EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 5-10-1 (16 points)/T-3rd D.C. United will play the Hershey Wildcats in third round U.S. Open Cup play Wednesday night at Richmond University Stadium … Midfielder Bobby Convey will be out six to eight weeks due to hernia surgery he will undergo this week … … Recently acquired defender Scott Vermillion played for the Colorado Rapids in a U.S. Open Cup second round match and is ineligible to play for United in the competition … United Head Coach Thomas Rongen (79-83-7) is three wins away from becoming the winningest coach in MLS history … Former Dallas Burn Head Coach David Dir currently holds that honor with an 81-75-4 record … United are 1-7-0 on the road this season and 0-3-1 in their last four league matches … Forward Abdul Thompson Conteh is tied for fifth in the MLS scoring race with 19 points (9g, 1a) … Midfielder Marco Etcheverry is tied for fourth in the league with eight assists … The Black-and-Red are fifth in the league with 26 goals scored. METROSTARS 8-6-3 (27 points)/2nd After impressive road wins at Tampa Bay (2-1) and Miami (3-0), the MetroStars are idle in MLS play until Wednesday, July 18, when they travel to face the Columbus Crew … The Metros will play a friendly against popular Salvadoran club C.D. FAS this Saturday at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, NY in the first-ever meeting between the clubs … The MetroStars have outscored their opponents 6-1 (in 225 minutes) since trailing Chicago 3-0 at the half on June 30 … Adolfo Valencia notched his fourth career multi-goal game in last Saturday’s 3-0 win over Miami … The MetroStars are 4-0 lifetime when Valencia scores two or more goals in a game … After moving to midfield, Daniel Hernandez has recorded four assists in his last three league games, after posting only three assists in his previous 62 regular season career games … The MetroStars are 14-5-2 all-time with Hernandez in the starting lineup … The MetroStars will donate a portion of the proceeds from specially-designated tickets to their Saturday, July 21 doubleheader at Giants Stadium toward relief efforts for the devastating earthquake that struck southern Peru on June 23 … The doubleheader features the MetroStars and D.C. United at 4 p.m. (ET), followed by a match between Peruvian club champion Alianza de Lima and Colombian power America de Cali. MIAMI FUSION 11-2-3 (36 points)/1st The league-leading Miami Fusion suffered only their second defeat of the 2001 season in last Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the MetroStars at Miami’s legendary Orange Bowl, ending their 12-game unbeaten streak … Miami travels to Columbus on July 11 for a third round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against the Crew at Crew Stadium … Following the Open Cup match, the Fusion travel to face the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2 … The Fusion will be looking to stretch their club record road unbeaten streak to six games Saturday against the Galaxy … Miami has not lost away from Lockhart Stadium since a 2-1 defeat at Kansas City on April 18, and stands atop the league with a record of 4-1-2 away from South Florida … Diego Serna (11g, 9a =31 points) ranks first, Alex Pineda Chacon (9g, 6a =24 pts) ranks third, Preki (5g, 9 a =19 pts) ranks fifth and Jim Rooney (5g, 7 a =17 pts) ranks eighth in the MLS Budweiser scoring race … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando is first in MLS with 10 wins, second with a 1.04 GAA, and second in shutouts with five … Serna averages a league high 2.22 points per 90 minutes … Miami has the best home record (7-1-1, .833) and best road mark (4-1-2, .714) in the league … The Fusion lead the league with 36 goals scored and have the third stingiest defense in MLS allowing 1.19 goals per contest. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4-8-4 (16 points)/T-3rd The New England Revolution advanced to the third round of the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, where the Revs will host the Charleston Battery of the A-League Wednesday night … The Revs’ 2-1 loss to Kansas City on Saturday snapped their five-game unbeaten streak … The Revs return to MLS action this Saturday when they host Eastern Division rival D.C. United … The two teams are currently tied in the Eastern Division standings with 16 points … Recently signed goalkeeper Jose “Gato” Fernandez has faced 22 shots during his first two MLS games … The Revolution are 3-2-2 at home, 1-6-2 away from Foxboro Stadium and 0-5-1 versus Eastern Division foes … New England is 4-0-2 when scoring first, in sharp contrast to its 0-8-2 record when conceding the first goal. CENTRAL DIVISION Record (Points)/Place CHICAGO FIRE 9-3-3 (30 points)/1st The defending Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion Chicago Fire will take on the reigning MLS Cup champion Kansas City Wizards in third round action of the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Wednesday at Blue Valley Sports Complex in Overland Park, Kansas … The Fire return to Chicago for their first meeting of the season with the Colorado Rapids at Soldier Field on Saturday … The Chicago Fire have a record of 43-15-4 when the team wears its red uniforms, while in the white version the team is 21-23-5 … Eric Wynalda has netted three goals and two assists for eight points in the team’s last two games … With the Fire’s 3-2 win over Tampa Bay last Saturday, Head Coach Bob Bradley earned the right to coach the West squad at the MLS All-Star Game on Saturday, July 28, in San Jose, California … Goalkeeper Zach Thornton is second in the league with a 1.04 goals against average, second with nine wins and is in a three-way tie for the league lead with six shutouts … Thornton’s .807 save percentage (71 saves on 88 shots on goal) is the best in MLS … The Fire are third in MLS with 32 goals scored and second in team defense allowing 16 goals on the season … Chicago is 8-2-2 when scoring first and 1-1-1 when conceding the first goal . COLUMBUS CREW 5-5-5 (20 points)/3rd The Columbus Crew will play the Miami Fusion in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night at Crew Stadium … Columbus next returns to MLS play on Wednesday, July 18, when the MetroStars visit Crew Stadium … The Crew announced on July 6 that Greg Andrulis will remain the club’s head coach for the rest of the 2001 season … Since taking over the Crew’s coaching reigns on May 17, Andrulis has guided Columbus to a 4-2-3 record in nine regular-season MLS games and a 6-2-4 mark overall (including two exhibitions and one U.S. Open Cup match) … The Crew are 1-0-5 in overtime games this year and improved their all-time record to 2-0-10 in overtime with last Saturday’s 2-2 tie vs. Dallas … Six of the Crew’s eight home games this season have gone to overtime … John Wilmar Perez leads the Crew with 15 points and his seven assists are three short of Colorado’s Ross Paule for the MLS lead … Goalkeeper Tom Presthus has 84 saves, which rank third among MLS ‘keepers and his 5.40 saves-per-game average is the best in MLS … Columbus is 4-1-1 when scoring first, 1-4-3 when allowing the first goal and 3-3-0 in one-goal games. DALLAS BURN 6-6-4 (22 points)/2nd The Dallas Burn travel to Kansas City to face the Wizards on Saturday, July 14 … The Burn have only one loss in their last seven games, going 3-1-3 over that span, and are currently riding a three-game unbeaten streak … One year removed from a team-worst 3-11-2 road record, the Burn have posted a 3-1-2 road record and a .667 winning percentage, second only to Miami’s .714 road winning percentage … The Burn currently have a four-game unbeaten streak on the road, going 2-0-2 over that span, while setting a team record for longest road unbeaten streak … Dallas is second in the league in shots with 266 for an average of 16.6 per game and first in the league in fewest shots against, conceding 168 for an average of 10.5 per game … Additionally, Dallas is tied for second in the league in road scoring, averaging 2.00 goals per game, and is second in the league in fewest goals allowed on the road, conceding 1.33 goals per game away from the Cotton Bowl … Dallas is 5-1-1 when scoring first, 1-5-1 when allowing the first goal and 3-3-0 in one-goal games. TAMPA BAY MUTINY 3-13-1 (10 points)/4th The Tampa Bay Mutiny have used 17 different starting lineups in their first 17 games this season … Steve Ralston has a two-game assist streak and has four points (one goal, two assists) in his last three games … Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Chicago was the first defeat in the first game of a new Mutiny coaching regime; Thomas Rongen (1996), John Kowalski (1997), Tim Hankinson (1998) and Alfonso Mondelo (2001) all won their first MLS regular season games with the Mutiny … Mamadou Diallo is fourth in MLS scoring (8 goals, 4 assists, 20 points) despite playing in only 12 games … He is three goals shy of tying Roy Lassiter’s team mark of 37 … Lassiter needed 50 games to score 37; to date, Diallo has played 40 career games with Tampa Bay … Diallo’s next game-winning goal will tie him with Ralston and Lassiter (7) for the all-time team lead … Ralston is now the Mutiny’s active career assist leader following Carlos Valderrama’s departure to Colorado; Ralston has 62 career assists … Diallo is three shots shy of 200 for his career (40 games); Ralston is the team leader with 205 (168 games) … The Mutiny have not posted a shutout in the first 17 games of 2001, and have not recorded a regulation or overtime clean sheet in 27 straight matches dating back to July 22 of last season … The team single season mark is 19 games without a shutout (1996) … At 3-13-1, the Mutiny are off to their worst start ever … The 1998 squad posted an all-time worst 12-20 record. WESTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place COLORADO RAPIDS 4-8-5 (17 points)/4th The Colorado Rapids continued their winning ways as they snapped the San Jose Earthquakes 12-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory at Mile Stadium on Saturday … The Rapids are now 2-0-2 in their last four games and are within three points of the eighth playoff seed … The Rapids scored first for the third time in three games in Saturday’s victory and improved to 4-1-2 when netting the opening score … Colorado is winless (0-7-3) when allowing the first goal … The Rapids will travel to the Windy City to face the Chicago Fire on Saturday, July 14, in their next scheduled game … Midfielder Ross Paule is the MLS assist leader with 10 helpers … Forward John Spencer, the reigning MLS Player of the Week, is tied for first in MLS in goals (11) and second with 26 total points (11g, 4a) … Striker Raul Diaz Arce scored one goal and handed out two assists in Saturday’s win over San Jose and has tallied three goals and three assists since joining the Rapids on June 13. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 7-9-1 (22 points)/3rd The Kansas City Wizards return to Kansas City after their road trip to New England where Chris Brown’s stoppage time goal proved to be the game-winner as the Wizards defeated the New England Revolution 2-1 at Foxboro Stadium … The Wizards will take on the Chicago Fire in third round action of the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, July 11, at Blue Valley Sports Complex in Overland Park, Kansas … This Saturday the Wizards return to MLS action versus the Dallas Burn at Arrowhead Stadium, where Kansas City will play seven of its last 11 games … The Wizards have called up goalkeeper Danny Moss from the Portland Timbers (A-League) to backup Bo Oshoniyi in Kansas City’s upcoming matches against Chicago and Dallas … Goalkeeper and 2000 Honda MVP Tony Meola will miss five more weeks after surgery to repair a small tear in his abdomen … The Wizards will host Sporting Cristal of Peru on August 1, at Arrowhead Stadium, in group play of the fourth edition of the Merconorte Cup … Kansas City is 5-3-0 when scoring first, 2-6-0 when allowing the opening goal and 5-2-0 in one-goal games. LOS ANGELES GALAXY 8-5-5 (29 points)/T-1st The Los Angeles Galaxy continue their quest for the U.S. Open Cup by hosting the Premier Development League’s Seattle Sounders Select in their third-round 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match Wednesday night at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium … On Saturday evening the Galaxy host MLS’ hottest team, the Miami Fusion (11-2-3, 36 pts – Eastern Division leaders) in a battle of the two most potent offenses in MLS which have combined to score 69 goals this season … The Galaxy became the first team in MLS history to win 100 regular season games on Saturday, June 23, and last Saturday vs. D.C. United, became the second MLS team to record 1,000 all-time points … With three more assists Cobi Jones will become the third member of the 50-50 club, joining Miami’s Preki and Dallas’ Jason Kreis … Jones has a total of 17 points with five goals and seven assists and is currently tied for 8th place among MLS scoring leaders … Los Angeles is undefeated in eight of its last 10 matches (5-2-3) … The Galaxy are undefeated (6-0-2) when scoring first, 2-5-1 when allowing the first goal and 4-2-0 in one-goal games. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 8-3-5 (29 points)/T-1st The San Jose Earthquakes had their club-record 12-game unbeaten streak broken last Saturday, as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Colorado Rapids in their first loss to a Western Division opponent during the 2001 season … The Quakes will play the Milwaukee Rampage in a third-round U.S. Open Cup matchup Wednesday night at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex in Franklin, Wis. … The Earthquakes return to MLS action when the Tampa Bay Mutiny come to San Jose on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (ET) on ESPN … The game marks the first time Earthquakes Head Coach Frank Yallop and assistant coach Dominic Kinnear will face their former team … Yallop played for the Mutiny from 1996-1998 before joining Tampa’s coaching staff as an assistant in 1999, and Kinnear finished his MLS career in 2000 with Tampa Bay before joining the Earthquakes as assistant coach this season … Midfielder Manny Lagos faces his former team for the first time since being traded to the Quakes before the 2001 season and former Quakes midfielder Wojtek Krakowiak returns to San Jose after being picked up off waivers by the Mutiny last month … Quakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon is the top-rated goalkeeper in MLS with a 1.03 goals against average and is tie for third in the league with eight wins … San Jose is 8-0-1 when scoring the first goal, 0-3-2 when allowing the first goal and 4-2-0 in one-goal games.