EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place DC UNITED 3-7-0 (9 points)/4th D.C. United’s under-14 boys team will kick off its 2001 Super Y-League season on Wednesday, June 13 at RFK Stadium … The Black-and-Red’s U-14 side will square off against the South Jersey Barons at 5:30 p.m. ET, prior to United’s match with the MetroStars at 8:00 p.m. (ET) … United raised more than $21,000 for El Salvador earthquake relief from day-of-game ticket sales from home matches on April 7, April 21 and May 9 … Defender Eddie Pope was named to the U.S. roster for World Cup qualifying matches against Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago … Midfielder Bobby Convey reported over the weekend to the United States under-20 national team that will compete at the World Youth Championship June 17-July 8 in Argentina … United set a new club record with its fifth straight loss Saturday against Dallas at the Cotton Bowl … The previous team mark for consecutive defeats was four, established in 1996 when United began their inaugural campaign 0-4 and last season, when the club dropped four straight from May 10-May 20 … United will be looking for its first road win this season, having dropped five straight away from home. METROSTARS 6-3-2 (20 points)/2nd The MetroStars will play their first game in 10 days Wednesday night when they face D.C. United at RFK Stadium … The Metros are seeking their first road win of 2001 (0-2-2) … Assistant and conditioning coach Juan Carlos Osorio will take charge of the team against D.C. as Head Coach Octavio Zambrano serves a one-game disciplinary suspension … Osorio recently accepted a coaching job with Manchester City in the English First Division, and will remain with the MetroStars through June 16 … MetroStars midfielder Richie Williams (16 caps) was among 23 players called to the U.S. national team by Bruce Arena for upcoming World Cup qualifiers … Defender Mike Petke is 162 minutes away from breaking the team record for minutes played held by Tony Meola (8,100) … Clint Mathis will miss the remainder of the season with a torn right ACL suffered in a practice last week with the U.S. national team in Columbus, Ohio … Mathis, the team’s leading scorer (seven goals, five assists, 19 points), will undergo surgery when the swelling in his right knee subsides … Dave Matthews Band keyboardist Butch Taylor donned a MetroStars jersey for a concert held at Giants Stadium on Monday night … The band’s drummer Carter Beauford also wore the jersey in a Giants Stadium concert last year, and a MetroStars-clad band member can be found on the inside cover of the Dave Matthews Band’s recent CD. MIAMI FUSION 10-1-1 (31 points)/1st The league-leading Fusion will look to continue their MLS-record nine-game home winning streak, as well as their club record six-game winning streak and nine-game overall unbeaten streak when they take on the Los Angeles Galaxy Saturday night at Lockhart Stadium … The Fusion continue to place players atop many of the league’s statistical categories … Nick Rimando is tops in MLS in several goalkeeping categories including goals against average (0.74), save percentage (.839), shutouts (5) and save ratio (5.78) … The Fusion attack is also tops in the league with 28 goals scored, and four of MLS’ top nine leading scorers are Fusion players … Preki (three goals, six assists) and Jim Rooney (three goals, six assists) are currently tied for ninth in scoring with 12 points each … The Fusion will face the Columbus Crew in their first-ever match in Miami’s Orange Bowl on June 30 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) … Three Fusion players have been called up to their respective national teams ahead of World Cup qualifiers this weekend … Defenders Carlos Llamosa and Pablo Mastroeni were named to the 23-man United States roster by head coach Bruce Arena, while defender Tyrone Marshall has joined the Jamaican national team. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4-7-1 (13 points)/3rd The New England Revolution square off in the “Battle of Boston” tonight at 7:30 p.m. (ET) at Bowditch Field in Framingham, MA against the Boston Bulldogs of the Premier Development League … The Revs have a week off from MLS play before facing the Colorado Rapids Wednesday, June 20 in the second game of a doubleheader … The New England vs. Colorado Rapids match will take place at 10:00 p.m. (ET), following the United States vs. Trinidad & Tobago World Cup qualifier … The Revolution connected on a league-high fifth penalty kick Saturday against Tampa Bay when Wolde Harris converted his first goal of the season in the 21st minute … Five of New England’s 13 goals have come directly off penalty kicks, and the team is now 5-of-7 from the penalty spot … The Revolution will be without attackers Andy Williams (Jamaica) and William Sunsing (Costa Rica), as both players departed Sunday to join their respective national teams to prepare for World Cup Qualifying matches … Goalkeeper Juergen Sommer has been lost to the team for the rest of the season after he ruptured his left Achilles tendon at practice last Friday. CENTRAL DIVISION Record (Points)/Place CHICAGO FIRE 6-3-2 (20 points)/1st The Chicago Fire get a break from league play until hosting the New England Revolution on Saturday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET at Soldier Field … This week Chicago will travel to Milwaukee to take on the A-League’s Rampage in an exhibition match on Friday, June 15 at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex at 7:00 p.m. (ET) … Chicago will play against former Fire player Yuri Lavrinenko … The teams last met on June 22, 1999, a 2-0 Fire win … Milwaukee is currently tied for first place with the Portland Timbers in the A-League’s Western Conference … The Fire also play an exhibition against the Chicago Fire Reserves of the Premier Development League on Tuesday, June 19 at St. Xavier University in Chicago at 8:00 p.m. (ET) … Midfielder Chris Armas was called up by the U.S. national team for upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago … Defender Jesse Marsch has played in 99 games for the Chicago Fire, the most in team history … Midfielder Dema Kovalenko is the Fire’s leading scorer with 13 points (four goals and five assists), which puts him sixth in MLS, while his five assists rank two behind Miami’s Diego Serna for the league lead … ‘Keeper Zach Thornton has recorded a league high-tying five shutouts in 11 games this season and has a GAA of 1.06, good for fourth in the league … Fire head coach Bob Bradley has earned 61 wins with the Fire, which ties former D.C. United boss and current U.S. national team Head Coach Bruce Arena on MLS’ all-time coaching win list. COLUMBUS CREW 2-4-4 (10 points)/3rd The Columbus Crew entertain Central Division-rivals, the Tampa Bay Mutiny (2-9-1, 7 pts.) at Columbus Crew Stadium this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (ET) … Prevent Blindness Ohio’s “Light the Night for Sight” Walkathon will be held at Crew Stadium prior to the Crew’s match against the Mutiny … Throughout the 2001 MLS season, Kellogg’s is hosting regional youth (under-14) soccer tournaments in each MLS market as part of the Kellogg’s Bowl … The Columbus finals will be played prior to this Saturday’s match … Brian McBride, Ansil Elcock and rookie Edson Buddle have all left the Crew to join their respective national teams … McBride (USA) and Elcock (Trinidad & Tobago) have been called back for the next series of World Cup qualifying matches, while Buddle has been named to the U.S. under-20 national team that will compete in the FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina from June 17-July 8 … Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton was in attendance at the U.S.-Ecuador exhibition match at Crew Stadium last Thursday (June 7) … Clapton, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, watched the game with his girlfriend, a Columbus native … The Crew improved their record to 2-0-9 in overtime after their 1-1 tie against Los Angeles on June 2 … Columbus went 1-0-5 in OT a year ago and is now 1-0-4 in 2001. DALLAS BURN 5-5-1 (10 points)/2nd The Dallas Burn, winners of their last two matches, will hit the road this Saturday, as they travel to Colorado to face the Rapids at 9:00 p.m. (ET) … Through four road games this year, the Red-and-Black have posted a 2-1-1 record for seven points, the most road points the team has ever accumulated through four road games … With his league-high-tying fifth shutout of the season Saturday vs. D.C. United, Burn goalkeeper Matt Jordan is on pace to break his own team record of 11 shutouts established in 1999 … Seventeen-year-old forward Edward Johnson has now joined the Burn full-time after having spent the last few months with the United States U-17 national team … Despite starting only four of the Burn’s 11 games this year, Bobby Rhine is the team’s leading scorer with four goals and five assists for 13 points … He has one game-winning goal and two game-winning assists and his 13 points equal his total point output from the last two years … Rhine has registered at least one point in five of the Burn’s 11 games and currently ranks 7th in the league in points per game, averaging 1.85 points per game … Jason Kreis and Ariel Graziani are tied for 11th in the league with 11 points (3g, 5a) … The Burn are 4-0-0 when scoring the first goal of the game and 1-5-0 when conceding the first goal … Dallas is 3-1-0 against teams in the Central Division and 2-4-1 outside of their division … Four of the Burn’s next five opponents have records below .500, while six of their next seven opponents have records of .500 or below. TAMPA BAY MUTINY 2-9-1 (7 points)/4th The Tampa Bay Mutiny travel to Columbus Saturday in search of their first regulation win in nine games and their first win following six straight losses … Goalkeeper Scott Garlick is the only Tampa Bay player to start all 12 matches in 2001 for the Mutiny … Tampa Bay hasn’t used the same starting 11 more than once this season … Garlick does not have a shutout this season, and his 12-game streak without a clean sheet is the longest of his MLS career … Scott Cannon’s three blocks at New England Saturday set a new Mutiny single game mark and tied the MLS mark set in 1996; he is tied for first in MLS in blocks with the MetroStars’ Steve Jolley …The five blocks by the Mutiny were also a new record … Garlick is tied for first in MLS in saves (58 with Tony Meola) … Despite registering only one assist in his last seven matches, Carlos Valderrama is tied for second in MLS (6) … Diallo is fifth in MLS in points (14) and tied for fifth in goals (6) … After scoring eight goals in their first three games, the Mutiny have been held to seven in their last nine outings, with four of those courtesy of Mamadou Diallo against Los Angeles on May 5 … Tampa Bay has been shut out in its last two games, and its last three goals have been either come via penalty kick (two) or restart (one) … The last goal for the Mutiny in the run of play came was scored by Mamadou Diallo in the 78th minute against the Galaxy. WESTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place COLORADO RAPIDS 2-7-3 (9 points)/4th After having a week off from MLS action, the Colorado Rapids host the Dallas Burn on Saturday evening at 9:00 p.m. (ET) … Colorado fell 2-1 to Necaxa of Mexico’s First Division in a friendly last Saturday at Mile High Stadium … John Spencer staked the Rapids to a first half lead with a tally in the 14th minute but goals in the 72nd and 85th minutes sealed the victory for Necaxa … The Rapids return to MLS play with the goal of breaking a six-game winless streak … Spencer has scored a goal in his last three MLS games and is tied for second in MLS in goals (7) and fourth in scoring (16 points) … Midfielder/defender Marcelo Balboa recently reached the 20/20 mark (vs. San Jose on 6/2) and midfielder Ross Paule needs two goals to reach the 20/20 mark … Midfielder/forward Paul Bravo needs three goals to reach the 50-goal club … The Rapids’ defense ranks fifth lowest in the league allowing 1.42 goals per game … Colorado is 2-1-0 when scoring the first goal and 0-6-3 when conceding the first score. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 5-5-1 (16 points)/3rd The Kansas City Wizards will head to the Rose Bowl to play the Los Angeles Galaxy Wednesday night, their final game of a three-game road trip … Goalkeeper Tony Meola is listed as doubtful with an abdominal strain which he re-aggravated while making a save in the second half of last Saturday’s game versus Miami and will visit Dr. Bert Mendelbaum in Los Angeles today … Kansas City will also be without the services of starting forward Onandi Lowe and midfielder Chris Klein … Lowe and his native Jamaica will take on Klein’s U.S. team in a World Cup Qualifier on June 16 … Immediately following last Saturday’s Wizards game, Lowe departed Miami and headed straight to Jamaica … The day after, he donned a yellow and green jersey for Jamaica as they faced their Caribbean counterpart Cuba in a friendly match … Lowe led the ‘Reggae Boyz’ with a goal in the 21st minute and a penalty kick in the 86th minute while leading the Jamaicans to a 4-1 win over the Cubans … Forward Gary Glasgow is also training with his country’s national team, Trinidad & Tobago, in preparation for World Cup qualifying … Klein is tied for 6th in the league with five assists and is tied for second in MLS with three game-winning assists along with teammate Francisco Gomez … Meola is tied for 4th in MLS with three shutouts, boosting his career total to 40 and is tied for the league lead with 58 saves … Kansas City currently owns a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) at home including the playoffs, dating back to Aug. 18, 2000. LOS ANGELES GALAXY 5-4-3 (18 points)/2nd The Los Angeles Galaxy return home to the Rose Bowl, where they boast a four-game unbeaten streak, for a midweek battle against the Kansas City Wizards … Defender Alexi Lalas, who has been out with a strained posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), will return to active duty this week … Lalas played 90 minutes for the A-League’s San Diego Flash on Sunday … Fellow defender Greg Vanney was called up by the U.S. national team for World Cup qualifying … Mexican striker Luis Hernandez has been called into the Mexican national team for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica (June 16) and Honduras (June 20) … Midfielder Simon Elliott is leading the New Zealand national team in Oceania World Cup qualifying with New Zealand and has helped lead his country to victories over Tahiti (5-0), the Cook Islands (2-0) and the Solomon Islands (5-1) … Saturday in San Jose, Mauricio Cienfuegos and Paul Caligiuri each achieved historic milestones, notching their 150th and 100th games, respectively, in a Galaxy uniform … With two more victories, Los Angeles would become the first team in Major League Soccer history to win 100 regular season games … The Galaxy are tied for second in MLS with 21 goals and are undefeated in overtime in 2001, going 1-0-3 in the extra period. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 7-2-3 (24 points)/1st The Western Division-leading San Jose Earthquakes extended their club record unbeaten streak to nine games with a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy last Saturday at Spartan Stadium … The Quakes’ victory on Saturday also gave them their seventh win of the season, tying last year’s total for the entire season … The Earthquakes have not lost on the road since April 28, 2001 and their road unbeaten streak of five games leads the league … San Jose also boasts the best MLS away record (4-1-2) … ‘Quakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon is first among MLS ‘keepers with 1,110 minutes played, second in MLS with seven wins, third in the league with a 1.05 goals against average and a .765 save percentage, and tied for fourth with three shutouts … The Earthquakes currently hold the best record in the league when leading at halftime with a 7-0-0 mark and have notched eleven first half goals, which ties the Miami Fusion for the most in the league … San Jose is also undefeated (7-0-1) in games when scoring first … Forward Landon Donovan is currently on a four-game point streak that ranks fifth in the league this season … Donovan and defender Jeff Agoos have both been called up to play for the United States in the upcoming weeks … Donovan will play for the U.S U-20 team in the World Youth Championship from June 17-July 8 in Argentina … Agoos will also miss Saturday’s match against the MetroStars to play in a U.S. World Cup qualifying match against Jamaica … The U.S. will also meet Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday, June 20 at Foxboro Stadium in Foxboro, MA … The Quakes’ captain will return in time for San Jose’s June 23 match against Kansas City at Spartan Stadium.