The Bay Area CyberRays beat Washington, 1-0, before 16,174 fans, their largest crowd of the season. Bay Area, unbeaten in 10 games, stayed within three points of first-place Atlanta, which rallied to beat New York, 2-1. Carolina kept its slim playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 win at Boston. July 21 in Boston Boston 1 Carolina 2. Goals: Meinert (Lilly) 4; Overbeck (Riise) 49, Florance 79. Boston — Ducar, Aldama (Erikson, 83), McCann, Raygor, Sobrero, Hucles, Lilly, Omagbemi (Kemp, 68), Wiegmann, Meinert, Mellgren. Carolina — Luckenbill, Burt, Overbeck, Raveia (Bengtsson, 56), Wilson, Baxter, Riise, Roberts, Burtini (Hansen, 71), Florance (Yohe, 80), Fotopoulos. Yellow Card: Boston — Meinert 5. Referee: Arnold Baldeaux. Att.: 7,122. July 22 in San Jose Bay Area 1 Washington 0. Goal: Murray (Venturini) 43. Bay Area — Beene (Szpara, 58), Alagich, Bryan, Chastain (Cook, 77), Lindsey, Dorn, Sissi, Venturini, Katia, Horvath (Little, 80), Murray (Nanez, 85). Washington — Mullinix, Barr (Moore, 75), Cromwell, Little, Stoecker, Bai, French (Davey, 78), Grubb, Makinen (Baumgardt, 62), Pretinha (Gerardo, 68), Hamm. Yellow Cards: Bay Area — Lindsey 31; Washington — Stoecker 36. Referee: Nancy A. Lay. Attendance: 16,174. July 22 in Atlanta Atlanta 2 New York 1. Goals: Parlow (Bivens) 37, Parlow 80; Milbrett (Whalen, Fair) 28. Atlanta — Scurry, N. Augustyniak, Krzykowski, Nonen, Dayna Smith (Amy Walsh 41), Bivens, Sawa (Sun, 55), Serlenga, Walbert-Cagle (Blalack, 80), Hooper (Gragg 82), Parlow. New York — Gao, Espeseth (O’Sullivan, 88), Fair (Connors, 81), Fettig, Pearce, Stauffer (McDonald, 46), Whalen, Whelchel, Janss (Lalor, 46) Milbrett, Pearman. Yellow Card: New York — Whelchel 76. Referee: Sandra Hunt. Att.: 7,059.