D.C. United D.C. United moved training indoors March 5 (snow) and March 6 (below freezing temperatures and unplayable field) as the team continues to focus on conditioning prior to departing next week for MLS Spring Training in Ft. Lauderdale … Marco Etcheverry continues his loan with Oriente Petrolero in Bolivia, and is expected to rejoin the team in approximately two weeks … Ben Olsen returned to Nottingham Forest after jetting in for Bruce Arena’s U.S. national team camp in preparation for the Mexico game last week, but was unable to play due to a foot injury … Bobby Convey is in the U.S. U-20 national team camp as the team prepares for the U-20 regional qualifying tournament … Santino Quaranta is also absent as he trains with the U.S. U-17 side … Mark Lisi is finishing his studies at Clemson, and is expected to spend his spring break with United in Florida … Raul Diaz Arce is in El Salvador attending to family matters in the wake of the earthquakes that damaged his homeland … Jaime Moreno is still a few weeks away from training as he recovers from knee surgery in late January … Carey Talley has been hampered by a groin strain, but is expected to resume training in Florida … Additionally, coach Thomas Rongen returned to Holland late last week to attend to an illness in his family … Assistant coach Curt Onalfo has trained the team in Rongen’s absence, and was at the helm March 3 when United defeated the Richmond Kickers (A-League), 2-1, in a scrimmage at RFK Stadium … Rongen is expected to return to D.C. shortly … United will face Miami on March 30 in Winston-Salem, N.C., in an exhibition match hosted by the Carolina Soccer Foundation … The game will be played in Spry Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest University. MetroStars Due to extreme weather conditions in the North Jersey/New York area, the team has postponed practices until March 8, when it departs for Fort Lauderdale. …Clint Mathis and Richie Williams, neither of whom have yet practiced with the team this preseason due to U.S. national team commitments, will join the team for spring training in Florida … Rodrigo Faria, the team’s top pick in the 2001 SuperDraft (No. 13 overall), is expected to be with the team in Florida after having returned home to Brazil to be with his ailing father during the team’s recent preseason tour of Portugal. Miami Fusion Miami Fusion forward Tyrone Marshall tallied the lone goal as his native Jamaica held on 1-0, to nab three points in World Cup Qualifying … Veteran midfielder Preki recorded two assists in his Miami Fusion debut to lift the Blue & Gold to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire in an 80-minute preseason scrimmage March 3 at Lockhart Stadium … Acquired on March 2 from the MLS Cup champion Kansas City Wizards, Preki played the final 40 minutes of the match and assisted on both second half Fusion goals … 2000 Honda MVP Jim Rooney (right ankle sprain) and defender Leo Cullen (torn right MCL) continue to recover from their injuries … The Fusion will participate in the “Miami Friendship Classic” — a doubleheader being staged by the organizers of the El Nuevo Herald Copa Latina Tournament on March 11, at Hialeah’s Ted Hendricks Stadium … The 5 p.m. match will feature the Fusion against the Copa Latina All-Stars, followed by a 7 p.m. battle between the United States under-20 national team and Selection Haiti … General admission tickets for both matches are $10 and are now available in Miami-Dade at Soccer Locker (305/670-9100) and SHF (305/669-0101) and in Broward at Soccer Max (954/382-0040) … The contest will be a homecoming for Fusion midfielder Henry Gutierrez, who is a Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School graduate and played his home games at Ted Hendricks Stadium. Fusion 18-year-old midfielder Kyle Beckerman is a member of the U.S. under-20 national team … Forward Ali Ngon, the Fusion’s first selection (18th overall) in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft, helped the Canadian under-20 national team qualify for the 2001 World Youth Championships as the Canadians finished first in the CONCACAF Group A qualifying tournament completed March 4 in Victoria, B.C. … Ngon started all three matches in the tournament for Canada, which posted a 2-0-1 record. He is expected to join the Fusion’s pre-season training camp next week. New England Revolution The New England Revolution departed March 5 for Charleston, S.C., where the Revs will continue with their 2001 preseason … The team was fortunate to get out of Boston, as the Northeast was being battered by another winter storm … The team’s flight was the last departure out of Logan Airport for the next 36 hours … While in South Carolina, New England will be play friendlies versus the University of South Carolina on March 7 and the Charleston Battery of the A-League on March 9 … Defenders Rusty Pierce and Ted Chronopolous, who have been rehabbing from injuries, are expected to train with the team in Charleston … UCLA midfielder Shaun Tskaris, one of the Revolution’s fifth round draft choices, is continuing classes at UCLA and is expected to join the team at Spring Training in South Florida. Chicago Fire The Fire return from Ft. Lauderdale March 6 and will make a return trip to South Florida on March 11 … Midfielder Sergi Daniv underwent successful surgery on his left ankle last week to remove bone chips and cartilage fragments … He has started rehabilitation and is expected to be out 6-12 weeks … Chicago speedster DaMarcus Beasley, who suffered a strained right quadriceps at U.S. national team training camp last week, has resumed training with the Fire and is improving according to Fire athletic trainer Rich Monis … Midfielder Dema Kovalenko continues to rehab a torn left hamstring muscle tendon and should be working with the ball by the end of the week … Forward Josh Wolff and midfielder Chris Armas have returned to the Fire after a classic World Cup qualifying, 2-0, win over Mexico last week … Armas was named U.S. Soccer’s 2000 Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year last week … DaMarcus Beasley is featured in this month’s Teen People Magazine. Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew downed A-League affiliate the Indiana Blast, 6-0, on March 3 on goals from Dante Washington, Jeff Cunningham, Edson Buddle (two), Roland Aguilera and Mike Mucino (non-roster invitee in camp) … Buddle also had two assists … All three Crew goalkeepers played 30 minutes each for the shutout … The Crew plays an exhibition March 7 vs. the University of West Virginia at the Obetz training facility … Columbus will hold morning training sessions on March 8 and March 9, before heading to Spring Training in Florida on March 12 … Forward Brian McBride is expected to rejoin the club when his loan to Preston North End in England expires … Crew Single game tickets go on sale this March 10, when co-incidentally the entire Crew team will be at five local Kroger stores to meet fans and sign autographs. Dallas Burn Fresh off of a two-week training camp in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Dallas Burn returned home March 1 and will train locally this week … The team will then depart next March 12 for two weeks of training in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida … Dallas opens their Spring Training schedule vs. D.C. United on March 15 … Defender Lubos Kubik, acquired by the Burn from Chicago in January, will report to Dallas March 7 … His first practice with his new teammates will be on March 8 on media day at the Cotton Bowl … Afterwards the Burn will host a “Meet the New Coach” party from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at O’Dowd’s Irish Pub, located next to the Burn office on McKinney Avenue … All fans are invited to come out and meet new Burn head coach Mike Jeffries. Tampa Bay Mutiny The Tampa Bay Mutiny will play two exhibitions this week, March 8 versus the University of South Florida and March 10 at the PDL Cocoa Expos; these matches will be the last before Tampa Bay departs for MLS Spring Training 2001 in Ft. Lauderdale March 16-24 … Midfielder Eric Quill, who had arthroscopic ankle surgery on Feb. 19, is back training with the team and could see light action in the two scrimmages this week … Kevin Anderson, who had adductor surgery in late December, is involved in light training and could be cleared for full drills within a week to 10 days … Following an extended stay in Colombia following the team’s five-day tour, Carlos Valderrama returned to training on March 5. Colorado Rapids Behind Junior Agogo’s 13th minute strike, the Rapids defeated Orientale of Portugal 1-0 on March 1 … The win ran the Rapids final record to 4-1 on their preseason tour of Portugal… The Rapids returned to the practice field today after having March 5 off following the return from Portugal … The Rapids will conduct two-a-days on March 6, March 8, and March 10 in preparation for the upcoming trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 12 … Colorado will face the Chicago Fire on March 14 in their Spring Training opener … Rapids’ defender Keyeno Thomas underwent successful surgery to repair his broken left wrist (radius) and extensive damage to his hand March 2 … Thomas injured his wrist and hand when he fell after firing an off-balance shot in the Rapids first game of the Portugal road tour against Benfica … He is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks. Kansas City Wizards Mo Johnston (who un-retired recently) tied for the team lead in goals with three, with roommate on the road Matt McKeon, in the five-game Portugal tour, where Kansas City finished 3-1-1 … He is adjusting well to his new role off of the bench … Through March 9, the Kansas City Wizards will train outdoors at the Arrowhead Practice Facility … 2000 Honda MVP Tony Meola is currently snowed in in his home state of New Jersey and unable to join the team … The Wizards head to Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Training on March 10 … Kansas City will train twice a day in Florida and kick off their exhibition schedule on March 14 vs. New England Revolution … The Wizards will return to Kansas City on March 24 and will train through March 28, before traveling to St. Louis to face the Chicago Fire in an exhibition game on March 30, at 7 p.m., at Saint Louis University … At last check, more than 3,225 full season ticket accounts have been sold, a 200 percent increase since last year … Tickets for the United States versus Costa Rica World Cup qualifying match on April 25, at Arrowhead Stadium can be purchased at Ticketmaster via phone at 816-931-3330 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. Los Angeles Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy are currently in preseason training at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena … Midfielder Ivan Polic and forward Sebastien Vorbe were waived by the team March 5 … Galaxy defender Robin Fraser is recovering at home after successful surgery to repair a sports hernia March 6 … He is expected to need 4-5 weeks to fully recover and begin training again with the team … Through a partnership with the American Red Cross, the Galaxy will donate $1 from each ticket purchased at the Rose Bowl for the team’s season-opener, to earthquake relief efforts in El Salvador … That evening will also be highlighted by the team’s traditional opening game fireworks extravaganza that will follow immediately after the match. San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes will spend the week training locally before departing March 12 for MLS Spring Training in Fort Lauderdale … Head Coach Frank Yallop has scheduled two exhibition matches against local teams for the coming week … On March 7, the ‘Quakes will take on San Jose State University and on March 10, they go up against the Chico Rooks of the D3 Pro League … Four ‘Quakes are nursing injuries right now … Dario Brose suffered a right knee injury that will keep him out of training this week, but he will make the trip with the team to Fort Lauderdale … Both Jamie Clark and Wojtek Krakowiak are recovering from athletic hernia surgery and are looking at the season opener as a return date … Back-up goalkeeper Jon Conway had arthroscopic knee surgery three weeks ago, and is progressing well … He is scheduled to return for the home opener on April 14. Clark, Krakowiak, and Conway are all scheduled to accompany the team to Florida … Defender Mike Burns is still in contract negotiations and has not yet reported to training camp.