Clint Mathis continued his hot streak, scoring once and assisting on the second goal, to give the MetroStars a 2-0 win over Los Angeles in the marquee matchup of the MLS’s sixth week. The big news of the weekend was that crowds averaged in excess of 20,000. More than 36,000 turned out at RFK Stadium for an MLS-WUSA twinbill. San Jose got two goals from Manny Lagos, the second in stoppage time, in a 3-2 comeback win at D.C. United. New England got its first win of the season with a 2-1 overtime win over Chicago. Dallas crushed Columbus, 4-0, and Colorado edged Tampa Bay, 2-1, with all three goals coming on second-half penalties. The weekend action marked the first time MLS’s three high school juniors — Santino Quaranta (D.C. United), Ed Johnson (Dallas) and Devin Barclay (Tampa Bay) — all played. May 12 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Los Angeles 0. Goals: Villegas (Mathis) 53, Mathis (Alvarez) 77 MetroStars — Tim Howard, Mike Petke, Steve Jolley, Orlando Perez, Petter Villegas, Pedro Alvarez, Tab Ramos (Steve Shak 94+), Richie Williams, Mark Chung, Clint Mathis, Alex Comas (Mark Semioli 85). CAUTIONS: Mathis 38, Alvarez 65, Perez 69; EJECTIONS: Villegas 84. Los Angeles — Kevin Hartman, Ezra Hendrickson, Danny Califf, Greg Vanney, Danny Pena (Peter Vagenas, 77), Paul Caligiuri (Adam Frye, 72), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Simon Elliott, Brian Mullan, Sasha Victorine (Isaias Bardales, 74). CAUTIONS: Caligiuri 36, Pena 39, Califf 69. Referee: Paul Tamberino. Attendance: 21,561. May 12 in Dallas Dallas 4 Columbus 0. Goals: Rodriguez (pen.) 46, Kreis (Kubik, Farrer) 58, Farrer (Rhine, Graziani) 77, Graziani (Rhine, Kreis) 82. Dallas — Matt Jordan, Richard Farrer (Miles Joseph, 88), Lubos Kubik, Ryan Suarez, Oscar Pareja, Chad Deering, Paul Broome, Jorge Rodriguez, Ariel Graziani, Bobby Rhine (Ed Johnson, 87), Jason Kreis (Josue Mayard, 84). CAUTIONS: Pareja 32, Rhine 64. Columbus — Tom Presthus, Mike Lapper (Edson Buddle, 60), Mike Clark, Tenywa Bonseu, John Harkes, Brian Maisonneuve, Ansil Elcock (Kevin Adams, 81), John Wilmar Perez, Mike Duhaney (Duncan Oughton, 76), Brian West, Brian McBride. CAUTIONS: Elcock 41, Clark 48, Lapper 52. Referee: Brian Hall. Attendance: 14,087. May 12 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Chicago 1 (OT). Cate (pen.) 36, Nowak (Stoitchkov) 62, Okoh (Harris, Torres) 91. New England — Juergen Sommer, Rusty Pierce, Alan Woods, Mauricio Wright, Ted Chronopoulos (Matt Okoh, 63), Braeden Cloutier (William Sunsing, 68), Leonel Alvarez, Joe Franchino, Cate, Johnny Torres, Wolde Harris. CAUTIONS: Cloutier 15, Chronopoulos 53, Franchino 80. Chicago — Zach Thornton, Carlos Bocanegra (Andrew Lewis, 83), Evan Whitfield, C.J. Brown, DaMarcus Beasley, Peter Nowak (Jamar Beasley, 91), Dema Kovalenko, Jesse Marsch, Chris Armas, Diego Gutierrez, Hristo Stoitchkov (Eric Wynalda, 75). CAUTIONS: Marsch 31, Brown 35. Attendance: 15,159. May 12 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 San Jose 3. Goals: Denton (Talley, Pope) 48, Moreno (pen.) 52; Russell (Cerritos, Agoos), Lagos (Ibsen, Cerritos) 54, Lagos (Russell, DeRosario) 91+. D.C. United — Mike Ammann, Craig Ziadie (Santino Quaranta, 92+), Eddie Pope, Carey Talley, Eric Denton, Mark Lisi (Chris Albright, 78), Ryan Nelsen, Marco Etcheverry, Bobby Convey, Jaime Moreno, Abdul Thompson Conteh. CAUTIONS: Convey 40, Talley 44, Etcheverry 50, Pope 92+. San Jose — Joe Cannon, Wade Barrett, Troy Dayak, Jeff Agoos, Zak Ibsen, Ian Russell, Richard Mulrooney, Ronnie Ekelund (Dwayne DeRosario, 76), Manuel Lagos, Landon Donovan, Ronald Cerritos (Jim Conrad, 88). CAUTIONS: Mulrooney 4, Ekelund 71. EJECTIONS: Ibsen 79. Referee: Noel Kenny. Attendance: 36,528. May 12 in Denver Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 1. Goals: Spencer (pen.) 69, Spencer (pen.) 90; Diallo (pen.) 74. Colorado — Adin Brown, Chris Martinez, Lance Key, Robin Fraser, Steven Herdsman (Imad Baba, 58), Marcelo Balboa, Jason Moore, Chris Dawes, Ross Paule, John Spencer, Paul Bravo (Junior Agogo, 58). Tampa Bay — Scott Garlick, Craig Demmin, John Maessner, Ritchie Kotschau, Eric Quill, Josh Keller, Joseph Addo (Jair, 88), Steve Ralston, Carlos Valderrama, Mamadou Diallo, Ali Curtis (Devin Barclay, 58). CAUTIONS: Kotschau 21, Keller 44, Addo 64, Garlick 79. Referee: Richard Heron. Attendance: 13,052.
