New England was officially eliminated from the playoffs when it fell to Columbus, 4-1, before a standing-room only crowd at Columbus Crew Stadium. Hours later, Colorado was knocked out when it fell, 3-2, at Los Angeles on Alexi Lalas’ overtime goal. D.C. United kept its slim playoff hopes alive with a 5-1 victory over the last-place Tampa Bay Mutiny in the second game of a doubleheader with the USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier. Chicago clinched the Central Division title with a 1-0 win over Chicago on a last-second goal by Dema Kovalenko. San Jose maintained its one-point lead over Los Angeles in the Western Division race with a 3-0 win over Kansas City. Sept. 1 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 5 Tampa Bay 1. Goals: Conteh (Moreno, Convey) 27, Moreno (Nelsen) 39, Lisi (Convey, Moreno) 47, Conteh (Namoff) 49, Alegria (Talley) 71; Jair (Barclay) 61. D.C. United — Simpson, Vermillion, Talley, Nelsen, Albright, Namoff, Lisi, Convey (Alegria, 52), Armstrong (Kamler, 72), Moreno (Wood, 75), Conteh. Tampa Bay — Brown, Sonora, Demmin, Trittschuh, Denton, Maessner, Jair, Keller, Quill (Barclay, 46), Ralston, Diallo (Curtis, 46) Yellow Cards: D.C. United — Namoff 34; Tampa Bay — Demmin 15, Keller 35, Sonora 64. Referee: Rich Grady. Att.: 54,282. Sept. 1 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Chicago 1. Goal: Kovalenko (Nowak, D. Beasley) 92+. MetroStars — Howard, Petke, Jolley, Semioli (Gilmar, 68), Hernandez, Villegas, Alvarez, Walsh, Chung, Valencia, Faria. Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Bocanegra, Gutierrez, Daniv (Curtin, 72), D.Beasley, Nowak, Marsch, Vaudreuil (Whitfield, 59), Dema Kovalenko, Razov. Yellow Cards: MetroStars — Hernandez 39, Alvarez 51; Chicago — Daniv 72. Red Card: Chicago — Brown 25. Referee: Gerry Corrie. Att.: 15,102. Sept. 1 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 4 New England 1. Goals: Maisonneuve (Cunningham, Warzycha) 55, Cunningham (Perez) 65, Cunningham pen. 80, Warzycha (Perez, Lapper) 92+; Okoh (Cate) 15. Columbus — Presthus, Clark (Buddle, 80), Bonseu, Lapper, Duhaney, Oughton, Warzycha, Maisonneuve (Longo, 84), Perez, Washington (Adams, 87), Cunningham. New England — Fernandez, Pierce, Cullen, Wright, Downing, Heaps, Alvarez, Allnutt (Cloutier, 62), Cate, Okoh, Harris. Yellow Cards: Columbus — Lapper 12, Warzycha 43, Bonseu 54, Oughton 78, Longo 86, Adams 90; New England — Heaps 29, Pierce 30, Allnutt 38, Alvarez 47+; Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela. Att.: 24,033. Sept. 1 in San Jose San Jose 3 Kansas City 0. Goals: Cerritos (Mulrooney) 55, Cerritos (Mulrooney) 62, DeRosario (Russell, Ekelund) 82. San Jose — Cannon, Ibsen, Conrad, Dayak, Corrales, Mulrooney, Russell, Lagos, Ekelund, Agogo, Cerritos (DeRosario, 75). Kansas City — Meola, Garcia, Vermes, Prideaux, Gregor, Zavagnin, Klein, Brown, McKeon, Lassiter, Gomez (Santel, 71). Yellow Card: Kansas City — Prideaux 46+. Referee: Kevin Terry. Att.: 6,927. Sept. 1 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Colorado 2 (OT). Goals: Cienfuegos (Quijano, Elliott) 11, Califf (Lalas, Hendrickson) 69, Lalas (Bengard, Hernandez) 101+; Bravo (Balboa, Carrieri) 28, Bravo (Shak, Hart) 85. Los Angeles — Hartman, Hendrickson, Lalas, Califf, Caligiuri, Elliott, Cienfuegos, Vagenas, Frye, Hernandez, Quijano (Bengard, 73) Colorado — Garlick, Martinez, Fraser, Shak, Kotschau, Baba, Balboa, Valderrama, Moore (Hart, 74), Bravo, Carrieri. Yellow Cards: Los Angeles — Elliott 64, Caligiuri 91+; Colorado — Baba 29, Shak 69. Referee: Noel Kenny. Attendance: 17,379.