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[REF WATCH] The first point to be made about Marcelo Gallardo‘s elbowing of Landon Donovan in the face Sunday at RFK Stadium during D.C. United’s 4-1 beatdown of Los Angeles is that it didn’t happen, at least not in the manner that so many reporters and broadcasters have described.

[MLS] Disregard those who believe Kansas City coach Curt Onalfo expects returnee Josh Wolff to solve his team’s goalscoring woes single-handedly.

Franco Neill: formerly of D.C. United. Rafael Gomes: signed in preseason, cut by the Rapids before the Fourth of July. Eloy Colombano, acquired in the summer of 2007, dumped by Kansas City less than a year later. Guilherme So and Nicolas Hernandez — one an MLS newcomer, the other an MLS veteran in his third season — set free by Columbus. The era of expanded opportunities for MLS foreign players is also a new age of vulnerability.

These are the ties that try men’s souls, especially Houston coach Dominic Kinnear

ABC, prior to airing the Euro 2008 final on Sunday, features the league’s highest scoring teams with the D.C. United-Los Angeles clash. .. Colorado looks for its second road win of the season in Columbus. … Toronto FC and New England meet for the first time in 2008. … Real Salt Lake takes a five game unbeaten streak to struggling Kansas City. … Chicago hopes to end a three-game losing streak win it hosts San Jose. … The Red Bulls travel to Chivas USA, whose midfielder Sacha Kljestan has already matched his five goals of 2007. … For all the MLS action and the television schedule …

[MLS] After Brian McBride, the list of American national team players who might leave Europe for MLS this summer is a rather short one but includes a pair of his fellow World Cup vets.

[MLS] Aston Villa could sign Brad Guzan during the European transfer period this summer, even though it failed to acquire him via appeal last winter and must wait 12 months before utilizing that process again. How so?

Rapids head coach Fernando Clavijo isn’t concerned with the departure from his staff of assistant coach John Murphy, who had worked with him together not only in Colorado but during Clavijo’s prior tenure with the New England Revolution. He is worried, however, about his team squandering scoring chances.

New England lost at Salt Lake and Los Angeles was held to a 3-3 tie at home by Columbus, but the Revs and the Galaxy remain atop the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s schedule. …

[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] D.C. United is making up for its slow start to the season. It has scored 14 goals in a five-game unbeaten streak, which includes Sunday’s win over the struggling Earthquakes. The Los Angeles Galaxy remains the league’s highest scoring team – its 31 goals seven more than the next most prolific team, D.C. United – but it couldn’t get the win this weekend despite hitting three goals for the third game in a row.

More than a few preseason predictions tabbed Chivas USA as a possible MLS Cup finalist, but seldom in 2008 has it showed the stuff of a worthy contender. Last night at Home Depot Center, the red-and-while looked the part.

Toronto FC forward Jeff Cunningham aims for his 100th career goal in Kansas City. … New York hosts FC Dallas and its new coach, Schellas Hyndman. … Houston, whose Brian Ching scored four goals in his last five games, visits Colorado. … Real Salt Lake protects its undefeated 2008 home record against New England. …Los Angeles, the league’s highest scoring team, hosts Columbus. … D.C. United, whose Luciano Emilio has tallied six goals in the last four games, welcomes San Jose, which has mustered a league-low nine goals in 12 games. … For all the MLS action and the television schedule …

[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Luciano Emilio led MLS in scoring last year in his first season in the league, but he hit his first hat trick on Saturday. The Galaxy and David Beckham drew a huge crowd for a San Jose home game in which Edson Buddle stole the show with a treble. For the weekend’s MLS highlights …

Edson Buddle‘s hat trick for the Galaxy moved him in to second place on the league’s leading scorer list behind teammate Landon Donovan, who missed the 3-0 win over San Jose while on U.S. national team duty. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s schedule. …

[VIDEO] David Beckham, who has become an L.A. Lakers fan and hangs out with Kobe Bryant, hasn’t fared so well actually playing basketball. The Galaxy midfielder suffered a cut on his nose playing with his 9-year-old son, Brooklyn. While appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Beckham explained, “I was playing basketball with my eldest son [and he] threw the ball at the net and it bounced off the ring and smacked me in the face.” Beckham also recounted his fears when a fan charged toward him on the field during last weekend’s MLS game.

Defending champ Houston, after starting the season with a six-game winless streak, has moved into a tie at the top of the West after its 3-1 win over Toronto FC. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s schedule. …

[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] D.C. United, which started the season so poorly, notched its biggest win of the season. … The Galaxy kept up its high-scoring ways against a Colorado team that showed up in L.A. without shorts. … A referee reportedly checks the big-screen replay to make a call. For the weekend’s MLS highlights. …

[MLS] In the 75th minute of a stalemate between his New York Red Bulls and Chivas USA Thursday night, Juan Pablo Angel showed why goalscorers are so dearly valued around the world.

May was a busy month for MLS teams, with all of them playing at least four matches, and it concluded with the 13th MLS season one-third completed. This facilitated the selection of several players, such as Revs forward Kheli Dube, who barely registered on the radar screen in the first month of play. For Ridge Mahoney‘s picks of MLS’s top performers. …