D.C. United 3 Miami 2 D.C. United raced out to a 3-0 lead and held on to beat Miami, 3-2, befor a sellout crowd of 3,200 at Spry Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest University. Hundreds more fans crowded a bank behind one goal and along the fence line. The game marked the return of Marco Etcheverry to D.C. after spending the winter at Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero. Santino Quaranta, 16, made his debut for United in an impressive fashion. March 30 in Winston-Salem, N.C. D.C. United 3 Miami 2. Goals: Albright (Kamler) 9, Abdul Thompson Conteh (Nelsen) 39, Talley (Pen.) 44; Bishop 69, Beckerman 70. D.C. United: 1st Half — Mark Simpson; Craig Ziadie, Carey Talley, Mark Watson, Eric Denton; Brian Kamler, Ryan Nelsen, Bobby Convey, Marco Etcheverry, Chris Albright, Abdul Thompson Conteh; 2nd Half — Mark Simpson (T.J. Hannig 74); Judah Cooks, Ray Goodlett, Micah Cooks; Bryan Namoff, Jose Alegria, Mark Lisi, Brian Kamler (Ben Stafford 49′ (Caleb Norkus 85), Santino Quaranta; Raul Diaz Arce, Sergio Salas. Miami — Nick Rimando; Ivan McKinley, Pablo Mastroeni, Tyrone Marshall; Jeff Bilyk (Kyle Beckerman 46), Ian Bishop, Jim Rooney, Jay Heaps, Alex Chacon; Pete Marino (Greg Simmonds 46), Diego Serna (Ali Ngon 80). Kansas City 2 Chicago 0 The Kansas City Wizards beat the Chicago Fire, 2-0, in a rematch of MLS Cup 2000 at St. Louis University’s Hermann Stadium in front of 2,447 people. March 30 in St. Louis Kansas City 2 Chicago 0. Goals: McKeon (pen.) 48, Gomez (Brown) 63. Kansas City —Tony Meola; Mike Burns (Tahj Jakins 68), Nick Garcia, Brandon Prideaux; Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin, Francisco Gomez (Andrew Gregor 83), Matt McKeon, Chris Brown (Narcisco Fernandes 67); -Gary Glasgow (Mark Santel 46), Mo Johnston. Chicago — Zach Thornton; C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra (Jim Curtin 46), Diego Gutierrez; Evan Whitfield, Jesse Marsch, Dema Kovalenko, Justin Evans, DaMarcus Beasley (Matt Chulis 46); John Wolyniec, Johnny Menyongar (Eric Lukin 76). Tampa Bay 4 Plant City All-Stars 0 Mamadou Diallo scored two first half goals and assisted on the first goal of the second half as the Tampa Bay Mutiny closed out its 2001 preseason with a 4-0 win over the Plant City All-Stars at Otis Andrews Field in Plant City before an estimated 1,000 fans. Diallo, who had scored two goals on penalty kicks in prior preseason matches, tallied his first two scores from the field in the 17th and 45th minutes. His first score was from Carlos Valderrama, while his second goal, good for a 2-0 Mutiny halftime lead, came from Steve Ralston. Diallo collected an assist on a 57th minute goal by Tarpon Springs native Gus Kartes, who arrived in Tampa earlier in the day after being traded to the Mutiny from the Colorado Rapids. The Mutiny’s first round (second overall) 2001 SuperDraft pick, Ali Curtis, closed out the scoring on an assist from Kevin Anderson. Tampa Bay starting lineup — Nyman, Trittschuh, Kotschau, Maessner, Addo, Anderson, Quill, Ralston, Valderrama, Diallo, Barclay. Los Angeles 2 San Diego Flash 0 The Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the A-League’s San Diego Flash, 2-0, in a closed-door scrimmage at the Rose Bowl today. March 31 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 2 San Diego Flash 0. Goals: Victorine (Frye) 4, Vagenas (pen.) 20. Los Angeles — Kevin Hartman (Matt Reis ’46), Paul Caligiuri, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas, Simon Elliott (Brian Kelly ’46), Danny Pe±a (Alex Bengard ’46), Adam Frye, Peter Vagenas, Sasha Victorine (Derek Phillips ’73), Brian Ching, Cobi Jones (Ivan Polic ’68). Latin-American All-Stars 1 MetroStars 6 The MetroStars defeated a Latin American Select team, 6-1, in a charity game organized by Long Island’s El Salvadoran community to help raise funds for the recent earthquake victims in their native El Salvador. The charity match featured a host of substitutions by both sides and saw MLS and El Salvador legends Raul Diaz Arce (DC United) and Mauricio Cienfuegos (LA Galaxy) go up against the MetroStars before a crowd estimated at 5,000 fans in the Mitchel Athletic Complex. Rookie Rodrigo Faria led the offensive efforts with a hat trick. Alex Comas scored twice and Tab Ramos scored the other in a game totally dominated by the visiting MetroStars. Richmond Kickers 0 Dallas 0 The Dallas Burn and the A-League Richmond Kickers played to a 0-0 draw tin the cold rain at the University of Richmond Stadium. April 1 in Richmond, Va. Richmond Kickers 0 Dallas 0. Dallas — Matt Jordan, Eric Dade, Lubos Kubik, Richard Farrer, Miles Joseph (Bobby Rhine 46), Chad Deering (Ted Eck 46), Jorge Rodriguez, Antonio Martinez (Paul Broome 71), Oscar Pareja (Joselito Vaca 61), Jason Kreis, Ariel Graziani (Josue Mayard 61). Richmond — Mike McGinty (Ronnie Pascale 64), Chris Fox (Darrell Etienne 83), Chris Brown (Guillermo Henriques 62), Peter Luzak, Josh McKay (Rob Ukrop 46), Tony Williams (Mike Burke 74), Marco Ferruzzi (Keith Donohue 68), Kevin Knight (Nate Adams 83), Paul Lekics, Kevin Jeffrey (Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi 75), Josh Henderson (Kevin Alvero 64).
