Saturday, Aug. 7, 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT/1:00 pm PT
NEW ENGLAND (4-8-6, 18 pts) vs. COLUMBUS (6-5-6, 24 pts)
TV: ESPN2.
Key Players Out: New England — MD Clint Dempsey (broken jaw), DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee sprain), FW Joe-Max Moore (R knee sprain); Columbus — DF Stephen Herdsman (L quad strain), F Erick Scott (Olympic Team Duty — Costa Rica).
Referee: Kevin Terry.
Saturday, Aug. 7, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT/5:00 pm MT/4:00 pm PT
DALLAS (6-7-5, 23 pts) vs. COLORADO (6-5-8, 26 pts)
TV: Fox Sports Rocky Mountain.
Direct Kick: DirecTV — 794; Dish Net — 464; InDemand.
Key Players Out: Dallas — none; Colorado — DF Pablo Mastroeni (L quadriceps strain), MD Darryl Powell (L hamstring strain), DF Jeff Stewart (R knee), FW Zizi Roberts (R knee swelling).
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela.
Saturday, Aug. 7, 10:00 pm ET/7:00 pm PT
SAN JOSE (5-6-6, 21 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (5-7-6, 21 pts)
TV: Fox Sports World, Fox Sports En Espanol, HDNet, Comcast (D.C.).
Direct Kick: DirecTV — 795; Dish Net — 463; InDemand.
Key Players Out: San Jose — DF Chris Roner (R ankle surgery), DF Eddie Robinson (L hamstring rupture), FW Jamil Walker (lower back sprain), M-F Landon Donovan (suspension); D.C. United — FW Thiago Martins (L knee surgery), FW Eliseo Quintanilla (R fractured fibula), FW Santino Quaranta (adductor surgery), DF Ryan Nelsen (abdominal surgery), GK Nick Rimando (R knee surgery).
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Sunday, Aug. 8, 6:00 pm ET/3:00 pm PT
METROSTARS (8-6-5, 29 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (9-5-6, 33 pts)
TV: MSG (NY), KCAL (LA).
Direct Kick: DirecTV — 794; Dish Net — 464; InDemand.
Key Players Out: MetroStars — MD Michael Bradley (R foot stress fracture), MD Gilberto Flores (L ankle ruptured tendon), DF Craig Ziadie (L knee LCL sprain), D Pablo Brenes (Olympic Team Duty — Costa Rica); Los Angeles — DF Danny Califf (L torn meniscus).
Referee: Alex Prus.