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Bill Hamid helps D.C. United beat Montreal despite being outshot 25-1

Despite being outshot 25-1, D.C. United manged to defeat the Montreal Impact 1-0 on Saturday.

D.C. became the first MLS team to win a game while taking only a single shot, Chris Rolfe's goal in the 13th minute.

Eastern Conference-leading United won its third straight and ended Montreal's unbeaten streak at three games.

With central defender Laurent Ciman sitting out a one-game suspension, the Impact started a young back line that was victimized early when Victor Cabrera mishandled a ball under pressure and Jairo Arrieta slid it to Rolfe, who went in alone and beat Evan Bush.

Bill Hamid was sharp in his return after missing four games because of a hand injury. Hamid stopped Andres Romero from close range twice and thwarted a Dominic Oduro attempt before the intermission.

There were more chances in the second half, including Johan Venegas' bouncing a header just over the bar from Marco Donadel's corner kick in the 54th, and Oduro being stopped again inside the area in the 73rd. Hamid made diving saves on Ignacio Piatti and Venegas late in the game.

Kei Kamara scored twice in the second half to regain the MLS goals lead in the Columbus Crew's 2-1 comeback victory over the Colorado Rapids.

Kamara has 17 goals in 24 games to move a goal ahead of Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco.

The Crew tied it in the 52nd minute when Kamara made a diagonal run to the left side of the area and fired a left-footed, turn-around shot inside the far post. He slotted home Hector Jimenez's cross 12 minutes later.

Bobby Burling scored for Colorado in the 42nd minute, rising high to head in Vicente Sanchez's free kick.

In Vancouver, Cristian Techera scored twice and Octavio Rivero and Pa-Modou Kah added goals to help the Whitecaps beat Real Salt Lake.

Vancouver stretched its Western Conference lead to four points over FC Dallas and tied a franchise mark for victories in a season with 10 games left.

Techera made it 3-0 in the 50th minute from a tight angle off a pass from Jordan Harvey that Rivero just missed poking in himself. Techera added his second in the 68th minute from distance, blasting a shot past Attinella after a free-kick for his fourth of the season.

Benny Feilhaber scored a penalty and also had an assist in Sporting Kansas City's 3-1 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday.

Sporting KC stretched its unbeaten streak over Toronto to six games and ended the Canadian team's home undefeated streak at four.

Feilhaber opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 20th minute for his eighth goal of the season.

Michael Bradley tied it for Toronto just two minutes later, but Kansas City pulled ahead again in the 29th minute on Krisztian Nemeth's header off Feilhaber's free kick. 

Jacob Peterson completed the scoring against the run of play in the 87th minute.

Alex scored in the 77th minute and the Houston Dynamo outlasted the short-handed San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Saturday night.

DaMarcus Beasley started the scoring in the 55th minute with his first Dynamo goal. He faked out Victor Bernardez at the top of the penalty area and slipped a left-footed shot past David Bingham to the near post.

San Jose's Fatai Alashe was sent off for a second yellow card five minutes later, but the Earthquakes found an equalizer in the 70th minute. After a foiled corner, Cordell Cato lofted a pass to Shaun Francis in the left side of the box. Francis' header went over goalkeeper Joe Willis, and Quincy Amarikwa chested the ball into the goal.

But Houston came away with the win when Oscar Garcia led Sheanon Williams in stride down the right wing. Williams' service to the penalty spot reached Alex, who calmly tapped it.

Tally Hall made four of his seven saves after the 60th minute and Orlando City held off the Philadelphia Union for a scoreless draw.

Hall's biggest moments came in the 69th and 87th minutes, saving Cristian Maidana's wide-open shot and Richie Marquez's point-blank header. It was Hall's fourth shutout of the season.

Orlando City started the game within a point of the final playoff position in the Eastern Conference, but managed only one shot on goal.

After a physical first half, the Union opened up the attack and had nearly all the forward momentum in the second. Rookie John McCarthy had his first career shutout for Philadelphia.

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