Dallas beat Kansas City, 3-0, to solidify its hold on eighth place — and the final playoff spot — ahead of New England, which now trails by four points after its 0-0 tie at Tampa Bay. The Burn also has a game in hand on the Revs. The MetroStars beat Miami, 3-2, before 18,247 fans, the second largest Fusion crowd in Lockhart Stadium history. Daniel Hernandez’s first MLS goal (in 62 games) ended the Fusion’s 13-game unbeaten streak. Alex Pineda Chacon took the MLS goal scoring lead with his 15th and 16th goals. D.C. United ended the Columbus Crew’s nine-game unbetaen streak with a 2-1 win at RFK Stadium. United kept its slim playoff hopes alive with two second-half goals. San Jose moved back ahead of Los Angeles in the race for the Western Division title with a 5-2 win over Colorado. Los Angeles fell to Chicago, 3-1, at the Rose Bowl on DaMarcus Beasley’s first two goals of the MLS season. Aug. 26 in Tampa Tampa Bay 0 New England 0. Tampa Bay — Adin Brown, Diego Sonora, Chad McCarty (Joseph Addo 48), Steve Trittschuh, Eric Denton, Danny Pena, Josh Keller (John Maessner 91), Jair (Devin Barclay 70), Steve Ralston, Mamadou Diallo, Eric Quill. New England — Jose Fernandez, Leo Cullen, Rusty Pierce, Yari Allnutt, Mauricio Wright, Jay Heaps, Andy Williams (Wolde Harris 25), Joe Franchino, Leonel Alvarez, Cate, William Sunsing (Nick Downing 101+). CAUTIONS: Tampa Bay — Trittschuh 42, Diallo 68, Pena 82, Addo 90. EJECTIONS: Tampa Bay — Quill 66; New England — Franchino 65. Referee: Gerry Corrie. Attendance: 11,315. Aug. 25 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 Columbus 1. Goals: CLB–Cunningham (Maisonneuve) 25. DC –Armstrong (Vermillion) 69. DC –Conteh (Moreno) 80. D.C. UNITED–Mark Simpson, Scott Vermillion, Eddie Pope, Ryan Nelsen, Chris Albright (Jose Alegria 77), Bryan Namoff, Mark Lisi (Bobby Convey 49), Marco Etcheverry (A.J. Wood 60), Stephen Armstrong, Abdul Thompson Conteh, Jaime Moreno. CAUTIONS: Conteh 54, Etcheverry 58, Pope 76. COLUMBUS CREW–Tom Presthus, Mike Clark, Tenywa Bonseu, Mike Lapper, Ansil Elcock (Brian West 81), John Harkes (Duncan Oughton 30), Brian Maisonneuve, John Wilmar Perez, Mike Duhaney, Dante Washington (Edson Buddle 59), Jeff Cunningham. CAUTIONS: Clark 14, Cunningham 41, Oughton 52. Referee: Kevin Stott; Assistant Referees: Nathan Clement, Glenn Prechac. Attendance: 13,855; Weather: Warm, Sunny. Aug. 25 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 1 Chicago 3. Goals: CHI–Razov (D. Beasley, Nowak) 5. CHI–D. Beasley (Kovalenko, Vaudreuil) 64. LA –Vagenas (unassisted) 78. CHI–D. Beasley (Wynalda) 93. LOS ANGELES GALAXY–Kevin Hartman, Ezra Hendrickson, Alexi Lalas (Danny Califf 61), Greg Vanney, Adam Frye, Marvin Quijano (Isaias Bardales Jr. 68), Peter Vagenas, Simon Elliott, Cobi Jones, Sasha Victorine (Alex Bengard 80), Luis Hernandez. CAUTIONS: Hendrickson 68; EJECTIONS: Sigi Schmid (coach) 93. CHICAGO FIRE–Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra, Diego Gutierrez, Dema Kovalenko (Jim Curtin 89), David Vaudreuil (Evan Whitfield 73), Jesse Marsch, Chris Armas, Peter Nowak, DaMarcus Beasley, Ante Razov (Eric Wynalda 86). CAUTIONS: Bocanegra 60, Brown 83. Referee: Terry Vaughn; Assistant Referees: Craig Lowry, George Gansner. Attendance: 23,488; Weather: Clear, 84; Hot & Hazy, Sunny. Aug. 25 in Ft.Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 2 MetroStars 3. Goals: MIA–Pineda Chacon (Serna, Bishop) 9. MET–Faria (Villegas, Gilmar) 48. MIA–Pineda Chacon (Henderson, Bishop) 78. MET–Villegas (Chung) 84. MET–Hernandez (unassisted) 91+. MIAMI FUSION–Nick Rimando, Pablo Mastroeni, Carlos Llamosa, Ivan McKinley (Tyrone Marshall 61), Lazo Alavanja, Ian Bishop, Jim Rooney, Alex Pineda Chacon, Chris Henderson, Diego Serna, Preki. CAUTIONS: Henderson 4, Llamosa 69. METROSTARS–Tim Howard, Steve Jolley, Orlando Perez, Mike Petke, Richie Williams, Ross Paule (Gilmar 47+), Pedro Alvarez, Daniel Hernandez, Mark Chung (Mark Semioli 87), Petter Villegas, Rodrigo Faria. CAUTIONS: Perez 19, Petke 35, Williams 35. Referee: Ricardo Salazar; Assistant Referees: Richard Eddy, Greg Watson. Attendance: 18,247; Weather: Humid, 90 Degrees, Clear. Aug. 25 in Dallas Dallas 3 Kansas City 0. Scoring Summary: DAL–Graziani (Broome, Pareja) 7. DAL–Kubik (unassisted) 37. DAL–Graziani (Pareja, Kreis) 57. DALLAS BURN–Matt Jordan, Richard Farrer, Lubos Kubik, Eric Dade (Justin Evans 46), Jorge Rodriguez, Joselito Vaca (Ryan Suarez 92), Chad Deering, Paul Broome, Oscar Pareja, Ariel Graziani, Jason Kreis (Aleksey Korol 61). CAUTIONS: Rodriguez 22, Korol 62, Farrer 74, Broome 80. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS–Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin, Andrew Gregor (Chris Brown 61), Matt McKeon, Onandi Lowe, Roy Lassiter (Francisco Gomez 46), Gary Glasgow. CAUTIONS: Vermes 36, Gregor 60, Zavagnin 77. Referee: Gus St. Silva; Assistant Referees: Thomas Supple, Paul Scott. Attendance: 13,914; Weather: Hot, clear, 98 degrees, Clear. Aug. 25 in San Jose San Jose 5 Colorado 2. Goals: SJ –Agogo (Lagos) 22. SJ –Lagos (Agogo) 36. SJ –Donovan (Russell) 38. SJ –Agogo (Donovan) 40. COL–Carrieri (Spencer, Moore) 58. COL–own goal (Mulrooney) 70. SJ –Mulrooney (Lagos, Donovan) 77. COLORADO RAPIDS–Scott Garlick, Chris Martinez, Chris Dawes, Steve Shak (Wes Hart 76), Robin Fraser, Imad Baba, Steven Herdsman (Marcelo Balboa 46), Chris Carrieri, Carlos Valderrama, John Spencer, Raul Diaz Arce (Jason Moore 46). CAUTIONS: Shak 59. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES–Joe Cannon, Troy Dayak, Jimmy Conrad, Jeff Agoos, Ramiro Corrales, Ronnie Ekelund, Richard Mulrooney, Ian Russell, Manny Lagos, Junior Agogo (Ronald Cerritos 75), Landon Donovan (Dwayne DeRosario 80). CAUTIONS: Corrales 54, Agoos 58, Donovan 62, Mulrooney 82. Referee: Alex Prus; Assistant Referees: Roger Itaya, Yader Reyes. Attendance: 7,312; Weather: Clear, Sunny, slight breeze, Clear.