A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 26 Chicago Fire — Waived midfielder Yuri Lavrinenko. Colorado Rapids — Signed forward Gus Kartes. Waived defender John Carroll and midfielders Ryan Lee, Eric Lukin, Ryan Trout and Carlos Parra. Dallas Burn — Waived midfielder Roberto Najarro and Angel Rivillo and forward Esmundo Rodriguez. Kansas City Wizards — Waived defender Pablo Webster and forwards A.J. Wood and Ben Stafford. Los Angeles Galaxy — Waived defender Mike Potempa. MetroStars — Waived goalkeeper Russell Payne, midfielders Tony Soto and Kerwyn Jemmott and forward OÆNeil Peart. New England Revolution — Waived forward Fabio Zuniga. Tampa Bay Mutiny — Waived midfielder Steve Armas. March 21 Columbus Crew — Traded midfielder Miles Joseph to the Dallas Burn for a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2002. Dallas Burn — Traded a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2002 for midfielder Miles Joseph. Kansas City Wizards — Announced retirement of defender Uche Okafor (Nigeria). March 20 New England Revolution — Re-signed defender Rusty Pierce to a multi-year contract. March 19 Colorado Rapids — Traded forward Matthew Okoh and a second-round pick in the 2002 SuperDraft to the New England Revolution for midfielder Imad Baba and Carlos Parra and the rights to defender Alan Woods. Columbus Crew — Waived defender Matt Chulis and forward Phil Karn. New England Revolution — Traded midfielders Imad Baba and Carlos Parra and the rights to defender Alan Woods to Colorado for forward Matthew Okoh and a second-round 2002 SuperDraft pick. March 17 Los Angeles Galaxy — Signed midfielder Cobi Jones. March 16 Dallas Burn — Hired Brian Haynes and Colin Clarke as assistant coaches. D.C. United — Promoted Curt Onalfo to assistant coach. Miami Fusion — Signed midfielder Alex Pineda Chacon (Honduras). March 13 D.C. United — Acquired midfielder Travis Mulraine (Trinidad & Tobago) off waivers. Kansas City Wizards — Traded conditional draft picks in 2002 to San Jose for defender Mike Burns. New England Revolution — Waived midfielders Mauricio Ramos (Bolivia) and Michael Feller. San Jose Earthquakes — Traded defender Mike Burns to Kansas City for conditional draft picks in 2002. March 12 Miami Fusion — Waived midfielder Henry Gutierrez. Tampa Bay Mutiny — Released defender Mersim Beskovic and goalkeeper Adam Throop. March 9 Miami Fusion — Signed forward Pete Marino as a Discovery Player. Released midfielder Keith Beach. March 8 Miami Fusion — Signed midfielder Ian Bishop (England) as a Discovery Player. Waived forward Welton (Brazil). March 7 Dallas Burn — Defender Brandon Pollard retired. March 5 Los Angeles Galaxy — Waived midfielder Ivan Polic and forward Sebastien Vorbe (Haiti). March 2 Kansas City Wizards — Traded midfielder Preki to the Miami Fusion for a third-round draft pick in 2002 and future considerations. Miami Fusion — Traded a 2002 third-round draft pick and future considerations to the Kansas City Wizards for midfielder Preki.