April 30 in Miami, Fla. Brazil 4 Mexico 0. Goals: Leonardo 5, Romario (pen.) 13, 18, 75. Att.: 51,000.

Group 3 April 26 in Sharjah UAE 2 (Taliyani 26, Saad 48) Jordan 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 16,000. Final Standings: TEAM GP W T L GF GA P UAE 4 3 1 0 7 1 10 Jordan 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 3 UAE advances to next round of qualifying. Group 5 April 27 in Phnom Penh Cambodia 1 (Hok 65) Indonesia 1 (Putro 80). …

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Group 1 April 30 in Copenhagen Denmark 4 Slovenia 0. Goals: Nielsen 4, 56, Pedersen 28, B. Laudrup 52. Denmark -- Schmeichel, Laursen (Bisgaard, 58), Rieper, Hoegh, Heintze, Helveg, Nielsen, Thomsen (Frandsen, 86), Tomasson, Pedersen (Beck, 70), B. Laudrup. Slovenia -- Boskovic, Englaro, Krizan, Milanic, Rodonja (Karic, 46), Jermanis, Novak, Gajser (Seslar, 60), Ceh, Gliha, Siljak (Valentincic, 80). Att.: 41,278. April 30 in Salonika Greece 0 Croatia 1. Goal: Suker 74. Greece -- Atmatzidis, Apostolakis (Kostandinidis, 46), Kasapis, Ouzounidis, Karataidis, Dabizas, Zagorakis, Nikolaidis (Machlas, 13), Poursanidis, Franzeskos, Donis. …

April 29 in Santiago Chile 6 Venezuela 0. Goals: Zamorano 19, 26, 31, 47, 85, Reyes 66. Chile -- Tapia, Mora, Reyes, J. Gonzalez, Ponce, Musrri, Acuna, Vega (Villarroel, 81), Sierra (V. Castaneda, 68), Neza, (Goldberg, 68), Zamorano. Venezuela -- Dudamel, W. Gonzalez, Echenique, Tortolero, Martinez, Ramos, Rodriguez (Perez, 46), Hernandez, Diaz, Savarese, Guerra (Castellin, 55). Att.: 42,000. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Paraguay 9 6 2 1 12 5 20 Colombia 9 5 2 2 15 8 …

D3 Pro League Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P No. Jersey 1 1 0 4 1 3 New Hamp. 1 1 0 3 2 3 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 1 0 0 2 1 3 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cent. Jersey 1 0 1 2 3 0 Rhode Island 2 0 2 2 4 0 Mid-Atlantic GP …

Colorado 1 Dallas 0 April 23 in Denver Colorado 1 Dallas 0. Goal: Bravo (Castaneda) 25. Dallas -- Dodd (5), Rodriguez (5), Webber (7), Dade (7), Martinez (4), Santel (6), Hattrup (4), Kreis (4), Peinado (4), Eck (5), Washington (5). Subs: Suarez (6) for Webber in 58th minute, Elliott (4) for Hattrup in 68th, G.Jones (NR) for Rodriguez in 83rd. Colorado -- Hahnemann (6), Balboa (8), Trittschuh (6), Kmosko (5), Vermes (4), Paz (4), Amaya (7), Castaneda (6), C.Henderson (5), Bravo (6), Wegerle (4). Subs: Paule (5) for Castaneda in 72nd minute, …

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 3 2 1 2 2 4 Connecticut 1 1 0 2 0 3 Worcester 2 1 1 2 2 3 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 2 0 2 3 7 0 Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Charleston 2 2 0 6 3 …

April 26 in Lincoln, Neb. University of Nebraska 1, United States U-20s 2.Goals: Eddleman 87; French 20, Florance 55. Nebraska -- Hornbacher, Franck, Vacek, Brown, Nonen, Smith, Uppinghouse, Benson, Hogan, Eddleman, Morneau. Subs: Wright, Nelsen, Officer. USA -- Mullinix, R. Fair, L. Fair., Grubb, Whelchel, J. Tietjen, McDowell, French, Streiffer, Erickson, Florance. Subs: Lindsey, Little, M. Tietjen, Hucles. Att.: 2,268.

April 27 in Tampa, Fla. United States 2, France 1.Goals: Venturini 40, 61; Zenoni 37. USA -- Scurry (Ducar, 46), Whalen, Chastain, Pearce, Connors (Cromwell, 73), Venturini, Foudy, Pearman (Staples, 40), Lilly, MacMillan, Confer. France -- Roux, Guillemin, Locatelli, Diacre, Ringler, Woock, Mugneret (Banasiak, 86), Soubeyrand, Gout (Jacq, 80), Roujas (Herbert, 46), Zenoni (Pichon, 46). Att.: 1,803.

The Mexican contingent in MLS increased by two when the Colorado Rapids signed 29-year-old midfielder David Patino and the Dallas Burn signed Damian Alvarez, a 24-year-old forward. Both players currently play for Mexican First Division clubs -- Patino with Monterrey and Alvarez with Leon. The Mexican First Division season ends May 4. Patino, who has also played with Pumas, has four goals in 34 international appearances with the Mexican national team. Alvarez, formerly with Atlas, has appeared eight times for Mexico.

April 27 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 Jamaica 0. Canada -- Dolan, Yallop, Samuel, Watson, Fraser, Radzinski, Aunger, Aguiar, Nash (Kusch, 52), Bunbury, Corazzin. Jamaica -- Lawrence, Sewell, Goodison, Brown, Dixon, Messam, Whitmore (Butler, 67), Dawes, Malcolm, Boyd, Williams (Young, 77). Yellow cards: Canada -- Aunger (24), Kusch (89); Jamaica -- Messam (60). Red card: Messam (83). Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad & Tobago). Att.: 7,634. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 4 2 2 0 12 2 …

Group 1 April 27 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1 Nigeria 2. Goals: Zongo 76; own goal 40, Amunike 58. Att.: 20,000. April 27 in Nairobi Kenya 1 Guinea 0. Goals: Otieno pen. 3. Att.: 55,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Kenya 4 2 1 1 7 7 7 Guinea 4 2 0 2 6 4 6 Burkina Faso 4 0 0 3 4 10 …

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Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 5 4 1 10 12 7 Tampa Bay 5 4 1 10 12 5 New England 5 3 2 7 6 9 MetroStars 6 2 4 6 8 9 Columbus 5 3 2 5 7 7 Shootout records: Columbus 2-0, D.C. United 1-1, New England 1-0, Tampa Bay …

Results April 27 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada 0 Jamaica 0 Att.: 7,634 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 4 2 2 0 12 2 8 USA 4 1 2 1 7 5 5 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Jamaica 3 0 2 1 0 6 2 Canada 4 0 2 2 0 7 2 El Salvador 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 …