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Carson, Calif. • Robbie Keane scored a spectacular goal midway through the first half, Gyasi Zardes added another strike before halftime and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat FC Dallas 2-1 on Wednesday night to end their winless streak at four games.
At home for the first time in 5½ weeks, the Galaxy climbed out of last place in the Western Conference, pulling two points ahead of Chivas USA, San Jose and Portland. Los Angeles was 0-2-2 in its previous four games — all on the road — since winning on April 12.
FC Dallas is winless in six games. It lost for the fifth time in six games and sixth in eight.
Keane scored on a 20-yard rocket to the upper-left corner from a defense-splitting Zardes pass in the 23rd minute, his sixth goal of the season, and Zardes found space between three defenders to head home a chip from Juninho in the 44th minute.
D.C. United 2, Dynamo 0 • In Wasington, Chris Rolfe and Fabian Espindola scored in United's first win against Houston in eight regular-season or playoff games.
United moved ahead of the Dynamo and into second place in the Eastern Conference. EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 6 3 2 20 19 13
D.C. 5 3 3 18 16 12
Sporting K.C. 5 4 2 17 16 10
Houston 5 6 2 17 16 21
New York 3 4 5 14 18 19
Columbus 3 4 4 13 13 14
Toronto FC 4 4 0 12 9 9
Chicago 2 2 6 12 19 19
Philadelphia 2 6 5 11 15 20
Montreal 1 5 4 7 8 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 8 3 1 25 23 19
Real Salt Lake 6 0 5 23 23 13
FC Dallas 5 6 2 17 22 22
Vancouver 4 2 4 16 16 12
Colorado 4 4 3 15 12 14
Los Angeles 3 3 3 12 10 8
San Jose 2 4 4 10 10 12
Chivas USA 2 5 4 10 13 20
Portland 1 3 7 10 16 19
Wednesday's Games
D.C. United 2, Houston 0
Los Angeles 2, FC Dallas 1
Friday's Game
Toronto FC at Sporting K.C., 6:30 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Seattle FC at Vancouver, 5 p.m.
Portland at New York, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.
D.C. United at New England, 5:30 p.m.
Montreal at Colorado, 7 p.m.
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.