FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Stuart Holden and Brian Ching scored goals as the Houston Dynamo defeated the short-handed New England Revolution, 2-0, yesterday to snap a six-game regular-season winless streak in the series.

Ching is a Kamehameha Schools alum from Hale'iwa.

"We haven't beat these guys in a while," Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "It's nice to get that going too."

Pat Onstad had to make just one save for his third shutout of the season for Houston (2-2-2), which had been 0-3-3 in its previous six regular-season matches with New England (2-2-2).

The Revolution played without six starters due to injuries.

Holden scored his first goal of the season on a 25-yard drive in the 22nd minute that went through the legs of New England goalkeeper Matt Reis. Ching scored his third of the season on a header off a corner kick from the right side by Brad Davis in the 58th minute.

"It was a good goal for us," Kinnear said.

New England's lone shot came on a header by Jeff Larentowicz off a Ken Mansally corner kick in the 63rd minute.

Houston, which defeated New England for the 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup titles, was winless and scoreless in two matches against the Revolution last season.

BOXING

HATTON'S FUTURE UNDECIDED

Ricky Hatton's father says his son won't hurry a decision on whether to retire after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao in the second round of their 140-pound title fight on Saturday.

The two-time light-welterweight world champion had to be taken to a hospital for a precautionary brain scan, which the father said revealed no damage.

"He's perfectly all right," Ray Hatton told BBC Radio Five yesterday. "They've checked him out. He's had all the tests and everything. He's not got a mark on him."

Ray Hatton said his son would now have to consider whether to carry on.

"Obviously, we will support him in whatever he does and we'll leave that with him," Hatton said. "At this moment in time, he's probably got a few mixed feelings about it. He'll make that decision whichever way he wants to and the family will support him."

Meanwhile, Anselmo Moreno of Panama has retained his WBA bantamweight title with a split decision over former champion Wladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine yesterday at Bremen, Germany.

Moreno, who beat Sidorenko in May 2008 to win the title, won 115-112 and 115-113 on two judges' cards with the third giving the fight to the Ukrainian 115-113.

CYCLING

ARMSTRONG TAKES SECOND

Levi Leipheimer won the Tour of the Gila yesterday and Lance Armstrong placed second in his first competitive race since breaking his collarbone.

Armstrong was 3 minutes, 1 second behind Leipheimer at Pinos Altos, N.M.

Armstrong, the seven-time Tour De France champion, is trying to make a pro cycling comeback. He hopes to compete in this summer's Tour De France.

The fifth and final stage of the Tour of the Gila yesterday was a 105-mile trip out of Silver City and into the Gila Cliff Dwellings area.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

BRANAGH, YOUNGS TRIUMPH

Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won their third tournament this season, beating Lisa Rutledge and Brooke Hanson, 21-18, 21-15, yesterday in the final of the AVP Crocs Tour San Diego at Valley Center, Calif.

The men's title went to seventh-seeded John Mayer and Jeff Nygaard, who beat second-seeded Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal, 21-18, 21-17.

MARATHON

OLYMPIAN KASTOR FIRST

American Deena Kastor pulled away from the field yesterday to win her first race since breaking her foot in the Olympic marathon, winning the 10-kilometer Great Edinburgh Run by 36 seconds over three-time champion Jelena Prokopcuka at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Kastor finished the hilly course in 32 minutes, 38 seconds. She had been a contender for gold in Beijing before dropping out of the race because of her injury.