Brazilian Rosana's unassisted goal in the 24th minute was all Sky Blue needed at Yurcak Field.
Canadian Christine Sinclair moved into a tie with Boston's Kelly Smith for second place in WPS with her fifth goal of the season, but the Breakers' Jenny Nobis equalizer in the 76th minute off a pass from Smith.
Smith, who has been hampered by a knee injury, entered the match in the 61st minute.
Standings:
TEAM W L T GF GA P
Los Angeles 7 1 4 15 4 25
Saint Louis 4 3 2 8 8 14
Washington 3 3 4 16 18 13
Boston 3 4 3 11 13 12
Sky Blue FC 3 5 3 7 9 12
FC Gold Pride 3 5 3 11 15 12
Chicago 2 4 5 8 9 11
June 17 in Piscataway, N. J
Sky Blue FC 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Rosana 24.
Sky Blue FC -- Branam, Schnur, Rampone, Asante, Dowling, Parker (Sitch, 75), Rosana (McCallum, 64), Averbuch, O'Reilly, Kai, White (Buczkowski, 69).
Chicago -- Jonsson, Dalmy, Spilger, Oakes, Ostberg (Tarpley, 64), Rapinoe (Vandenbergh, 90), Igwe, Lloyd, Klein, Cristiane (Dieke, 80), Adams.
Yellow Cards: New Jersey -- Rosana 56, White 68.
Referee: Veronica Brito.
Att.: 4,211.
June 17 in Cambridge, Mass.
Boston 1 FC Gold Pride 1. Goals: Nobis 76; Sinclair 5.
Boston -- Lipsher, Scott, Chapman (Smith, 62), LePeilbet, Mitts, Moore, Hucles, Lilly, Bishop (Augustyniak-Goffi, 46), Rodriguez, Latham (Nobis, 46).
FC Gold Pride -- Barnhart, Buehler, Dew, Robinson (Abegg, 84), Graczyk, DiMartino (Yokers, 62), Formiga, Osborne, Arakawa, Milbrett, Sinclair (Weimer, 73).
Yellow Cards: Boston -- Latham, 13; FC Gold Pride -- DiMartino 34, Formiga 89.
Att.: 3,128.



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