By The Associated Press
Associated Press Sports
updated 10:02 p.m. ET Aug. 25, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jairo Arrieta scored two goals and the Columbus Crew earned a 4-3 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday.
Arrieta finished a long pass from Tony Tchani in the 86th minute.
Lee Nguyen tied it at 3-3 for New England (6-14-5) in the 81st minute with a penalty kick against rookie keeper Matt Lampson.
The Crew (10-8-6) are 2-0-2 in the past four games. They trailed 2-0 after goals by Ryan Guy in the 17th minute and Jerry Bengtson in the 23rd.
Federico Higuain made it 2-1 three minutes later with a 28-yard free kick.
Arrieta tied it in the 32nd and another Higuain free kick gave the Crew a 3-2 lead.
Higuain has three goals and three assists in three games since joining the Crew.
IMPACT 3, UNITED 0
MONTREAL (AP) - Patrice Bernier scored from the penalty spot and added another goal late in the second half and Montreal defeated D.C. United.
The victory extended the Impact's winning streak to five games and moved the club to within a point of the fifth-place United for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
D.C., which hasn't won back-to-back games since late May, has three games in hand.
Marco Di Vaio also scored for Montreal (12-13-3).
United fell to 12-9-4 on the season.
DYNAMO 1, TORONTO FC 1
HOUSTON (AP) - Terry Dunfield scored in the 85th minute and Toronto FC earned a draw with Houston.
Dunfield headed a shot from 8 yards off the glove of Houston keeper Tally Hall, off the bottom of the crossbar and into the net.
Toronto (5-15-6, 21 points) has two ties in its past four games.
Houston (11-6-9, 42 points) got its second straight draw and is unbeaten in 10 of its past 11 games.
Will Bruin put Houston ahead 1-0 in the 21st minute, taking a pass from Oscar Boniek Garcia, cutting through two Toronto defenders and chipping a shot from 12 yards in the middle over Toronto FC goalkeeper Freddy Hall and into the net.
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