MLS ROUNDUP Saturday's games

MetroStars 2, Galaxy 1
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mike Magee knocked in a header with one minute left in regulation, leading the undermanned MetroStars to victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The victory enabled the MetroStars (4-3-4, 16 points) to climb into a tie with Chicago for first place in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference standings. Los Angeles, in first place in the Western Conference, fell to 6-4-3 overall and 21 points.
The MetroStars were missing four starters because of injuries, while five others were out serving commitments to their respective national teams.
Magee scored the game winner off a fine crossing pass by Gilberto Flores, playing in just his second game with the club. He dove between two defenders to get his head on the pass and pushed it past diving netminder Dan Popik in the 89th minute.
The MetroStars scored first in the 42nd minute, set up by a corner kick from Magee, who moved an advertising billboard about 3 feet before taking the kick to give himself more room. The move worked because Magee's corner went to the back of defender Kenny Arena's head, and he pushed it past starting Galaxy goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
Arena, the son of U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena, scored his first career goal in just his second start of the season. The 23-year-old former standout at the University of Virginia and fourth-round pick by the MetroStars in 2003 played 10 games last season, starting five, and didn't score.
The Galaxy tied the match in the opening stages of the second half, when Jeff Parke inadvertently deflected Cobi Jones' shot with his arm, calling for a penalty kick. Andreas Herzog successfully connected on the penalty kick, his fourth goal of the season, in the 47th minute.
-- Associated Press
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