MetroStars Hand United Another Loss
After winning three of the first four MLS championships, D.C. United is off to a rough start in 2000.
Adolfo Valencia scored a goal and added an assist Saturday night as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars defeated United, 3-2, at East Rutherford, N.J.
The MetroStars (1-1), who drew an announced crowd of 27,322, were playing their first home game since signing German national team star Lothar Matthaeus. They got goals from Alex Comas, Brian Kelly and Valencia.
United (0-2) scored its first goal of the season in the 63rd minute when Jaime Moreno converted a penalty kick after Matthaeus pulled him down.
United was without Marco Etchverry, serving a one-game suspension for his ejection in last week’s season-opening 4-0 loss to the Galaxy.
Dallas 1, Tampa Bay 0--Jason Kreis became the fourth player in league history to score 50 goals, connecting on a header in the 69th minute to lead the Burn over the Mutiny before 11,491 on a soggy night at Dallas.
Kreis, last year’s league most valuable player, scored on a corner kick from Chad Deering for his second goal of the season.
Dallas goalkeeper Matt Jordan, who set the MLS shutout record with 11 last year, stopped five shots for his first of the season. Both teams are 2-1.
Chicago 2, Columbus 0--Ante Razov and Peter Nowak scored in the first half to lead the Fire past the Crew before 12,952 at Columbus, Ohio.
Goalkeeper Chris Snitko, acquired this week from Kansas City, had six saves for the Fire (1-2). Mark Dougherty made three saves for Columbus (1-2).
San Jose 0, Miami 0--San Jose goalkeeper Joe Cannon made a diving save of a Jay Heaps header in the 89th minute, preserving the Earthquakes’ tie with the Fusion before 6,237 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Miami (1-0-2) leads the MLS East. San Jose is 0-1-1 with one point in the West.
Kansas City 3, Colorado 0--The Wizard offense overpowered the Rapids as Kansas City outshot Colorado, 22-9, en route to an easy victory before 5,250 at Kansas City, Mo.
The Wizards improved to 2-0 and the Rapids fell to 1-2.
Around the League
Major League Soccer is applying to the U.S. Soccer Federation to run a Division I professional women’s league.
John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel, said last month he had raised $40 million, mostly from television companies, to make a bid for a league that would be called Women’s United Soccer Association.
