Oct. 4 in Columbus
Columbus 1 DC United 1. Goals: Paule (Martino, Hejduk) 19; Etcheverry pen. 59.
Columbus — Busch, Hejduk, Clark (Cunningham, 90), Williams, Denton, Paule, Maisonneuve (Garcia, 81), Martino (Pineda Chacon, 95), West, McBride, Buddle.
DC United — Baumstark, Prideaux, Namoff, Nelsen, Convey, Stewart, Alegria (Stoitchkov, 70), Quintanilla, Etcheverry, Cerritos (Ivanov, 87), Martins.
Yellow Cards: Columbus — Denton 36, Maisonneuve 39, Williams 72; DC United — Nelsen 44, Stewart 51, Etcheverry 61
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela.
Att.: 17,995.
Oct. 4 in Kansas City
Kansas City 4 Colorado 2. Goals: Conrad (Preki) 15, Klein (Preki, Quill) 21, Klein (Gomez, Preki) 82, Gomez (Quill) 91+; Roberts (Trembly) 47, Henderson pen. 60.
Kansas City — Meola, Conrad (Talley, 84), Gutierrez, Garcia, Klein, Zavagnin, Quill, Armstrong (Harris, 68), Zotinca, Preki, Arnaud (Gomez, 76).
Colorado — Garlick, Hart (Crawford, 84), Kotschau, Borchers, Powell, Henderson (Kingsley, 87), Beckerman, Trembly, Chung, Roberts (Blake, 89), Carrieri.
Yellow Cards: Kansas City — Preki 6, Conrad 67, Arnaud 73; Colorado — Beckerman 50, Kotschau 74.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 13,069.
Oct. 4 in Naperville, Ill.
Chicago 2 Los Angeles 0. Goals: Beasley 60, Marsch (Beasley) 66.
Chicago — Thornton, Gray, Curtin, Bocanegra, Whitfield, Armas, Beasley, Marsch, Perez, Jaqua (Bolanos, 88), Razov.
Los Angeles — Hartman, Lewis, Hong, Marshall, Jones, Cienfuegos (Lalas, 64), Elliott, Vagenas, Broome (Ruiz, 55), Torres, Albright (Ochoa, 74).
Yellow Cards: Chicago — Whitfield (caution; Game Disrepute) 22; Los Angeles — Lewis 9, Marshall 52, Albright 73.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 11,874.
Oct. 4 in Southlake, TX
Dallas 1 New England 4. Goals: Pareja (Curtis, Deering) 20; Twellman (Kamler) 44, Joseph (Cancela) 53, Twellman (Cancela) 60, Noonan 75.
Dallas — Cassar, Hendrickson, Bonseu, Dunseth (Urbas, 83), Behncke (Gbandi, 77), Deering, Vaca, Pareja, Johnson, Nhleko, Curtis (Rhine, 67).
New England — Brown, Heaps, Kante, Pierce, Leonard, Cancela, Joseph (Cullen, 81), Kamler (Moore, 57), Ralston, Noonan, Twellman (Fabbro, 78).
Referee: Brian Hall.
Att.: 8,917.
Oct. 5 in San Jose
San Jose 0 MetroStars 2. Goals: Guevara (Gaven) 30, Jolley (Pope, Guevara) 90.
San Jose — Onstad, Roner, Agoos, Waibel, Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund (Faria, 76), Mulrooney,Corrales (Lagos, 69), De Rosario (Walker, 82), Donovan.
MetroStars — Walker, Leitch, Jolley, Pope, Bartolomeu, Clark, Gaven, Regan, Guevara (Galvan, 90), Magee (Ziadie, 85), Wolyniec.
Yellow Cards: San Jose — Waibel 32, Roner 43, Donovan 77, Walker 90; MetroStars — Wolyniec 63.
Referee: Gus St. Silva.
Att.: 10,225.