1.   ----- D.C. United loses defenders Jeff Agoos and Eddie Pope to national team duties.

2.   Burn lost top defender Tom Soehn to a torn ACL while playing in NPSL.

3.   De Avila lost his defender with speed and scored his seventh goal of the season from an angle on the right.

4.   Defenders get lost in the maze.

5.   Jones picked the ball out of the air, cutting inside to lose Earthquakes defender Wade Barrett.

6.   Jordan found someone in his path every time he lost his defender on the perimeter and tried to glide to the goal.

7.   Modano lost the defender with a nifty move, and had an open shot at the goal.

8.   Passing mostly from the high post, MacCulloch hit Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles with pinpoint passes when they lost their defenders.

9.   Passing mostly from the high post, MacCulloch, the Canadian center, hit Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles with pinpoint passes when they lost their defenders.

10.   The Mutiny lost defender Mike Duhaney early in the first half when he broke his nose during a midair collision, Tampa Bay coach John Kowalski said.