WASHINGTON—Bryan Namoff redeemed himself after knocking a ball into his own net, scoring the tiebreaking goal in the 56th minute to lead D.C. United to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
Namoff’s header off Christian Gomez’ corner kick beat screened Rapids goalkeeper Matt Pickens. The goal was the third of Namoff’s 187-game MLS career.
In the 14th minute, Namoff kicked the ball into his own goal to put Colorado (6-5-6) up 1-0. Namoff was trying to keep the ball away from Conor Casey but inadvertently put it past Josh Wicks, the second own goal United (6-3-9) has allowed in the last four games.
United won for the first time in four matches.
The Rapids are 0-7-4 in Washington since their last win there July 10, 1999.
United’s Jaime Moreno, who had missed the last three games with a hamstring injury, came in to start the second half and scored on a penalty kick in the 47th minute to tie the game at 1-all. The goal was Moreno’s sixth of the season—four coming on penalty kicks.
Pablo Mastroeni, who committed the foul that resulted in the penalty kick, was assessed a yellow card.
D.C.’s Luciano Emilio, who sat out the last two matches with a knee injury, scored in the 61st minute to complete the scoring.
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