Jaime Moreno scored first, and Washington made it 2-0 when goalkeeper Kevin Hartman badly misplayed a ball in front and passed it to Ben Olsen for a virtual empty-netter. Olsen was picked as the game's Most Valuable Player.
The Galaxy played most of the game without captain Robin Fraser, the MLS defender of the year, who broke his collarbone after being pushed from behind by Roy Lassiter in the seventh minute.
An crowd announced at 44,910 enjoyed a 63-degree day - a sharp contrast to the 1996 game played at Foxboro Stadium. Playing on a slick field, Washington rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie it in the final 18 minutes before Eddie Pope won it in overtime.
D.C. took the lead in the 19th minute when Marco Etcheverry's cross was headed into the center by defender Steve Jolley. Lassiter's shot was stopped by Hartman, but the rebound went off Lassiter to Moreno; he beat the sprawling goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
Los Angeles had a chance in the 32nd minute, but Danny Pena's shot went off the post and, on the rebound, Richie Williams cleared the rebound from Carlos Hermosillo off the goal line.
Washington made it 2-0 in the third minute of injury time after the first half when Hartman chose not to pick up a rolling ball and dribbled into trouble. After escaping one attacker, he kicked it directly to Olsen; Hartman was in no position to recover, and Olsen lofted it easily toward the back, of the net.
Tomlinson topped the record held by Tony Sands of Kansas, who rushed for 396 yards on 58 carries against Missouri on Nov. 23, 1991.
While Tomlinson is the first major-college rusher to gain 400 yards in a game, he is the sixth overall in the NCAA. The record is 441 yards, by Dante Brown of Division III Marietta College in 1996.
Tomlinson had touchdown runs of 70 and 63 yards on consecutive carries in the fourth quarter. He broke the Division I-A record with a 7-yard carry on his 43rd and final carry of the game.
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