Brandi Chastain's header knocked Atlanta from the ranks of unbeaten teams, and Dagny Mellgren's 25th WUSA goal lifted Boston into a first-place tie with idle Washington in action on Saturday.
A look at Saturday's games:
San Jose 1 Atlanta 0: Chastain headed home a Sissi free kick in the 69th minute to lift the CyberRays (2-2-0, 6 points) past the Beat (2-1-1, 7 points) before 7,328 at Herndon Stadium.
Atlanta has scored just once in its past two games after scoring 11 in wins over New York and Boston the first two weeks of the season.
Boston 1 San Diego 1: Mellgren gave the Breakers (3-1-1, 10 points) a fourth-minute lead, and they held on for a draw in the nightcap of an MLS-WUSA doubleheader before 13,722 at Gillette Stadium.
The draw pulled Boston into a deadheat with idle Washington (3-0-1, 10 points) atop the WUSA standings.
Mellgren headed in a cross from Maren Meinert to put the Breakers ahead. Julie Fleeting's header from a Zhang Ouying cross in the 62nd minute pulled the Spirit (2-1-1, 7 points) even.
New York 5 Philadelphia 4: Krista Davey's stoppage-time goal lifted the Power (2-3-0, 6 points) to its second successive win in a thriller before 8,095 at Villanova Stadium.
Davey, attacking from the right flank, cut inside past two defenders and rifled home a shot from 18 yards past diving goalkeeper Melissa Moore.
Christie Welsh's second goal of the game, in the 85th minute, erased a 4-3 Charge advantage. The Power overcame four deficits during the match.
Marinette Pichon and Stacey Tullock each had a goal and an assist for Philadelphia (0-3-0, 0 points).
SATURDAY'S SUMMARIES
May 3 at Villanova, Pa.
Philadelphia 4 New York 5. Goals: Pichon (Tullock, Hoffmann) 3, Tullock 23, Smith (Pichon) 38, Arrington 54; Baumgardt 6, Milbrett pen. 25, Welsh 40, Welsh 85.
Philadelphia — Moore; Mitts, Tietjen-Prozzo, McVeigh, Benson; Fair, Tullock, Makinen, Smith (Arrington, 46); Pichon, Hoffmann.
New York — Smolak; Pearce, Boxx, Raveia, Tietjen; Janss (Davey, 76), Baumgardt, Peters, Rapp; Welsh, Milbrett.
Yellow cards — None.
Referee — Rachel Woo.
A — 8,095.
May 3 at Foxboro, Mass.
Boston 1 San Diego 1. Goals: Mellgren (Meinert) 4; Fleeting (Foudy, Zhang) 62.
Boston — LeBlanc; Kluegel, Sobrero, Gonzalez, Aldama (McCann, 46); Mugneret-Beghe, Hawkins, Hucles, Lilly (O'Grady, 60); Meinert, Mellgren.
San Diego — Branam; Pickup, Fawcett, Krzykowski; Connors, Foudy; MacMillan, Wagner, Sullivan (Zhang, 46); Fleeting, Latham (Daniela, 75).
Yellow cards — San Diego: Connors 52, Foudy 66.
Referee — Sandra Hunt.
A — 13,722.
May 3 at Atlanta
Atlanta 0 San Jose 1. Goal: Chastain (Sissi) 69.
Atlanta — Scurry; Dieke, Nonen, N. Augustyniak, Gaston (J. Augustyniak, 80); Miller (Burt, 83), Serlenga; Parlow, Sawa; Dominguez, Hooper (Crumpton, 77).
San Jose — Beene; Alagich, Bryan, Cromwell, French; Barr, Sanchez, Venturini-Hoch (Sissi, 60), Chastain; Katia (Clemens, 89), Pretinha (Barnes, 86).
Yellow cards — Atlanta: Parlow 56; San Jose: Sanchez 21, Cromwell 75, Barnes 90.
Referee — Kari Seitz.
A — 7,328.
WUSA STANDINGS
1. Washington 3-0-1 10 points (8-3 GF-GA)
2. Boston 3-1-1 10 (9-10)
3. Atlanta 2-1-1 7 (12-2)
4. San Diego 2-1-1 7 (6-4)
5. San Jose 2-2-0 6 (3-5)
6. New York 2-3-0 6 (9-15)
7. Philadelphia 0-3-0 0 (5-9)
8. Carolina 0-3-0 0 (3-8)
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Philadelphia 4 New York 5
Boston 1 San Diego 1
Atlanta 0 San Jose 1
NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Saturday, May 10
Philadelphia at Washington, 4 p.m. (PAX TV)
San Diego at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Boston at New York, 7 p.m.
Carolina at San Jose, 10 p.m.
All times Eastern
LEADING SCORERS
1. Maribel Dominguez (Atlanta) 5-2–12
2. Maren Meinert (Boston) 4-1–9
3. Mia Hamm (Washington) 3-2–8
4. Dagny Mellgren (Boston) 3-1–7
5. Julie Fleeting (San Diego) 3-0–6
Jacqui Little (Washington) 2-2–6
Tiffeny Milbrett (New York) 3-0–6
Christie Welsh (New York) 3-0–6
9. Abby Crumpton (Atlanta) 2-1–5
Charmaine Hooper (Atlanta) 1-3–5
Homare Sawa (Atlanta) 2-1–5
Danielle Fotopoulos (Carolina) 1-2–4
Monica Gonzalez (Boston) 1-2–4
Shannon MacMillan (San Diego) 1-2–4
Birgit Prinz (Carolina) 2-0–4