Columbus Crew

Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored a disputed goal in the 57th minute and assisted on Eric Brunner's score to help the Columbus Crew beat D.C. United, 2-0, on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio. Emilio Renteria's shot hit the left post and deflected off Schelotto's right fist before he brought the ball down and calmly slotted it into the net for his fifth goal. It's a draw . G20 Summit protesters prevented several thousand fans from attending the Toronto FC-Los Angeles Galaxy game at BMO Field in Toronto.

Guillermo Barros Schelotto assisted on all three Columbus Crew goals yesterday in a 3-1 MLS Cup victory over the New York Red Bulls in Carson, Calif. The 35-year-old Argentinian received the game's MVP award to go with the regular-season MVP trophy he picked up earlier in the week. Columbus coach Sigi Schmid hoisted the Cup in the home stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy, a team that fired him in 2004. Columbus and New York were original members of the MLS when it began in 1996, and both were playing in the league championship for the first time.

Jeff Cunningham scored two goals to carry the Columbus Crew to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Clash yesterday. The win vaulted the Crew over D.C. United and back into first place in MLS' Eastern Conference by one point. D.C. had taken the lead by beating New York/New Jersey on Saturday. Cunningham, making only his second start of the season, broke a scoreless tie in the 17th minute. Jamie Clark countered in the 38th minute for the Clash, making the score 1-1. Cunningham notched the game-winner in the 70th minute.

Official notice: If you have a vacant lot with room for 22 soccer players and 20,000 futbol-happy spectators, call the offices of Major League Soccer. They may call back. Approaching the end of its third season, MLS is no closer to coming to Philadelphia for the same reason it didn't place a franchise here to begin with. There's no place to play. What is changing is the willingness of MLS to wait around for a new stadium to be built so it can be a tenant, share some luxury boxes, and play on grass.

Ansil Elcock scored on a rebound in the 87th minute to give the Columbus Crew a 2-1 win over the New England Revolution in a Major League Soccer game last night. Elcock's goal came after New England goalkeeper Jeff Causey had been pulled out of position in blocking an earlier shot. Elcock shot into an empty net from outside the penalty area. The victory lifted the Crew past the Revs into third place in the MLS Eastern Conference standings. Columbus has 29 points and New England has 28. The win was Columbus' third in three games against New England this season.

The New York/New Jersey MetroStars clinched a spot in the Major League Soccer playoffs with a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew last night. Antony DeAvila got the goal for the MetroStars, who are third in the MLS Eastern Division standings. TAMPA BAY 2, SAN JOSE 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Mutiny won it on the shootout after Tampa's Roy Lassiter tied the score in the second half with his league-leading 25th goal of the season.

Brian Maisonneuve scored three goals last night as the Columbus Crew beat the Kansas City Wiz, 5-1, to improve to 13-16 in Major League Soccer. Marcelo Carrera opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a left-footed kick to the upper corner of the net, and Maisonneuve made it 2-0 in the 39th minute. Maisonneuve's second score came three minutes into the second half. Preki scored for the Wiz (17-14) in the 54th minute, but Pete Marino restored the Crew's three-goal margin off a goal-area scramble in the 80th minute.

The New England Revolution scored a 2-1 shoot-out victory over the Columbus Crew last night in a Major League Soccer game, after trailing well into the second half. Columbus took a 1-0 lead late in the first half, on a goal by U.S. national team veteran Paul Caligiuri. It wasn't until the 78th minute of the game that New England tied the score on a goal by Ted Chronopoulos. The Revs then won the shoot-out by 3-2, with New England goalkeeper Jim St. Andre making three saves, to get one point in the MLS standings.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Colorado Rapids picked up a point in the standings, not enough to escape the Western Division cellar, with a shoot-out victory over the Columbus Crew in a Major League Soccer game last night. The two teams had played a 2-2 tie in regulation time. Colorado got its goals from a pair of U.S. national team defenders, with Steve Trittschuh scoring in the 44th minute and Marcelo Balboa in the 48th. But Columbus, which had taken a 1-0 lead on a goal by Billy Thompson in the 31st minute, got another from Marcelo Carerra in the 58th to force the shoot-out.

Former West Deptford High School star Steve Rammel scored three goals as D.C. United beat the Columbus Crew, 5-2, in a Major League Soccer game last night. Rammel's three goals were the first hat trick in the brief history of MLS, which now has played 31 games since its inaugural season began on April 6. His third goal, which was his fifth of the season, briefly tied him with Brian McBride of Columbus as the league's top goal-scorer, but McBride got his sixth goal of the season 19 minutes later.