METROSTARS 4 COLORADO 1 Aug. 18 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 Colorado 1. Goals: Ramos (Hurtado) 27, Hurtado (Vega, Savarese) 49, Savarese (Duhaney) 88, Savarese (Ramos, Palacios) 89; Paule (Paz, Bravo) 29. MetroStars — Howard (7), Sonora (5), Palacios (5), Lalas (5), Petke (4), Sorber (6), Duhaney (5), Vega (5), Ramos (7), Savarese (7), Hurtado (6). Subs: Zavagnin (5) for Sorber in 75th minute, Joseph (5) for Vega in 77th. Colorado — Hahnemann (6), Vaudreuil (4), Martinez (5), Vermes (6), Bent (5), Paz (7), Balboa (5), Paule (6), DiGiamarino (5), Bravo (5), Saenz (5). Subs: C.Henderson (5) for DiGiamarino in 65th minute, Harris (5) for Paule in 68th, White (NR) for Saenz in 83rd. Yellow cards: MetroStars — Lalas 37, Sorber 45, Duhaney 51, Savarese 54, Hurtado 86; Colorado — Bravo 44. Red card: Colorado — Vaudreuil 34. Referee: Ali Saheli. Referee’s Assistants: Richard Eddy, Alex Schuster. Att.: 10,217. MIAMI 2 DALLAS 1 Aug. 19 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Valderrama (pen.) 50, Gutierrez (Serna, Vargas) 87; Deering (Trotman, Farrer) 85. Miami — Cassar (6), Mastroeni (6), Webber (5), Kmosko (4), Maessner (5), Parra (5), Cullen (5), Boyce (5), Valderrama (6), Serna (6), Paulinho McLaren (4). Subs: Vargas (6) for Parra in 46th minute, Gutierrez (7) for Paulinho McLaren in 46th, Marshall (5) for Boyce in 73rd. Dallas — Dodd (6), Rodriguez (4), Deering (6), Dade (5), Farrer (5), Santel (5), Alvarez (6), Eck (5), Kreis (5), Trotman (6), Washington (5). Subs: Elliott (5) for Washington in 64th minute, Pollard (5) for Eck in 69th, Haynes (6) for Santel in 72nd. Yellow cards: Miami — Serna 36, Webber 68; Dallas — Alvarez 18, Washington 39. Referee: Refugio Ramirez. Referee’s Assistants: Laszlo Nagy, Richard Huber. Att.: 7,051. COLORADO 0 CHICAGO 2 Aug. 21 in Denver Colorado 0 Chicago 2. Goals: Kubik (pen.) 64, Armas (Kosecki, Wolff) 67. Colorado — Hahnemann (5), Bent (5), Trittschuh (6), Vermes (4), Martinez (5), C.Henderson (5), Jakins (5), Balboa (4), Paz (5), Bravo (5), Saenz (5). Subs: Harris (5) for Saenz in 46th minute, White (5) for Jakins in 75th, DiGiamarino (5) for C.Henderson in 80th. Chicago — Thornton (7), Brown (6), Kubik (8), Soehn (6), Gutierrez (6), Armas (6), Marsch (5), Podbrozny (6), Kosecki (6), Razov (5), Klopas (5). Subs: Ibsen (5) for Razov in 46th minute, Wolff (6) for Klopas in 46th. Yellow cards: Colorado — Vermes 64, Paz 75. Referee: Tim Weyland. Referee’s Assistants: Roger Itaya, Chris Strickland. Att.: 24,450. NEW ENGLAND 1 LOS ANGELES 5 Aug. 22 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Los Angeles 5. Goals: Diaz Arce (Beasley) 88; Jones (Pena) 11, Hermosillo (Machon, Jones) 56, Hermosillo (Jones) 72, Jones (Mathis) 78, Jones (Mathis) 85. New England — Feuer (4), Burns (3), Goulooze (3), McKinley (5), Motajo (5), Baba (4), Nakhid (5), Jair (5), Gorter (4), Diaz Arce (4), Moore (4). Subs: Torres (4) for Jair in 62nd minute, Beasley (6) for Goulooze in 72nd, Keegan (NR) for Gorter in 82nd. Los Angeles — Hartman (6), Pena (7), Fraser (6), Franchino (6), Caligiuri (6), Machon (7), Jones (8), Cienfuegos (7), Jolley (6), Welton (6), Hermosillo (7). Subs: Vanney (6) for Welton in 67th minute, Mathis (6) for Franchino in 74th. Yellow card: Los Angeles — Caligiuri 75. Red card: New England — Burns 70. Referee: Kevin Terry. Referee’s Assistants: Alberto Giordano, Peter Kokolski. Att.: 24,143. D.C. UNITED 2 METROSTARS 1 Aug. 22 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1. Goals: Moreno 59, Etcheverry (Agoos) 78; Sonora (Vega) 41. D.C. United — Garlick (6), Llamosa (5), Pope (7), Agoos (7), Kamler (6), Olsen (6), Williams (5), Harkes (6), Etcheverry (7), Moreno (6), Lassiter (5). Subs: Talley (6) for Llamosa in 46th minute, Aunger (NR) for Moreno in 85th. MetroStars — Meola (7), Sonora (6), Palacios (6), Lalas (6), Petke (6), Zavagnin (5), Sorber (6), Kelly (5), Ramos (6), Savarese (5), Vega (7). Subs: Rooney (5) for Zavagnin in 62nd minute, Joseph (5) for Kelly in 72nd. Yellow cards: D.C. United — Kamler 57; MetroStars — Petke 35. Referee: Brian Hall. Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Gerry Corrie. Att.: 16,729. COLUMBUS 3 TAMPA BAY 1 Aug. 22 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 1. Goals: John (McBride, Sommer) 59, John (Warzycha, Williams) 76, Williams (John, McBride) 84; Kinnear (Hejduk, Salcedo) 40. Columbus — Sommer (5), Clark (6), Dooley (5), Elcock (5), Yeagley (5), Thompson (4), Smith (5), Williams (7), Farrell (5), John (7), McBride (6). Subs: Warzycha (6) for Farrell in 24th minute, Cunningham (7) for Thompson in 65th, Cannon (NR) for McBride in 85th. Tampa Bay — Ravelli (5), Yallop (5), Eriksson (6), Houser (4), Hejduk (6), Kinnear (6), Salcedo (5), Ralston (4), Ramos (4), Prampin (4), Wegerle (4). Sub: P.Dougherty (5) for Kinnear in 59th minute. Yellow cards: Columbus — Yeagley 47; Tampa Bay — Eriksson 34, Houser 41, Salcedo 54. Referee: Ali Saheli. Referee’s Assistants: Zekai Akbay, Richard Eddy. Att.: 15,110. SAN JOSE 2 DALLAS 1 (SO) Aug. 22 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose 1 Dallas 1 (San Jose wins shootout 2-0). Goals: Cerritos (Lewis) 32; Haynes 78. San Jose — Kramer (7), Doyle (5), Dayak (5), Martin (5), Cloutier (5), Medved (5), Mella (6), Lewis (6), Barrett (6), Wynalda (5), Cerritos (6). Sub: Uribe (5) for Cloutier in 78th minute. Dallas — Dodd (7), Deering (5), Pollard (4), Rodriguez (6), Santel (5), Alvarez (5), Eck (5), Farrer (4), Kreis (6), Trotman (5), Washington (4). Subs: Haynes (6) for Washington in 58th minute, Elliott (5) for Santel in 68th, Dade (5) for Eck in 74th. Shootout: Dallas — Farrer (saved), Haynes (saved), Elliott (wide right), Trotman (saved); San Jose — Wynalda (saved), Lewis (wide right), Mella (goal), Medved (goal). Yellow cards: San Jose — Medved 29, Barrett 34; Dallas — Alvarez 49, Trotman 66. Referee: Noel Kenny. Referee’s Assistants: Jorge Reyes, Terry Maschino. Att.: 11,706. KANSAS CITY 2 MIAMI 0 Aug. 23 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Miami 0. Goals: Takawira (Preki, Vermillion) 36, Vermillion (Preki, Snitko) 85. Kansas City — Snitko (7), Vermillion (6), Bowers (4), Okafor (7), Sabanadzovic (5), Preki (6), Chung (5), Wright (4), Johnston (6), Rideout (4), Takawira (7). Subs: Tinsley (5) for Wright in 77th minute, Marino (NR) for Takawira in 81st, Johnson (NR) for Sabanadzovic in 85th. Miami — Napoleon (5), Mastroeni (4), Kmosko (4), Webber (5), Cullen (4), Parra (4), Gutierrez (5), Valderrama (5), Maessner (6), Vargas (4), Paulinho McLaren (4). Subs: Marshall (6) for Vargas in 46th minute, Boyce (4) for Paulinho McLaren in 46th. Yellow cards: Miami — Gutierrez 60, Valderrama 85. Referee: Ted Covaciu. Referee’s Assistants: Tarek Khan, Sandra Hunt. Att.: 8,283.