Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 0 San Jose 1. Goal: Brown (Russell) 48.
New England – Reis, Pierce, Howey (Baker, 72), John, Leonard, Ralston, Dempsey (Dorman, 61), Joseph, Kamler (Brillant, 82), Noonan, Twellman.
San Jose – Conway, Agoos, Dayak, Waibel, Dunivant, Ekelund, Mullan, Mulrooney, Russell (Walker, 67), Corrales, Brown (Hart, 71).
Yellow Cards: New England – Leonard 41; San Jose – Dayak 57.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 25,266.
Sept. 4 in Columbus
Columbus 3 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Paule (Buddle, Sanneh) 26, Paule 41, Paule pen. 68; Ngwenya 46+.
Columbus – Busch, Akwari, Fraser, Marshall, Oughton, Elliott, Paule, Sanneh (Lagos, 82), Wingert, Martino (Cunningham, 57), Buddle (Ritch, 65).
Los Angeles – Hartman, Suarez, Hong (Torres, 42), Califf, Albright, Grabavoy (Gonzalez, 58), Herzog (Gardner, 76), Vagenas, Victorine, Kirovski, Ngwenya.
Yellow Cards: Columbus – Wingert 70, Ritch 81; Los Angeles – Herzog 42, Suarez 66.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 17,928.
Sept. 4 in Chicago
Chicago 3 D.C. United 1. Goals: Own goal 29, Mapp (Brown, Gray) 65, Gray (Pause, Buete) 83; Stewart 58.
Chicago – Ring, Gray, Brown, Curtin, Clanton, Buete, Marsch, Pause, Mapp (Boucicaut, 87), Jaqua, Ibrahim (Griffin, 55).
D.C. United – Perkins, Prideaux, Nelsen, Namoff, Gros, Stewart, Adu, Kovalenko, Olsen (Carroll, 71), Gomez (Kuffour, 79), Moreno.
Yellow Cards: Chicago – Clanton 91+; D.C. United – Stewart 15, Olsen 33, Adu 76.
Referee: Kevin Terry.
Att.: n/a.
Sept. 4 in Kansas City
Kansas City 1 Metrostars 0. Goal: Wolff 43.
Kansas City – Oshoniyi, Garcia, Conrad, Thomas, Burciaga Jr., Gomez (Graham, 63), Jewsbury (Walsh, 56), Taylor (Detter, 87), Gutierrez, Arnaud, Wolff.
MetroStars – Walker, Bonseu, Arena, Parke, Leitch, Regan, Clark, Galvan Rey (Taylor, 56), Brenes, Gaven, Wolyniec.
Yellow Cards: Kansas City – Conrad 15, Garcia 82, Graham 91+; Metrostars – Regan 48, Taylor 59.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 10,430.
Sept. 4 in Denver
Colorado 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Spencer (Peguero) 52, Borchers (de la Torre) 85; Behncke (OBrien, Pareja) 43.
Colorado – Cannon, de la Torre, Borchers, Kotschau, Crawford, Henderson, Beckerman (Cila, 46), Mastroeni (Sullivan, 83), Chung, Peguero, Spencer (Trembly, 87).
Dallas – Cassar, Jolley, Behncke, Gbandi, Quill (Davis, 80), Pareja (Rhine, 72), Valakari, Talley, Nhleko (Kreis, 84), Johnson, OBrien.
Yellow Card: Dallas – Rhine 72.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 8,931.