By Scott French, Senior Editor

The Atlanta Beat mowed down another foe, destroying Boston, 6-0, after blitzing New York, 5-0, in Week 1. Mexican forward Maribel Dominguez, so impressive in the Power romp, was otherworldly this time, scoring the WUSA's sixth hat trick and creating rookie Abby Crumpton's second goal of the season.

Two of Dominguez's goals were scored on free kicks just outside the box. She curled the first over the wall and into off the bottom of the crossbar near the upper-right corner, then slipped the second through a gap in the wall and to the left side of the net.

She netted her third after stripping Breakers defender Monica Gonzalez, then fed Crumpton after dribbling at Boston's defense. Homare Sawa added two more goals.

The Breakers had made defense its priority after missing the WUSA playoffs the first two years, and they had played remarkable defense in a victory over San Diego one week earlier.

BEST GOAL: Jacqui Little's first of two in Washington's 3-2 win over New York was a gem. She took a feed from Steffi Jones just inside the box, danced with the ball to the right — eluding onrushing Freedom defenders — and calmly bent the ball inside the far post.

''I want to prove to [Freedom coach Jim Gabarra] that I can put the ball in the net,'' Little told the Washington Post afterward. ''Last year I only had three goals with all the time I got, so this year I said I'm going to score more than that.''

BANGING HEADS: Little did plenty of damage on the field, not all of it in the Power net. She was left prone face down after a first-half collision with New York defender Jaclyn Raveia, who fared even worse. Raveia was taken off the field — her injuries included a possibly fractured collarbone — and didn't return for 15 minutes, after receiving five stitches near her mouth.

''I feel so bad,'' Little said. ''Have you seen her face? I killed her.''

Raveia wasn't too dead, coming back to score the Power's goal on a header in first-half stoppage time.

UNDESERVING: The Freedom improved to 2-0-0 with the win, even with Atlanta atop the standings, but the Power — losing for the 20th time in 24 games (dating to its 2001 playoff loss) — was the better side. It created more chances and took more shots — 16 to 8 — but struggled again to find the net.

OTHER GAMES: Philadelphia and San Jose, two of four teams with the weekend off, kept busy with exhibitions. The Charge, which doesn't have another league game until April 27, toppled a collection of college all-stars, 3-0, Sunday in Allentown, Pa., as Lorrie Fair, Kelly Smith and Anne Makinen tallied.

San Jose, which meets Washington in an MLS-WUSA doubleheader next weekend at Spartan Stadium. beat the U.S. under-21 team, 3-2, on Saturday in Saratoga, Calif. Pretinha, Katie Barnes and Katia scored goals.