METROSTARS 3 COLUMBUS 1 Aug. 12 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Columbus 1. Goals: Vega (Rooney) 58, Rooney (Hurtado, Sonora) 75, Joseph (Hurtado) 88; Cunningham (Williams) 69. MetroStars — Meola (7), Sonora (6), Palacios (6), Lalas (5), Petke (5), Sorber (6), Kelly (5), Ramos (5), Rooney (6), Vega (7), Hurtado (6). Subs: Duhaney (5) for Kelly in 67th minute, Joseph (6) for Rooney in 77th. Columbus — Sommer (4), Clark (6), Iribarren (5), Dooley (4), Smith (5), Williams (6), Farrell (5), Elcock (6), Warzycha (5), McBride (4), John (4). Subs: Cunningham (6) for Iribarren in 65th minute, Yeagley (5) for Warzycha in 76th, Thompson (NR) for Farrell in 81st. Yellow cards: MetroStars — Vega 12, Meola 21, Hurtado 27; Columbus — Iribarren 7. Referee: Noel Kenny. Referee’s Assistants: Chip Reed, Del Rainho. Att.: 12,117. LOS ANGELES 3 KANSAS CITY 0 Aug. 13 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Kansas City 0. Goals: Jones (Machon) 32, Hermosillo (Welton) 76, Hermosillo 78. Los Angeles — Hartman (6), Fraser (7), Caligiuri (6), Jolley (7), Franchino (5), Pena (5), Machon (7), Cienfuegos (5), Jones (6), Welton (5), Hermosillo (6). Subs: Vanney (6) for Franchino in 46th minute, Hendrickson (NR) for Caligiuri in 81st, Mathis (NR) for Machon in 81st. Kansas City — Ammann (5), Vermillion (6), McKeon (6), Bowers (5), Okafor (6), Uderitz (5), Preki (5), Chung (4), Wright (4), Johnston (4), Rideout (5). Subs: Tinsley (4) for Vermillion in 73rd minute, Takawira (NR) for Wright in 81st, Johnson (NR) for Uderitz in 82nd. Yellow cards: Los Angeles — Franchino 6, Pena 73; Kansas City — Uderitz 3. Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela. Referee’s Assistants: Nancy Lay, Seyed Mirhosseini. Att.: 10,291. TAMPA BAY 1 NEW ENGLAND 2 (SO) Aug. 14 in Tampa Tampa Bay 1 New England 1 (New England wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Ralston (Wegerle) 44; McKinley (Diaz Arce, Gorter) 38. Tampa Bay — Ravelli (6), George (5), Eriksson (6), Yallop (5), Hejduk (6), Salcedo (5), Dougherty (6), Ramos (6), Ralston (7), Wegerle (7), Prampin (6). Subs: Young (5) for Wegerle in 63rd minute, Petras (NR) for Ravelli in 90th, Wise (NR) for Hejduk in 90th, Shannon (NR) for Ramos in 90th. New England — Feuer (6), Burns (5), Gorter (6), Goulooze (5), Motajo (5), McKinley (7), Baba (5), Torres (5), Pareja (NR), Diaz Arce (6), Moore (6). Subs: Nakhid (5) for Pareja in 8th minute, Jair (5) for Torres in 46th. Shootout: New England — Baba (off crossbar), Burns (goal), Moore (goal), Nakhid (saved), Gorter (saved), McKinley (goal); Tampa Bay — Salcedo (saved), Eriksson (goal), Ralston (goal), Yallop (wide left), Wise (off crossbar), Dougherty (wide left). Yellow card: Tampa Bay — Petras 121. Referee: Marcel Yonan. Referee’s Assistants: Andrew Barnes, Sharon Wheeler. Att.: 8,429. MIAMI 3 METROSTARS 1 Aug. 15 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 3 MetroStars 1. Goals: Serna (Boyce) 66, Serna (Valderrama, Vargas) 89; Valderrama (Vargas) 90; Duhaney (Sorber) 84. Miami — Cassar (7), Mastroeni (5), Kmosko (4), Webber (6), Cullen (5), Kelderman (5), Parra (5), Maessner (5), Valderrama (6), Serna (7), Paulinho McLaren (5). Subs: Vargas (7) for Kelderman in 65th minute, Boyce (6) for Paulinho McLaren in 65th. MetroStars — Meola (7), Sonora (5), Palacios (5), Lalas (5), Petke (4), Sorber (5), Ramos (6), Rooney (5), Kelly (5), Vega (6), Hurtado (6). Subs: Duhaney (6) for Kelly in 60th minute, Joseph (5) for Rooney in 66th, Savarese (5) for Petke in 76th. Yellow cards: Miami — Boyce 74, Serna 80; MetroStars — Vega 38, Duhaney 77, Lalas 85. Referee: Robert Sheker. Referee’s Assistants: Alex Prus, Robbie Mann. Att.: 10,271. CHICAGO 2 SAN JOSE 1 Aug. 15 in Chicago Chicago 2 San Jose 1. Goals: Kosecki (Podbrozny, Armas) 15, Wolff (Kubik, Podbrozny) 80; Cerritos (Dayak) 7. Chicago — Campos (6), Kubik (8), Brown (6), Okaroh (6), Armas (8), Gutierrez (5), Marsch (5), Klopas (4), Podbrozny (6), Kosecki (7), Razov (5). Subs: Wolff (8) for Klopas in 70th minute, Keller (NR) for Podbrozny in 88th. San Jose — Kramer (5), Dayak (6), Martin (5), Doyle (7), Lewis (5), Vasquez (4), Mella (4), Medved (5), Barrett (4), Cerritos (6), Wynalda (4). Subs: Karapetyan (5) for Mella in 70th minute, Figueroa (NR) for Medved in 88th. Yellow cards: Chicago — Kubik 61, Campos 64; San Jose — Mella 32, Vasquez 87. Referee: Ted Covaciu-Woods. Referee’s Assistants: Chris Nuezil, Sandra Hunt. Att.: 16,610. COLORADO 0 DALLAS 1 Aug. 15 in Denver Colorado 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Deering (Farrer, L.Alvarez) 57. Colorado — Hahnemann (6), Bent (7), Trittschuh (6), Vermes (6), Martinez (6), C.Henderson (5), Balboa (5), Paule (5), Paz (6), Bravo (5), Harris (5). Subs: Vaudreuil (5) for Martinez in 65th minute, Saenz (5) for Harris in 70th, White (5) for Paule in 76th. Dallas — Dodd (6), Pollard (5), Rodriguez (5), Deering (7), Farrer (5), L.Alvarez (6), Eck (6), Kreis (5), Santel (5), Washington (6), Trotman (6). Subs: Dade (5) for Farrer in 66th minute, Haynes (5) for Trotman in 70th, Bates (NR) for Washington in 89th. Yellow cards: Colorado — Trittschuh 22; Dallas — Pollard 67. Referee: Noel Kenny. Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Levon Baladjanian. Att.: 8,321. COLUMBUS 5 KANSAS CITY 3 Aug. 16 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 5 Kansas City 3. Goals: Cunningham (McBride, Farrell) 6, own goal (Bowers) 54, John (McBride, Elcock) 71, John (Williams, Smith) 79, John (Williams, Farrell) 81; Preki (Vermillion) 35, Preki 52, Rideout (Tinsley, Preki) 77. Columbus — Sommer (5), Clark (5), Dooley (5), Iribarren (5), Yeagley (5), Elcock (6), Warzycha (5), Williams (6), Farrell (6), McBride (6), Cunningham (6). Subs: John (8) for Cunningham in 53rd minute, Smith (5) for Warzycha in 75th, Abukusumo (5) for Clark in 82nd. Kansas City — Ammann (4), Bowers (4), Tinsley (4), McKeon (4), Vermillion (4), Okafor (5), Sabanadzovic (5), Preki (8), Chung (6), Wright (6), Johnston (5). Subs: Rideout (6) for Sabanadzovic in 71st minute, Takawira (5) for Wright in 76th, Uderitz (5) for Tinsley in 80th. Yellow cards: Columbus — Iribarren 73; Kansas City — Wright 30. Referee: Alberto Giordano. Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Tarek Khan. Att.: 11,922.