Moreno’s record may not last long

Now that Jaime Moreno has claimed Major League Soccer’s all-time scoring record it’s time for the Bolivian to start scoring goals in the run of play.

Moreno notched his record 109th career MLS goal from the penalty spot in the 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls this week. It was his fourth goal of the season, and all of those goals have come on penalty kicks. In fact, Moreno has not scored a goal in the run of play in 11 months, going all the way back to a 4-3 win over the Red Bulls on Sept. 23.

“I’ve just got to keep working and keep scoring,” Moreno said after his record goal.

The six-time all-star will have a chance to add to his tally today when United visits Toronto FC. And with United’s leading goal scorer, Luciano Emilio, out with a hamstring injury, the pressure is on Moreno to produce.

Holding on to the record, meanwhile, will be a challenge.

Chivas USA striker Ante Razov has 104 goals and may have enough left in him to catch the leader. Razov averages about eight goals a season and has scored six this year. Toronto FC star Jeff Cunningham has 96 goals, but he is out for the year with an injury.

The player most likely to overtake Moreno in goals is New England Revolution star Taylor Twellman. If the 27-year-old, who averages 15 goals a season, can stay healthy he will add plenty of goals in the next few years to the 85 he already has.

Moreno may have lost a step or two from the days when he joined the league as a speedy forward, but the 12-year veteran still has plenty to offer.

“He’s a smart player,” United coach Tom Soehn said. “He came in as a goal scorer and developed into a guy who learned what his body is about and is now more of a playmaker. He’s been able to adapt and not everybody can do that.”

While Moreno may not score as many goals as he once did he has the ability to set up goals and is sixth all-time in assists (87). He has four this season.

“He holds the ball for us,” Soehn said. “You can give him the ball with three guys on his back and he does a great job of holding it for us.”

Traveling man — David Beckham is a busy man. The Englishman played all 90 minutes for England in a 2-1 loss to Germany on Wednesday in London. Beckham had 16 crosses in the game, two of which nearly led to goals. Then the Los Angeles Galaxy star jumped on a plane and arrived at noon before playing in Los Angeles’ 3-0 loss against Chivas USA on Thursday. According to the BBC Web site, Beckham in the next three months is expected to face at least “22 games, almost 80,000 air miles — across 128 time zones — and nearly a week in the air.” The Galaxy travel to Colorado to face the Rapids tomorrow.

Yanks in the Cottage — American goalie Kasey Keller, 37, has joined English Premier League club Fulham. Keller will join Americans Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey on the London club, which plays at Craven Cottage. McBride, a former Columbus Crew star, dislocated his knee cap while scoring a goal for the Cottagers last week and will be out for three months.

There are two Americans playing at newly promoted Derby County in the EPL. Veteran American winger Eddie Lewis, 33, has moved to Derby from Leeds United. Benny Feilhaber also joined the club recently.

Now we know — So what did Italian defender Marco Materazzi say to French ace Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup final to deserve that head-butt?

Materazzi disclosed this week on Italian television that he called Zidane’s sister a prostitute. Meantime, the Inter Milan star collided with a player and lost consciousness in Italy’s 3-1 loss to Hungary on Wednesday; he will miss up to four months.

Roundup — The U.S. women’s national team will play its final tuneup against Finland today in Carson, Calif., before heading to China for the World Cup.