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Toronto • Toronto FC scored three goals in a 20-minute span of the second half to beat undermanned D.C. United 4-1 Saturday in a battle of the two worst teams in MLS.
The win snapped an eight-game league winless streak for Toronto (5-15-11). D.C. United (3-21-6) now hasn't won in eight games.
Bright Dike, Alvaro Rey and Darel Russell scored for Toronto, which also got an own goal. Midfielder Jared Jeffrey replied for D.C. United.
Dike's goal came in the 67th minute after referee Ted Unkel played advantage when a D.C. United defender pulled a Toronto player down. Defemder Mark Bloom motored past the wreckage and sent in a cross that Dike volleyed home for his first goal in a Toronto shirt.
Dynamo 1, Revolution 1 • At Foxborough, Mass., Will Bruin scored in the 76th minute to lift Houston to a draw with New England.
Bruin's goal was his eighth of the season and second in two games, and moved Houston (12-10-8) into fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Saer Sene gave New England (11-11-8) the lead in the 65th minute, sending a hard shot off the right wing to the far top left corner of the net.
Houston nearly took the lead on Giles Barnes' header in the 23rd, and again Bruin's shot by Bruin went just left of the post in the 83rd.
Impact 2, Fire 2 • At Bridgeview, Ill., Marco Di Vaio and Maxim Tissot scored goals, and goalkeeper Troy Perkins made five saves as Montreal rallied to a draw with Chicago.
The tie brought the Impact (13-9-7) its first point in three matches (0-2-1), while the single point for Chicago left the Fire (11-12-7) two points out of the last playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.