BY SCOTT FRENCH, Senior Editor MVP! MVP! Tiffeny Milbrett, the WUSA’s MVP and scoring champion in the inaugural season, scored twice from Linda Ormen feeds as New York romped past host Washington, 4-1, on Saturday. The striker, who scored 16 goals with three assists in 2001, finished breakaways in the 33rd and 54th minutes as the Power overcame an early deficit. DYNAMITE DEBUTS: The new foreign legion made its presence felt on opening weekend. Ormen, a Norwegian midfielder who signed with New York last winter, set up both Milbrett goals and scored a third, finishing a cross from Finnish newcomer Minna Mustonen. New York’s other goal came on a sharply angled shot by Norwegian rookie Anita Rapp. Also tallying in their debuts were Chinese stars Zhao Lihong for Philadelphia and Zhang Ouying for San Diego. Zhao, playing before an audience that included Chinese federation officials, fired over Atlanta goalkeeper Briana Scurry and into the side netting for the Charge’s second goal in a 2-0 victory over the host Beat. The goal was scored after French forward Marinette Pichon — another debutant — forced a ball loose in the box. Zhang scored San Diego’s lone goal in its loss to Carolina, taking a through ball from Julie Foudy, cutting inside the box and firing to the far post. Brazilian forward Pretinha, traded from Washington to San Jose last November, started her CyberRays career by first-timing a Tisha Venturini-Hoch feed from above the top of the box for the CyberRays’ first goal in a 2-1 victory over visiting Boston. BEST GOAL: Kelly Smith’s free kick from 20 yards, from just beyond the right corner of the penalty area, found the near post’s upper corner to start Philadelphia’s triumph at Atlanta. BEST NON-GOAL: Shannon MacMillan’s 35-yard blast slammed off the crossbar in San Diego’s 2-1 loss to visiting Carolina. HERO: Kristin Luckenbill, exhibiting superb reflexes and positional sense, faced 16 shots and made six saves — several of them quite exceptional — to keep Carolina close to the dominant Spirit until it scored a late gamewinner. Luckenbill’s heroics included a kick save on MacMillan in the 34th minute, a diving stop on a Julie Foudy volley in the 37th and a point-blank save on Mercy Akide just after halftime. The Courage goalkeeper also got a hand on Zhang’s goal but couldn’t prevent it from trickling into the net. GOATS: Joy Fawcett’s 87th-minute own goal, in which she deflected rookie defender Danielle Slaton’s cross into her net, cost San Diego in its loss to Carolina. Rookie Monica Gonzalez, starting in central defense for Boston, had a rough start. Her hand ball with a 1-0 lead presented Brandi Chastain a penalty kick, which the San Jose captain fired wide left. Chastain slipped Gonzalez’s mark to volley home Sissi’s 40-yard free kick for the 88th-minute winner in the CyberRays’ triumph. Chastain made her move as Gonzalez was alerting teammates that more help was needed in the middle. OWN GOALS: Most media coverage of the San Diego-Carolina game described Carolina’s first goal as an own goal by Margaret Tietjen and questioned whether Courage defender Tiffany Roberts got the decisive touch on San Diego’s goals. Officially, at least for the time being, Danielle Fotopoulos and Zhang Ouying get the credit. RESERVES? Rookie forward Stephanie Rigamat, forced to Washington’s “reserve” roster in maneuvers to deal with injuries to the Freedom’s top two goalkeepers, was the only WUSA “reserve” to see action in Week 1. She came on for Jacqui Little in the 75th minute of the loss to New York. CROWDS: The WUSA attendance goal: an average of 8,500 per match. Average attendance for Opening Day: 7,373. The largest audience: 10,070, witness to Atlanta’s loss to Philly at Herndon Stadium. WUSA President Lynn Morgan, in San Jose for the defending champions’ opener, called the 6,051 on hand at Spartan Stadium “a phenomenal crowd.”