WINNERS & LOSERS: Metros sneak in, Eddie Lewis scores, red again for Onyewu

Winners:

A headed goal by MICHAEL BRADLEY, son of recently sacked head coach Bob Bradley, and a late strike by Amado Guevara gave the METROSTARS a 2-0 win over Chivas USA and the eighth and final MLS playoff spot. The victory against a Chivas squad that overwhelmed the MetroStars but failed to convert numerous chances – keeper Tony Meola made 12 saves – moved the MetroStars two points ahead of Kansas City, which could muster only a 2-2 tie against Dallas.

TAYLOR TWELLMAN's goal in New England's 1-0 win over Chicago marked his 17th strike of the season and gave him 2005 MLS leading scorer title. D.C. United's Jaime Moreno finished second on 16 goals.

In England, fourth-place Manchester City downed West Ham, 2-1, as Claudio Reyna went the full 90 minutes. Reyna is ranked ninth in the Premier League's Actim Top 100 Player Rankings and fourth among midfielders. In the second tier, Leeds' EDDIE LEWIS scored his second goal of the season and assisted in a 2-1 win over Burnley that kept Leeds in fourth place. Reading, with American starters Marcus Hahnemann and Bobby Convey, downed Ipswich, 2-0, to remain in second place.

In Germany, goalkeeper KASEY KELLER was among Kicker Magazine's highest rated players as Borussia M'Gladbach tied, 1-1, with VfB Stuttgart, whose strike against Keller came on an 89th minute own goal. Gladbach, which was in the relegation fight last season, is in fifth place. In the German Second Division, Energie Cottbus, with American Gregg Berhalter in defense, moved into first place with a 2-0 win over Unterhaching.

DaMARCUS BEASLEY set up a goal as PSV Eindhoven knocked AZ Alkmaar out of first place of the Dutch Eredivisie with a 3-0 win and moved into second place, two points behind leader Feyenoord, whose American defender Cory Gibbs remains sidelined with a knee injury.

GIUSEPPE ROSSI, an 18-year-old New Jersey-born Italian attacker, scored nine minutes into his English Premier League debut for Manchester United in its 3-1 win over Sunderland. Rossi turned down an offer to play for the U.S. U-20 team but is reportedly reconsidering representing the United States after recently being left off an Italy U-19 roster.

Former soccer star GEORGE WEAH received the most votes in Liberia's 22-candidate presidential election and will compete against second-place Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the nation's former Finance Minister, in a run-off election, made necessary because Weah's tally was less than 51 percent of the total vote.

Losers:

LOS ANGELES' 3-1 loss to San Jose means the Galaxy finished fourth in the Western Conference, matching its worst regular-season finish in franchise history. It also sets up a quarterfinal series with the Earthquakes, who outscored the Galaxy, 9-4, in their four encounters this season, of which the Quakes won three and the Galaxy one. The Galaxy, which also finished fourth in 2003, has won its division five times and finished second three times.

CHIVAS USA finished as MLS's worst team, having lost 22 of its 32 games and finishing two points behind fellow expansion team Real Salt Lake.

American defender OGUCHI ONYEWU received his second red card in three games when he was sent off in the 20th minute of Standard Liege's 1-0 win over Genk. Standard Liege remains in first place of the Belgian First Division. Onyewu's first red card was under appeal, which made him eligible for the Genk game.

The U.S. women's national team could muster only a 0-0 tie with Australia their friendly in Fullerton, Calif., on Sunday, ending its perfect record under Coach Greg Ryan, who had guided the USA to seven straight wins since replacing April Heinrichs last year.