WUSA

WUSA
BOSTON -- Siri Mullinix stopped a pair of penalty kicks as the Washington Freedom advanced to the Founders Cup for the second straight season with a 3-1 shootout victory over the top-seeded Boston Breakers on Saturday.
The fourth-seeded Freedom earned a return trip to the WUSA title game after the teams played to a 0-0 overtime tie.
The Freedom will face tomorrow's San Diego-Atlanta winner in the championship game next Sunday in San Diego.
The Breakers failed on their first two penalty kicks. Maren Meinert missed high, then Kristine Lilly's shot was stopped by Mullinix. Jennifer Meier, Jacqui Little and Mia Hamm all converted for Washington, which grabbed the win when Mullinix stopped Heather Aldama on Boston's fourth attempt.
Washington's Abby Wambach had the best chance to end the game in overtime, when she bounced a header off the turf in the 99th minute. However, Breakers goalie Karina LeBlanc jumped in front of the ball at the last moment.
Boston's Angela Hucles had a good scoring chance when she took a shot from 25 yards out in the 85th minute. Mullinix deflected the shot with her fingertips and the ball nicked the crossbar on its way out of play.
Mullinix came up with a bigger save in the 89th minute, taking out Dagny Mellgren with a sliding stop as Mellgren was poised for a shot deep in the box.
Mellgren struck a header in the third minute of stoppage time that was blocked at the goal line by Little.
MLS
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Taylor Twellman scored his league-leading 13th goal in the 52nd minute to give the New England Revolution a 1-1 tie with the San Jose Earthquakes. Western Conference-leading San Jose (10-3-7) took a 1-0 lead on Brian Ecklund's first goal of the season in the 23rd minute. New England (5-7-8) remained winless in its last eight games (0-3-5) despite outshooting the Earthquakes 15-5 and having a 12-5 advantage in corner kicks. Twellman scored after teammate Wolde Harris collected the ball deep in San Jose territory. It was the first goal against Earthquake goalie Pat Onstad in 398 minutes. Ecklund put San Jose ahead when he knocked a 25-yard free kick to the left of goalkeeper Adin Brown. San Jose midfielder Brian Ching suffered a ruptured Achilles' tendon during the first half.
Fire 3, D.C. United 1
NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Jesse Marsch, Ante Razov and DaMarcus Beasley scored goals as Chicago rallied to beat D.C. United. Marsch scored the winning goal in the 61st minute, beating goalkeeper Nick Rimando from about 30 yards. Hristo Stoitchkov opened the scoring for D.C. United (7-7-6) on a penalty kick in the eighth minute after being tackled by Fire defender C.J. Brown inside the box.
-- Associated Press