WASHINGTON (AP) -- Imad Baba, Mauricio Ramos and Wolde Harris scored on free kicks as the New England Revolution beat D.C. United 3-1 on Saturday night.

	It's not Mars, but it looked like it in D.C. before the Revs and United kicked off Saturday night.

New England (3-2-4), despite being outshot 18-5, took a 2-1 lead when Ramos bent a free kick around the right side of the United wall and past a diving Tom Presthus in the 66th minute.

D.C. (2-7-1), which played without its injured star Marco Etcheverry, missed a chance to tie the game in the 79th minute when Jaime Moreno was awarded a penalty kick, but the save was made by Revolution goalkeeper Jeff Causey.

Baba then finished off the United in the 82nd minute when he sent a free kick over D.C.'s wall that Presthus got a hand on, but could not keep the ball out of the net.

The United, losers of three in a row at home, opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Moreno headed Ben Olsen's corner kick past Causey for his eighth goal.

The Revolution tied it in the 16th minute when Harris sent a hard skidding free kick underneath DC's leaping defensive wall and into the United net.