Brian Ching led the way with two goals as the Houston Dynamo posted a thrilling 4-3 Major League Soccer win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday night.

After Brad Davis opened on 36 minutes, Ching bagged his pair within three minutes.

Luciano Emilio grabbed one back for D.C. just after the break, but it was cancelled out by a Stuart Holden spot kick in the 66th minute.

Late goals from Fred and Emilio cut the deficit to one, but the home side held out to stay tops in the league.
 
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Brad Davis 4 (Dominic Oduro 3, Mike Chabala 2) 36
HOU -- Brian Ching 6 (Dominic Oduro 4, Stuart Holden 4) 38
HOU -- Brian Ching 7 (Mike Chabala 3) 39
DC -- Luciano Emilio 7 (Bryan Namoff 4) 49
HOU -- Stuart Holden 5 (penalty kick) 66
DC -- Fred 2 (Jaime Moreno 3) 74
DC -- Luciano Emilio 8 (Marc Burch 2) 87

D.C. United -- Josh Wicks, Bryan Namoff, Dejan Jakovic, Marc Burch, Fred, Christian Gomez (Luciano Emilio 46), Andrew Jacobson, Ben Olsen (Avery John 46), Santino Quaranta, Chris Pontius, Jaime Moreno (Danny Szetela 79).

Substitutes Not Used: John DiRaimondo, Greg Janicki, Milos Kocic, Devon McTavish

Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Andrew Hainault (Craig Waibel 83), Bobby Boswell, Julius James, Mike Chabala, Geoff Cameron, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, Brad Davis (Corey Ashe 64), Brian Ching (Ade Akinbiyi 79), Dominic Oduro.

Substitutes Not Used: Wade Barrett, Danny Cruz, Tally Hall, Erik Ustruck

Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Ben Olsen (caution; Reckless Tackle) 20
DC -- Christian Gomez (caution; Reckless Tackle) 45
HOU -- Stuart Holden (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 45
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution; Reckless Foul) 49
DC -- Chris Pontius (caution; Reckless Tackle) 73