Top seed Atlanta rallied from two goals down in the second half to beat Philadelphia, 3-2, in the WUSA semifinals. Chinese star Sun Wen was instrumental off the bench with a goal on a penalty kick and an assist on Cindy Parlow’s tying goal. Parlow’s second goal decided the game in overtime. In the other semifinal, Australian Julie Murray’s second goal of the game broke a 2-2 tie in the 82nd minute and gave Bay Area a 3-2 win over New York. The CyberRays and Storm twice traded goals in the first half. Atlanta and Bay Area meet in the first WUSA championship game Saturday, Aug. 25, in Foxboro, Mass. Aug. 18 in San Jose Bay Area 3 New York 2. Goals: Murray (Katia, Sissi) 4, Chastain pen. 40, Murray (Horvath, Sissi) 82; Janss (Espeseth, Fettig) 5, Lalor 45+. Bay Area — Beene, Bryan, Chastain, Lindsey, Oceguera, Dorn, Sissi, Venturini, Bell (Horvath 67), Katia, Murray (Nanez, 89). New York — Gao, Fair, Fettig, Whelchel, Espeseth (O’Sullivan, 73; Connors, 82), Janss, Lalor, Whalen, Milbrett, Nielsen, Pearman (Stauffer, 59). Yellow Cards: New York — Fair 22, Espeseth 70. Referee: Kari Seitz. Att.: 7,756. Aug. 18 in Atlanta Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 2 (OT). Goals: Sun pen. 67, Parlow (Sun) 79, Parlow (Nonen) 101; K.Smith (Tietjen, Clemens) 33, Clemens (Demko, Liu) 36. Atlanta — Scurry. N.Augustyniak, Krzykowski, Nonen, D.Smith (Cagle, 92), J.Augustyniak (Bivens, 46), Sawa (Lamb, 89), Serlenga, Walsh (Sun, 46), Hooper, Parlow. Philadelphia — Moore, Benson, Iverson, Mitts, Tietjen, Demko (Schwoy, 67), Fair, Karvelsson, Liu (Enos, 88), K.Smith (McDowell, 98), Clemens. Yellow Cards: Atlanta — Walsh 33, Serlenga 76; Philadelphia — Mitts 62, Schwoy 80, Clemens 84. Referee: Ricardo Salazar. Att.: 12,138.
