Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS playoff games played Sept. 20, 22 and 23. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Sept. 20 Chicago 2 Dallas 0. Goals: Bocanegra (Wynalda) 40, Whitfield (Nowak) 98+. Chicago (3-5-2) — Zach Thornton (6); C.J. Brown (5), Carlos Bocanegra (6), Diego Gutierrez (5); Chris Armas (6), Jesse Marsch (5), David Vaudreuil (4), Dema Kovalenko (4), Peter Nowak (5); Ante Razov (5), Eric Wynalda (4). Subs: Evan Whitfield (6) for Wynalda 66, Sergi Daniv (NR) for Kovalenko 96+. Yellow Cards: Razov 14, Bocanegra 28, Gutierrez 55, Daniv 97+. Dallas (4-4-2) — Matt Jordan (5); Eric Dade (4), Ryan Suarez (4), Paul Broome (5), Richard Farrer (4); Jorge Rodriguez (4), Chad Deering (6), Oscar Pareja (4), Joselito Vaca (4); Ariel Graziani (5), Bobby Rhine (5). Subs: Jason Kreis (5) for Vaca 46, Justin Evans (5) for Suarez 49, Antonio Martinez (4) for Broome 73. Yellow Cards: Pareja 15, Rodriguez 30, Kreis 69, Graziani 79, Martinez 89, Jordan 91+. Red Card: Farrer 94+. Referee: Gus St. Silva. Attendance: 8,314. Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy, fair. Sept. 22 Miami 2 Kansas City 0. Goals: Serna (Woan, Rooney) 28, Pineda Chacon (Preki, Serna) 53. Miami (3-5-2) — Nick Rimando (5); Pablo Mastroeni (6), Carlos Llamosa (7), Ivan McKinley (5); Ian Woan (6), Jim Rooney (5), Ian Bishop (6), Preki (6), Chris Henderson (5); Diego Serna (6), Alex Pineda Chacon (6). Subs: Tyrone Marshall (5) for Woan 73, Johnny Torres (5) for Preki 82. Yellow Card: Rooney 50. Kansas City (4-4-2) — Tony Meola (6); Chris Klein (5), Nick Garcia (5), Peter Vermes (3), Mike Burns (5); Matt McKeon (5), Kerry Zavagnin (4), Andrew Gregor (4), Gary Glasgow (4); Onandi Lowe (5), Chris Brown (5). Subs: Roy Lassiter (5) for Brown 46, Mo Johnston (5) for Zavagnin 69, Francisco Gomez (5) for Gregor 79. Yellow Cards: McKeon 33, Gregor 56. Referee: Kevin Terry. Attendance: 6,281. Weather: 89 degrees, sunny. Columbus 1 San Jose 3. Goals: Warzycha pen. 54; Donovan (Dayak, Ekelund) 5, Lagos (Agogo) 31, Donovan (Agogo) 46+. Columbus (4-4-2) — Tom Presthus (5); Mike Clark (4), Tenywa Bonseu (5), Mike Lapper (4), Mike Duhaney (5); John Harkes (5), Brian Maisonneuve (5), John Wilmar Perez (5), Brian West (5); Dante Washington (5), Jeff Cunningham (5). Subs: Robert Warzycha (5) for Duhaney 46, Ansil Elcock (6) for Lapper 63, Edson Buddle (5) for Harkes 76. Yellow Card: Clark 24. San Jose (4-4-2) — Joe Cannon (7); Jimmy Conrad (5), Troy Dayak (5), Jeff Agoos (6), Wade Barrett (5); Ian Russell (5), Richard Mulrooney (5), Ronnie Ekelund (6), Manny Lagos (5); Junior Agogo (5), Landon Donovan (7). Subs: Ronald Cerritos (5) for Agogo 70, Ramiro Corrales (5) for Russell 72, Zak Ibsen (NR) for Lagos 89. Yellow Card: Barrett 19. Referee: Ricardo Salazar. Attendance: 20,883. Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy. Sept. 23 Dallas 1 Chicago 1 (OT). Goals: Deering (Rhine, Kreis) 27; J. Beasley (Kovalenko, Nowak) 84. Dallas (4-4-2) — Matt Jordan (6); Eric Dade (5), Ryan Suarez (6), Jorge Rodriguez (7), Paul Broome (5); Chad Deering (6), Hamisi Amani-Dove (5), Oscar Pareja (6), Bobby Rhine (4); Ariel Graziani (5), Jason Kreis (5). Subs: Justin Evans (5) for Amani-Dove 64, Joselito Vaca (5) for Kreis 90, Aleksey Korol (5) for Rhine 91. Yellow Cards: Broome 5, Rhine 46. Chicago (3-5-2) — Zach Thornton (6); C.J. Brown (6), Carlos Bocanegra (5), Diego Gutierrez (7); Chris Armas (7), Jesse Marsch (5), David Vaudreuil (4), Dema Kovalenko (6), Peter Nowak (6); Ante Razov (4), Eric Wynalda (4). Subs: Jamar Beasley (6) for Wynalda 71, Evan Whitfield (5) for Marsch 76. Yellow Cards: Kovalenko 26, Gutierrez 56, Vaudreuil 72. Referee: Kevin Stott. Attendance: 17,149. Weather: 88 degrees, 88 percent humidity, cloudy. Los Angeles 1 MetroStars 1 (OT). Goals: Caligiuri (Frye, L. Hernandez) 63; Faria (Valencia, Gilmar) 29. Los Angeles (4-3-3) — Kevin Hartman (6); Ezra Hendrickson (5), Danny Califf (5), Greg Vanney (5), Paul Caligiuri (6); Peter Vagenas (5), Mauricio Cienfuegos (4), Simon Elliott (5); Adam Frye (6), Cobi Jones (5), Sasha Victorine (3). Subs: Luis Hernandez (6) for Victorine 59, Alexi Lalas (NR) for Cienfuegos 96. Yellow Cards: None. Red Card: Caligiuri 83. MetroStars (3-5-2) — Tim Howard (6); Mike Petke (5), Steve Jolley (6), Orlando Perez (5); Petter Villegas (5), Richie Williams (5), Daniel Hernandez (6), Gilmar (6), Mark Chung (5); Rodrigo Faria (6), Adolfo Valencia (5), Subs: Pedro Alvarez (5) for Valencia 68, Ross Paule (NR) for Faria 95, Billy Walsh (NR) for Williams 96. Yellow Cards: D. Hernandez 7, Valencia 32, Jolley 91+, Perez 92. Red Card: Gilmar 65. Referee: Terry Vaughn. Attendance: 11,580. Weather: 71 degrees, breezy and clear.
