July 22 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Columbus Crew (MLS) 3 Miami Fusion (MLS) 0. Goals: Cunningham 12, McBride (West) 36, McBride (Cunningham) 44. Columbus — Dougherty, Clark, Dooley (Gregor, 61), Cannon (Carrera, 66), Abukusumo, Thompson, Smith, Yeagley, West (Sommer, 76), Cunningham, McBride. Miami — Cassar (Napoleon, 40), Cullen, Webber (Maessner, 80), Knowles (Mastroeni, 69), Parra, Vaudreuil, Herrera, Serna, Valderrama, Paulinho McLaren, Stebbins. Yellow card: Miami — Webber 28. Referee: Sandra Hunt. Referee’s Assistants: Michael Kennedy, Griff Simms. Att.: 3,757. MetroStars (MLS) 4 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 0. Goals: Savarese (Vega) 33, Savarese (Hurtado) 35, Rooney (Savarese) 75, Sorber 77. MetroStars — Meola, Duhaney, Palacios, Lalas, Sonora (Semioli, 78), Sorber, Ramos (Joseph, 59), Kelly, Vega (Rooney, 70), Hurtado, Savarese. Tampa Bay — Petras, Yallop, Eriksson, George, Hejduk, Jara, Salcedo, Ralston (Kinnear, 66), Ramos, Prampin (Quill, 78), Shannon (Loftin, 61). Yellow cards: MetroStars — Duhaney 66, Rooney 73; Tampa Bay — Yallop 76. Referee: Kevin Stott. Referee’s Assistants: John Wilson, David Lakin. Att.: 3,757. July 22 in Dallas Chicago Fire (MLS) 1 San Jose Clash (MLS) 1 (Chicago wins 4-3 on penalties). Goals: Kubik 55; Baicher (Medved) 65. Chicago — Campos, Brown, Gutierrez, Kubik, Lewis, Armas, Keller, Marsch (Kuhn, 111), Klopas (Ibsen, 77), Kosecki (Razov, 77), Wolff. San Jose — Kramer, Draguicevich, Doyle, Gough, Figueroa (Sebapole, 77), Cloutier (Cerritos, 69), Lewis, Medved, Mella, Baicher (Rodriguez, 97), Wynalda. Penalty shootout: San Jose — Medved (G), Wynalda (saved), Mella (G), Cerritos (G), Gough (off right post); Chicago — Kubik (G), Wolff (saved), Razov (G), Kuhn (G), Gutierrez (G). Yellow cards: Chicago — Kubik 48; San Jose — Gough 94, Draguicevich 99. Referee: Kevin Terry. Referee’s Assistants: Nancy Lay, Misail Tsapos. Att.: 3,812. Dallas Burn (MLS) 5 Nashville Metros (A-League) 1. Goals: Washington (n/a) 9, Trotman (Kreis) 48, Washington (Rodriguez) 53, Suarez (Kreis) 78, Farrer (Pollard) 81; Jones 87. Dallas — Dodd, Pollard, Farrer, Rodriguez, Santel, L.Alvarez, Deering, Kreis, Eck (Flores, 71), Trotman (Suarez, 64), Washington. Nashville — Dedini, Bankov, Eastman, Raines, Jones, Klein, Quigley (Galloway, 64), Ilarianov (Leonard, 75), McDonald, Reynders, Smith (Stoddard, 76) Referee: Gerry Corrie. Referee’s Assistants: Roger Sill, Richard Triche. Att.: 3,812.

Semifinals

The U.S. Open Cup semifinals will be held in a doubleheader at Zephyr Field in Metairie, La. (on the outskirts of New Orleans) on Aug. 4. Zephyr Field is the home of the A-League’s New Orleans Storm. A blind draw was held after the two matches in Dallas, and it determined that Columbus will play the MetroStars in the first semifinal (6:00 p.m. CT) and Dallas will face Chicago in the nightcap (8:30 p.m. CT). The matches will be broadcast on a tape-delay by Fox Sports Net. Fans can purchase tickets for the U.S. Open Cup semifinals by calling the New Orleans Storm at (504) 734-5155.

Final Date Set

The 1998 U.S. Open Cup final will be held at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex (home of the A-League’s Hampton Roads Mariners) on Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)> Tickets for the championship match can be acquired by calling (757) 430-8873.