vagenas (Danny Pena 65), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Simon Elliott, Ezra Hendrickson, Brian Ching (Adam Frye 46), Sasha Victorine, Cobi Jones. CAUTIONS: Vanney 35. SAN JOSE — Joe Cannon, Jeff Agoos, Troy Dayak, Zak Ibsen, Wade Barrett, Ian Russell, Richard Mulrooney, Manuel Lagos, Scott Bower, Dwayne DeRosario, Ronald Cerritos (Landon Donovan 73). Referee: Gerry Corrie. Attendance: 17,386.