Houston Dynamo 1-2 Toronto FC

Published Sep. 18, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Dwayne De Rosario scored his second goal of the game in second-half stoppage time to give Toronto FC a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.

Toronto FC (8-10-7, 31 points) kept its playoff hopes alive with its first win in seven games, pulling within three points of eighth-place Colorado. Houston (6-13-5 23, points) lost its third straight.

De Rosario scored the winner off Jacob Peterson's free kick. Peterson nudged the ball to the right, just above the upper box, and De Rosario launched a hard shot into the right side.

De Rosario tied it in the 60th minute off a free kick from Maicon Santos. Santos sent a quick pass to De Rosario, who fired a hard shot from just outside the upper left box into the right side.

Brian Ching opened the scoring for Houston in 18th minute with a backward header from 6 yards.