Winners
EDSON BUDDLE became the sixth player and second American-born player in MLS history to score at least four goals in one game as he propelled the Columbus Crew to a 4-2 win over the MetroStars. He joins Clint Mathis (2000), Raul Diaz Arce (1996 & 1997), Diego Serna (2000), Mamadou Diallo (2001 & 2002) and Abdul Thompson Conteh (2001).
JAIME MORENO notched three assists in his second straight game as D.C. United downed Chicago 3-1 on goals by Christian Gomez, Alecko Eskandarian and Ben Olsen and extended its home unbeaten streak to eight games.
MONTREAL IMPACT. Ten years after becoming the first Canadian team to win the A-League title in 1994, the Montreal Impact ended the Canadian drought with its second A-League championship. The Impact beat Seattle, 2-0, in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 13,648 fans at Claude Robillard Stadium. Mauricio Vincello and Freddy Commodore scored for the Impact.
BRIAN WEST. The six-year MLS veteran scored his fifth goal in his 17th Norwegian league appearance this season as Fredrikstad, for which American compatriot Wade Barrett also played the full 90, tied Stabaek, 1-1.
GREGG BERHALTER returned to action for the first time since suffering serious facial injuries late last season. He started on the backline for German Second Division Energie Cottbus, which fell 4-2 to Rot-Weiss Essen.
Losers
LOS ANGELES. When goalkeeper Kevin Hartman misplayed a lofted back pass by Galaxy teammate Sasha Victorine he gifted the Dallas Burn's Eddie Johnson the first of his two goals in a 2-0 Dallas win that lifted the Burn out of the West cellar. Los Angeles is now only four points ahead of last-place SAN JOSE, which fell to the depths with a 1-0 loss at Kansas City.
COLORADO. Days after Colorado coach Tim Hankinson, with his team in the midst of a five-game undefeated streak, pledged that ''There's not going to be any backing down,'' the Rapids got thumped by 6-1 New England, which entered the game with a five-game winless streak. Before Saturday's loss, Colorado conceded less than one goal per game.
REAL MADRID. After winning the 2003 Spanish La Liga, Real Madrid inexplicably fired Vicente del Bosque, who in less than four years guided Real to two La Liga titles, two European Cups, a Toyota Cup, a Spanish Super Cup and a European Super Cup. His successor, Carlos Quieroz came up empty after one season and was replaced for the 2004-05 season by Antonio Camacho, who resigned Monday following a 1-0 league defeat to Espanyol and a 3-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in European Champions League. He is replaced by Mariano Garcia Remon, Real's goalkeeper from 1971 until 1986, who has coached several Spanish clubs.