EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. United 3-6-0 (9 points)/4th D.C. United is in the midst of a four-game losing streak and finished the month of May with a 1-4-0 record … On Saturday in Dallas, D.C. will be looking for its first road win of the season … Rookie forward Santino Quaranta will rejoin United this week after completing a European tour with the U.S. under-17 national team … Rookie midfielder Ryan Nelsen joined the New Zealand national team for World Cup qualifying matches in Auckland, New Zealand and could miss up to five MLS league matches … United’s Wednesday, June 6 match with the Los Angeles Galaxy has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 11 at 10 p.m. (ET) in the Rose Bowl … The match was originally scheduled in June to accommodate the Galaxy’s participation in the FIFA Club World Championship … Forward Abdul Thompson Conteh is tied for third among MLS goal scorers with six tallies, tied for fourth overall with two game-winning goals and tied for fifth among MLS scoring leaders with 13 points … The Black-and-Red are fifth in MLS with an average of 1.89 goals per game … Midfielders Bobby Convey and Marco Etcheverry are tied for fourth in the league with six assists each … D.C. is 2-2-0 against Eastern Division foes and 1-4-0 outside of the division. MetroStars 6-3-2 (20 points)/2nd The MetroStars do not play their next game until Wednesday, June 13, when they travel to RFK Stadium to meet D.C. United … The team was off yesterday and today, but will return to training Wednesday through Friday … An X-ray on Captain Tab Ramos’ sprained right ankle was negative and Ramos is expected to return to practice by early next week … Striker Clint Mathis (11 caps, 3 goals), midfielder Richie Williams (15 caps), goalkeeper Tim Howard, and defender Mike Petke were among 18 players called up to the U.S. national team for the upcoming friendly against Ecuador to take place in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday … Head Coach Octavio Zambrano and his staff will host a group of local youth coaches Tuesday night in a special training session at 5 p.m. (ET) at the team’s training site at Kean University-East Campus in Union, NJ … Mathis is first among MLS scoring leaders with 19 points … His seven goals rank first and his five assists rank second among league leaders … Mathis also leads MLS with 44 shots and 17 shots on goal … Tim Howard is first in the league with 56 saves, second in wins with six and second among ‘keepers with 1010 minutes played. Miami Fusion 9-1-1 (28 points)/1st The Miami Fusion will enjoy a one-week break from league play before a home match against the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday (4:00 p.m. ET) … The Blue-and-Gold will be looking to extend a number of records, including their eight-game home winning streak, their five-game winning streak and their eight-game overall unbeaten streak … Fusion midfielders Chris Henderson and Preki were members of the 2000 MLS Cup champion Wizards … Forward Diego Serna, who is second in MLS with 17 points (7g, 5a), tied a club mark for game-winning assists with his league-leading fifth helper on Saturday night … Serna is also now the club’s all-time leader in assists with 26 in his career … Midfielder Ian Bishop tied a team record with three assists in the win over the Burn, while the team’s eight total assists tied a record for a single game … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has already broken the club record for most shutouts in a single season with five and the 21-year-old ‘keeper is also tied for the club’s all-time record (7) … Rimando has been a major reason for the team’s defensive turnaround as he leads the league in goals-against-average (0.72), save percentage (.847), shutouts (5), wins (9), and save ratio (6.25) … The Fusion lead the league with 2.09 goals scored per game and also have the stingiest defense, yielding .073 goals per game. New England Revolution 3-7-1 (10 points)/3rd The New England Revolution will have their second straight two-game homestand when the Tampa Bay Mutiny come to Foxboro on Saturday … Tampa Bay midfielder Jair played 29 games for the Revolution from 1998 to 1999, scoring three goals and recording two assists and Mutiny goalkeeper Matt Nyman is a native of Westbrook, Connecticut and attended Dartmouth College … The Revolution started the season missing their first two penalty kicks of the season … Since then, New England has scored on four penalty kicks, with midfielder CatT recording three of them … Two of the Revs’ three game-winning goals have come on penalty kicks and four of the Revolution’s 10 goals have come from the penalty spot … CatT is seventh in MLS scoring with nine points (4g, 1a) in eight games … With three shots on goal Saturday, forward Johnny Torres moved into a tie for fifth place in the league with 13 shots on goal … Revolution goalkeeper Juergen Sommer is averaging 4.94 saves per game, third among MLS ‘keepers … The Revs are 3-1-1 in their last five games after opening the season with six straight losses. CENTRAL DIVISION Record (Points)/Place Chicago Fire 5-3-2 (17 points)/1st The Chicago Fire are undefeated in four straight games (3-0-1) against this Saturday’s opponents, the Columbus Crew … Midfielder Dema Kovalenko is the Fire’s leading scorer with 13 points on four goals and five assists (fourth in MLS) and is second in MLS with three game-winning goals … Zach Thornton has recorded four shutouts in 10 games this season and has a GAA of 1.17, good for third in the league … Thornton ranks second in the league with a 4.80 save ratio and second with a save percentage of 0.79 … Thornton is the only member of the Fire to play every minute of every game (927 minutes) … Forward Eric Wynalda ranks second in MLS in points per 90 minutes with a 2.49 average … Defender Jesse Marsch is the Fire’s all-time career leader for games played with 98 … The Fire have had goals scored by 10 different players in 2001, tied for tops in the league with Los Angeles … The Fire are sixth in MLS with a 1.70 goal per game average and third in goals against average allowing 1.20 per contest. Columbus Crew 2-3-4 (10 points)/T-2nd The Columbus Crew, currently tied for second place in the Central Division, put their three-game unbeaten streak on the line this Saturday against the first-place Chicago Fire at Soldier Field … Columbus is undefeated (2-0-2) since Greg Andrulis was named interim head coach, including a 4-3 exhibition victory over Bayer Leverkusen on May 29 … Crew midfielder John Wilmar Perez celebrated the birth of his second child – daughter Maria Paula on Friday (June 7) – by scoring the lone Columbus goal in its 1-1 tie versus Los Angeles on Saturday … Perez has already matched his offensive production for the entire 2000 season in just nine games this season (3g, 3a) … The Crew improved their record to 2-0-9 in overtime after Saturday’s 1-1 tie against Los Angeles … Columbus went 1-0-5 in OT a year ago and is now 1-0-4 in 2001 … The Crew will play their annual A-League exhibition tonight at Indianapolis’ Kuntz Memorial Stadium, against the Indiana Blast, one of the Crew’s four A-League affiliates … With the U.S. national team in town for its international exhibition vs. Ecuador at Crew Stadium on Thursday, a trio of Crew players are being given the opportunity to train with Bruce Arena’s squad … While midfielder Brian Maisonneuve, forward Brian McBride and goalkeeper Tom Presthus were not named to the national team roster against Ecuador, they are training this week with the U.S. Dallas Burn 3-5-1 (10 points)/T-2nd The Dallas Burn’s 6-2 loss to Miami on Saturday was the second-worst home loss in team history, trailing only an 8-1 decision to Los Angeles on June 4, 1998 … Ariel Graziani’s 10 shots in Saturday’s match set a Burn record for most shots in a game, eclipsing the previous mark of eight which was set on two occasions … Bobby Rhine’s six shots on goal tied Jason Kreis’ team record for shots on goal in a game, set last year … The Burn have registered 139 shots in nine games for an average of 15.4 shots per game (third in MLS) and have outshot the opposition in seven of their nine games … The Burn have scored the first goal of the game only twice this season, posting a 2-0 record in those matches and have conceded the first goal six times, going 1-5 in those matches. Tampa Bay Mutiny 2-7-1 (7 points)/4th The Tampa Bay Mutiny haven’t won a home game this season (0-4-1) and dating back to last season, they haven’t won a game at Raymond James Stadium since August 16, 2000 (six games – 0-4-2) … Tampa Bay has never gone more than five regulation games without a win (five straight regulation losses in 1998) in its history … Steve Trittschuh’s 11th minute goal Saturday broke a 292-minute span where the Mutiny had not scored a goal other than on a penalty kick … Trittschuh’s tally, off a restart, marked only the third time this season the Mutiny has scored the first goal of the match and was just its sixth lead (the team had two leads at Dallas April 7) … Tampa Bay is 0-5-1 in games that Mamadou Diallo does not play, and has two goals (Trittschuh’s score and a Valderrama penalty kick) in that period … The Mutiny are 2-2-1 with “Big Mama,” and have scored 13 goals with him in the lineup … Only two players – Eric Quill and Scott Garlick – have started all 10 matches in 2001 for the Mutiny … Tampa Bay has yet to use the same starting 11 more than once this season … Garlick does not have a shutout this season, and his current 10-game streak without a clean sheet ties the longest of his Mutiny career (1999) … His MLS career mark is 11 games without a shutout while with D.C. United in 1997 … Carlos Valderrama needs five assists to reach 100 for his career … Diallo is five goals shy of tying Roy Lassiter’s team mark of 37 … Lassiter needed 50 games to score 37 while Diallo has played 33 games to date with Tampa Bay … Diallo’s next game-winning goal will tie him with Ralston and Lassiter (7) … Last Saturday’s match against Kansas City was the first in which Joe Addo came off the bench as a member of the Mutiny, having started all 48 of his other matches … Head Coach Alfonso Mondelo missed practice Monday and Tuesday to attend the wedding of his daughter. WESTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place Colorado Rapids 2-7-3 (9 points)/4th The Colorado Rapids have a break in their MLS schedule until they host the Dallas Burn at Mile High Stadium on Saturday, June 16 … The Rapids will play an international friendly versus Necaxa of Mexico’s First Division this Saturday … Known affectionately as “Los Rayos,” (the Rays) to their fans, Necaxa finished third in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship by beating the 2000 European Champions league winners, Real Madrid, and tying perennial English Premier League powerhouse Manchester United … Rapids forward John Spencer scored his seventh goal of the season In last Saturday’s 2-1 loss at San Jose, tying him for the league lead with MetroStars forward Clint Mathis … Colorado’s defense is sixth in MLS allowing 1.42 goals per game while their offense is tenth in scoring with 1.00 goal per game … The Rapids are 2-1-0 when scoring the first goal and 0-6-3 when yielding the first strike … In one-goal games, Colorado is 2-7-0. Kansas City Wizards 5-4-1 (16 points)/3rd The Kansas City Wizards currently own a nine-game home unbeaten streak (7-0-2) including the MLS Cup Playoffs, dating back to August 18, 2000 … Midfielder Chris Klein is tied for fourth place in the league with five assists … Goalkeeper Tony Meola is tied for third in MLS with three shutouts, boosting his career total to 40 … Meola is third in the league with 50 saves … The 2000 Honda MVP registered his 61st MLS victory last Saturday at Tampa Bay, moving him into second place all-time and three wins short of Mark Dougherty (64) for the all-time MLS record … 10 different players have recorded a point for the Wizards … Through the first 10 games of the season, the Wizards’ opponents have posted a .572 winning percentage (49-34-21) … The remaining 18 opponents have posted a combined .461 winning percentage (69-84-39) … Forwards Onandi Lowe (Jamaica) and Gary Glasgow (Trinidad & Tobago) will represent their respective countries in upcoming World Cup Qualifying games on June 16, June 20 and June 30 … The June 30 match will feature the two Wizards forwards squaring up against each other as Jamaica plays at Trinidad and Tobago … Goalkeeper Tony Meola will be featured on ESPN’s popular quiz show, ‘2-Minute Drill’ at 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 12 … He will join sports celebrities Franco Harris, K.C. Jones and Todd Zeile … He flew to New York to tape the show three weeks ago. Los Angeles Galaxy 5-3-3 (18 points)/2nd The Los Angeles Galaxy travel to San Jose for a key divisional matchup against the Earthquakes on Saturday … Los Angeles trails the Earthquakes by three points in the Western Division standings … The Galaxy are ranked second in MLS with 20 goals scored behind the Miami Fusion (23 goals) … Olympic teammates Danny Califf, Sasha Victorine and Peter Vagenas will meet up with fellow Olympian and San Jose forward Landon Donovan, who also made the trip to Sydney, Australia and has played in seven games and scored three goals for the ‘Quakes … The group helped the U.S. to a fourth place finish, the best ever by the Americans at the Olympics … With five victories in 2001, the Galaxy now have a six-season record of 98-62-11 (.605) … With two more victories, Los Angeles will become the first team in MLS history to win 100 regular season games … Galaxy midfielder Simon Elliott, the 2000 Galaxy Honda MVP, has left the team to join the New Zealand national team for Oceania’s first World Cup qualifying matches … Goalkeeper Matt Reis has posted a 5-0-3 record, including registering his third shutout of the season in the 2-0 victory over the Revolution on May 26 … Currently, Reis has played nine games — the most in any single season of his career — stopping 28 of 40 shots and posting a 1.29 GAA (sixth in MLS) … Cobi Jones is only five points away from notching his 150th MLS point, thus becoming only the sixth player in MLS history to achieve that mark … Defender Paul Caligiuri announced today that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2001 Galaxy season … The team will honor the six-year MLS veteran with “Paul Caligiuri Night” on Saturday, September 1, when the Galaxy host the Colorado Rapids. San Jose Earthquakes 6-2-3 (21 points)/1st The San Jose Earthquakes maintained their grip on first place in the Western Division with a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids at Mile High Stadium last Saturday … The win extended the Quakes’ unbeaten streak to eight games and maintained their undefeated record against Western Division opponents this season (2-0-2) … The win also left the ‘Quakes unbeaten in their last five games on the road, a Major League Soccer season high … Goalkeeper Joe Cannon is second in MLS with a 1.06 goals against average, tied for second in wins with six, tied for third with three shutouts and leads MLS ‘keepers with 1020 minutes played, good for third overall among all MLS players … The Earthquakes currently lead the league in wins when scoring the first goal and wins when leading at halftime, 6-0-1 in both categories … Manny Lagos is eighth in MLS in shots with 26 and tied for third in shots on goal with 15 … San Jose is tied for third in MLS with an average of 1.64 goals scored per game.