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WASHINGTON -- Patrick Mullins scored two goals and D.C. United beat Orlando City 4-1 on Saturday night to move into sixth place in the Eastern Conference.D.C. United (8-9-13) won for the first time since Aug. 27, while Orlando City (7-10-13) lost its third straight.The teams entered tied for seventh, two points behind New England for the final playoff spot. The Revolution play at Columbus on Sunday.D.C. United led 1-0 at halftime and scored two goals in the first eight minutes of the second half for a 3-0 lead. Lloyd Sam headed home Taylor Kemps cross in the 51st, and Mullins scored from a difficult angle two minutes later for his seventh goal of the season.Mullins opened the scoring in the 34th after a five-pass buildup. Patrick Nyarko back-heeled a pass and Kemp one-touched it across goal for Mullins to tap in. Julian Buescher scored his first MLS goal in the 90th.Julio Baptista scored for Orlando in the 72nd on a free kick from just outside the penalty area. . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. . Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his right shoulder when he slammed his racket to the ground in frustration after losing his serve at 3-3 in the first set. . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. . Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3 to clinch Britains opening-round victory against the United States on Sunday at Petco Park. "Im proud of the way Im playing just now, because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres. Its been a busy seven days for the Philadelphia Union, featuring a dramatic second-half comeback to salvage a draw against the New York Red Bulls and a midweek loss on penalty kicks to the New England Revolution in U.S. Open Cup play.But Philadelphia coach Jim Curtin believes his squad will be able regroup in time for a Saturday showdown on the road against the Montreal Impact.Im confident our guys can turn it around, even after 120 minutes, and go again against a good Montreal team, Union coach Jim Curtin told reporters after Wednesdays loss to New England. Sometimes Wednesday games can make the schedules busy, for sure, but weve been a team that has played well in Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday and have bounced back. Hopefully we do that again against Montreal.To make things more difficult for Philadelphia, the Union will be shorthanded and without standout midfielder Ilsinho, who is suspended after receiving a red card against New York.Philadelphia (9-6-5) trails first-place New York City FC by three points in the Eastern Conference standings. Montreal (6-5-8, 26) is in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.ddddddddddddThe two teams battled to a 1-1 draw on May 14. Montreals Didier Drogba had the Impacts goal three minutes to the game. Philadelphias C.J. Sapong delivered the equalizer for the Union at the 24-minute mark.Montreal is coming off a 3-1 loss to New York City FC, but did not have a midweek game and will be fresher than Philadelphia.Its a busy week, but we think we have a very fit team, Curtin said. Weve never really changed five or six guys. Weve changed two at the most, which we did (Wednesday).Obviously (Montreal is) disappointed having lost to New York City, Curtin added. Theyll be out with a little more vengeance. We talked to the guys -- we have to be better on the road. Our only win was against Columbus, which was a long time ago. Weve gotten some good draws, but weve now set a goal of getting three wins on the road down the stretch. It starts with Montreal on Saturday. ' ' '
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