Los Angeles forward Carlos Ruiz, who in his first season MLS, in 2002, scored in each of the GalaxyÆs first four games, has started the 2004 season with a goal in each of the GalaxyÆs first three games. à The Chicago Fire, which scored the second-most goals in the league in 2003 with an average of 1.77 per game, has been blanked in its first three games of 2004.
STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
Metrostars 2-0-0 6
DC United 1-1-1 4
Chicago 0-1-2 2
New England 0-2-0 0
Columbus 0-2-0 0
Western Conference
Team W-L-T PTS
Los Angeles 1-0-2 5
Dallas 1-0-1 4
San Jose 1-1-1 4
Kansas City 1-0-1 4
Colorado 0-0-2 2
SCHEDULE (home team first, times ET)
Saturday, April 24
D.C. United-Chicago 5:00 pm (ESPN2)
Dallas-Kansas City 8:30 pm
Colorado-San Jose 9:00 pm (Fox Sports World, Fox Sports En Espanol)
Los Angeles-Columbus 10:00 pm (HDNet)
Sunday, April 25
MetroStars-New England 4:00 pm
(Direct Kick Package and regional TV schedule will appear in FridayÆs Daily.)
WEEK 3 RESULTS
Saturday, April 17
Metrostars 3 DC United 2
New England 1 San Jose 3
Chicago 0 Dallas 2
Kansas City 1 Columbus 0
Colorado 1 Los Angeles 1
LEADING SCORERS
Player (team) goals-assists: points
Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles) 3-1: 7
Jaime Moreno (DC United) 1-2: 4
Bobby Rhine (Dallas) 2-0: 4
Fabian Taylor (Metrostars) 2-0: 4
John Wolyniec (Metrostars) 2-0: 4
(6 players tied on 3 points.)
ATTENDANCE
Team: average home attendance
Metrostars: 31,419
Los Angeles: 26,076
DC United: 24, 603
Columbus: 20, 356
New England 16, 203
Kansas City: 14, 956
Colorado: 13, 417
Chicago: 12,828
San Jose: 8,230
Dallas: 7,359
Leaguewide: 12 games, 216, 478 fans for 18,040.
GOALSCORING AVERAGE
Team: goals scored per game
Metrostars: 3.00
DC United: 1.67
Los Angeles: 1.67
Dallas: 1.50
New England: 1.50
San Jose:1.33
Colorado: 1.00
Columbus: 1.00
Kansas City: 0.50
Chicago: 0.00
Leaguewide goals per game average: 2.50 goals per game