[MLS: Week 18] D.C. United opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win at San Jose.Eddie Johnson and red-hot Luis Silva scored in the first 25 minutes, and goalkeeper Bill Hamid did the rest, making seven saves — the last a point-blank stop on Alan Gordon in stoppage time — to hold off the Earthquakes, whohave the worst record in MLS.

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