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Jordan Angell, Lindsay Tarpley and Kristine Lilly scored goals as the Boston Breakers clinched a Women’s Professional Soccer playoff berth with a 3-1 victory over the expansion and perpetual last place Atlanta Beat Wednesday at KSU Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, GA.

Eniola Aluko scored Atlanta’s lone goal.

The Breakers are 10-7-5 with 35 points and in second place in the league standings. If they do earn the second playoff berth, they will host the WPS Super Semifinal game either September 22 or 23 against the winner of the September 19 First Round game between the third- and fourth-seeded teams in the standings.

Boston will take on the 2010 regular season champion FC Gold Pride on the road Sunday.

Atlanta, eliminated last week from the playoff picture, are 5-12-5 with 20 points and will host defending league champion Sky Blue FC Sunday.

Major League Soccer’s expasnsion Philadelphia Union defeated Mexico’s Chivas de Guadalajara, parent club of Chivas USA, 1-0 Wednesday as Jack McInerney scored unassisted in the 46th minute in the exhibition victory at PPL Park in Chester, PA.

The Union returns to league play Saturday when they host the Kansas City Wizards.

Miguel Sabah scored goals in the 65th and 75th minute to lead Mexico’s Monarcas Morelia to a 2-1 victory over Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution in the championship game of the 2010 SuperLiga Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA to become the third Mexican team to win the tournament in its four-year history.

Kevin Alston scored New England’s goal in the 79th minute off a Zach Schilawski assist.

Becky Edwards scored in second half stoppage time off a Camile Abily assist as the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer regular season champion FC Gold Pride extended their unbeaten streak to 11 games, despite playing to a 1-1 draw to the defending league champion Sky Blue FC Wednesday at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ.

Tasha Kai put Sky Blue on top in the 77th minute off a Heather O’Reilly assist after both teams played to a scoreless first half.

The Pride, 14-3-5 with 47 points, will host the Boston Breakers this Sunday.

Sky Blue, 7-10-5 with 26 points and in fifth place in the league standings, but three points behind the Washington Freedom (7-8-7, 28 points) for sole possession of the fourth and final playoff spot, will travel to the last-place Atlanta Beat Sunday.

The Seattle Sounders will defend their Lamar Hunt US Open Cup title October 5 at Qwest Field in Seattle in an all-Major League Soccer championship match against the Columbus Crew after both teams won their semifnal matchups Wednesday.

Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored the game-winning goal on a 98th minute penalty kick as the Crew defeated DC United 2-1 in overtime at RFK Stadium.

United’s Pablo Hernandez put them on the board with a goal in the 13th minute that would hold through halftime, but, in true fashion for the worst team in MLS this season, tied the game at 1-1 in the 89th minute by having Marc Burch put the ball in the back of his own net.

Meanwhile, at Qwest Field, the Sounders saw Nate Jaqua score in the 10th and 92nd minute to give them home pitch advantage for the LHUSOC championship game in three weeks by beating Chivas USA 2-1.

Fredy Montero put Seattle up 2-0 after Jaqua’s first goal gave them the eventual halftime lead.

Jesus Padilla cut the lead to 2-1 in the 68th minute for Chivas.