PLAYER OF THE WEEK Q & A

Welcome to Player of the Week Q & A, where it's your turn to interview Jason Kreis the MLS Player of the Week for the second consecutive week! Just e-mail your question, along with your name, city and state, to questions@mlsnet.com. Check back Friday when Kreis' answers will be posted on MLSNET.com. We'll be accepting questions until 5 p.m. Wednesday, so be sure to send us your e-mail in time for this week's interview.

Dallas forward Jason Kreis scored the game-winning goal, his 18th strike of the season, to lead the Burn to a 2-1 victory over the Eastern Conference third-place Tampa Bay Mutiny at Raymond James Stadium last night. Kreis' final tally of the regular season powered the four-year striker to earn MLS' Budweiser Scoring Championship (18 goals, 15 assist, 51 points). For his performance, Kreis was voted the MLS Player of the Week for the week ending October 10, 1999.

Kreis' 82nd-minute goal broke a three-way deadlock in the standings between Dallas, Chicago and Colorado, allowing the Burn to clinch the West's No. 2 playoff seed, giving Dallas home-field advantage against third-place Chicago in the Conference Semifinals. Kreis' goal enabled him to become only the fourth player in MLS history to amass more than 50 points in a single season, joining the distinguished Roy Lassiter (1996, 58 points), Stern John (1998, 57 points), and Cobi Jones (1998, 51 points). The goal was also Kreis' sixth game-winner of the year.

Kreis, a leading candidate for the 1999 Honda MVP, surpassed Cobi Jones' 1998 record of five to become the league's most-awarded Player of the Week. The Duke graduate is also one of two players (Jones in 1998) to grab the title in consecutive weeks.

Kreis was selected as the MLS Player of the Week for the record sixth time this season by a panel of journalists from the Professional Soccer Reporters Association (PSRA). Others receiving votes for the Week 30 honor were: Dallas midfielder Oscar Pareja, who assisted on both goals in the 2-1 win over Tampa Bay; and Los Angeles goalkeeper Kevin Hartma, who saved all five of Kansas City's shots on goal in a 1-0 Galaxy victory Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Week	Player            Team				Note							

1	Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Three goals and one assist lead Burn to 4-0 win vs. Kansas City

2	Ante Razov        Chicago Fire         Two goals and one assist as Fire downs Kansas City 3-0

3	Walter Zenga      N.E. Revolution      Seven saves thwart Wizards 1-0 at Arrowhead

4	Matt Jordan       Dallas Burn          Six saves in a 1-0 win at Chicago for 3rd consecutive shutout

5	Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Both goals in 2-1 win, including game-winner with 35 seconds left

6	Ivan McKinley     N.E. Revolution      Two goals in final 13 minutes of 1st half in Revs' 3-2 win at RFK

7	Chris Armas       Chicago Fire         Ties game in 77th minute and assists on winner in 82nd minute

8	Jeff Cunningham   Columbus Crew        Goals in 16th and 70th minutes lead Crew to road win at Spartan

9	Mark Chung        MetroStars           One goal, two assists in 15-minute span of 3-2 win against Miami

10	Roy Lassiter      D.C. United          Two goals help Lassiter become quickest ever to 10 goals/season 

11	Giovanni Savarese N.E. Revolution      Two goals, one assist in return to Giants Stadium (4-3 SO win)

12	Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Two goals and two assists lead Burn to 5-2 romp over MetroStars

13	Jaime Moreno      D.C. United          GW-assist and two goals in two games lead DC to 7th straight win 

14	Joe-Max Moore     N.E. Revolution      Two-goal performance at Tampa Bay give Revs third place in East

15	Jorge Dely Valdes Colorado Rapids      Third consecutive game-winning goal boosts Rapids past Fire

16	Stern John        Columbus Crew        Four goals in two games help Crew earn four points in East race

17	Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Two goals and two assists lead Burn to 5-0 rout over Kansas City

19	Chris Klein       Kansas City Wizards  Two goals, including game-winner with 46 seconds left; one assist

20	Raul Diaz Arce    Tampa Bay Mutiny     Three goals and three assists spark Mutiny to 1-1 week

21	Lubos Kubik       Chicago Fire         Two goals and two assists lead Fire to two conference wins

22	Kevin Hartman     Los Angeles Galaxy   Six saves preserve league-leading eighth shutout of season

23	Ariel Graziani    Dallas Burn          Two goals and one assist in first two games (both wins) with Burn

24	Jaime Moreno      D.C. United          Four assists in two games lead United to seventh straight win

25	Manny Lagos       Tampa Bay Mutiny     Two goals and two assists lead Mutiny to a 5-1 win over New England

26	Giovanni Savarese N.E. Revolution      Scored three of Revs' four goals as New England goes 1-1

27	Eddie Lewis       San Jose Clash       One goal and three assists spark Clash's biggest win since '96

28      Brian McBride     Columbus Crew        Two late headers lead Crew to 10th home victory of '99

29      Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Two goals, assist enable Kreis to become first 15-15 player in MLS history

30      Jason Kreis       Dallas Burn          Become fourth player in MLS history to break 50 points with his game-winning goal