The Tampa Bay Mutiny ended a six-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night. It marked the first Tampa win under new head coach Perry Van Der Beck. The Columbus Crew remains MLS’s hottest team. It beat Kansas City, 3-1, at Arrowhead Stadium for its fourth straight win. The Crew, which got a goal and an assist from Jeff Cunningham, Brian Maisonneuve and John Wilmar Perez, is undefeated in its last six games. The MetroStars moved within eight points of first-place Miami in the Eastern Division with a 2-1 win. The Meadowlands crowd swelled to more than 40,000 to watch Colombia’s national team (minus all its stars) beat George Weah’s Liberia, 2-1. Ted Chronopoulos had two goals in New England’s 5-1 rout of Dallas. Colorado’s playoff hopes dimmed when the Rapids had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Chicago at Mile High Stadium. The game marked U.S. international Ante Razov’s return to action for the Fire. The five games produced 22 yellow cards and four reds. Tenywa Bonseu (Columbus), Ivan McKinley and Ian Bishop (Miami) and Justin Evans (Dallas) were given their matching orders. Aug. 4 in Denver Colorado 1 Chicago 1. Goals: Balboa (Baba) 7; J.Beasley (Wynalda, Kovalenko) 40. Colorado — Garlick, Martinez (Paule, 17; Moore, 65), Kotschau, Fraser, Balboa, Carrieri, Valderrama, Baba, Dawes, Diaz Arce (Bravo, 74), Spencer. Chicago — Thornton, Gutierrez (Bocanegra, 46), Whitfield, Curtin, Brown, Marsch, Armas, D.Beasley, Kovalenko, Wynalda (Stoitchkov, 60), J.Beasley (Razov, 74). Yellow Cards: Colorado — Valderrama 37; Chicago — Whitfield 73. Referee: Brian Hall. Att.: 10,122. Aug. 4 in Tampa Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 0. Goals: Keller (Ralston, Denton) 23, Pena (Diallo) 35. Tampa Bay — Brown, Maessner, Trittschuh, Addo, Denton, Quill, Ralston, Pena (Jair, 81), Keller, Diallo (Kartes, 92+), Barclay (Curtis, 68). San Jose — Cannon, Barrett, Dayak, Agoos, Ibsen, Russell, Ekelund (Mulrooney, 58), Corrales, Lagos, DeRosario (Agogo, 79), Cerritos (Donovan, 58). Yellow Cards: Tampa Bay — Pena 7, Trittschuh 26, Ralston 27, Diallo 62, Denton 86; San Jose — Lagos 37. Referee: Kevin Terry. Att.: 11,064. Aug. 4 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 Columbus 3. Goals: Lowe 81; Perez (Cunningham, Maisonneuve) 35, Cunningham (McBride, Perez) 46+, Maisonneuve (Washington, Oughton) 92+. Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Garcia, Vermes, Prideaux, Klein, Zavagnin, McKeon, Brown (Lassiter, 62), Johnston (Gomez, 46), Glasgow, Lowe. Columbus — Dougherty, Lapper, Clark, Bonseu, Harkes, Maisonneuve, Perez, Duhaney, West (Warzycha, 60), Cunningham (Oughton, 82), McBride (Washington, 73). Yellow Cards: Kansas City — Garcia 51, McKeon 67; Columbus — Duhaney 68. Red Card: Columbus — Bonseu 79. Referee: Ricardo Salazar. Att.: 9,292. Aug. 4 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Miami 1. Goals: Faria (Valencia, Williams) 3, Chung (Hernandez) 78; Preki 49. MetroStars — Howard, Perez, Jolley, Petke, Williams, Hernandez, Chung, Walsh (Ramos, 56), Villegas (M.Klinger, 93+), Valencia, Faria (Semioli, 86). Miami — Rimando, Mastroeni, Llamosa, McKinley, Alavanja (Dunseth, 41), Bishop, Rooney, Henderson, Pineda Chacon (Marshall, 65), Preki, Serna. Yellow Cards: MetroStars — Hernandez 45, Jolley 84; Miami — McKinley 36, Rooney 56, Dunseth 63. Red Cards: Miami — McKinley 36, Bishop 85. Referee: Noel Kenny. Att.: 41,794. Aug. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 5 Dallas 1. Goals: Sunsing (Heaps) 9, Chronopoulos (Okoh) 49+, Okoh (Cate) 76, Cate (Williams) 79, Chronopoulos (Okoh) 81; Korol (Graziani) 86. New England — Causey, Franchino, Chronopoulos, Allnut, Wright, Pierce (Woods, 87), Sunsing (Okoh, 40), Alvarez (Asad, 82), Heaps, Cate, Williams. Dallas — Jordan, Broome, Dade, Farrer (Martinez, 46), Rodriguez, Evans, Vaca, Kreis (Korol, 81), Deering, Johnson (Rhine, 69), Graziani. Yellow Cards: New England — Pierce 15, Franchino 25, Okoh 73, Woods 89; Dallas — Graziani 14, Evans 38. Red Card: Dallas — Evans 71. Referee: Tim Weyland. Att.: 10,326.