The stunning strike by Hanks lifted Sky Blue FC's record to 6-6-4 for 22 points -- the first time the team has reached the .500 mark all season. Sky Blue FC has a 3-1-1 mark in its last five games.
Results:
July 15 in Cambridge, Mass.
Boston 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Hucles (Lilly) 35.
Boston - Lipsher, Goffi, LePeilbet, Chapman (Moore, 80), Mitts (Crumpton, 71), Tomecka, Monroe, Hucles, Lilly, Nobis, Fabiana (Rodriguez, 59).
Chicago - Jonsson, Spilger (Masar, 46), Oakes, Dieke, Vandenbergh, Dalmy, Lloyd, Klein, Rapinoe (Igwe, 68), Tarpley (Adams, 72).
Yellow Cards: Chicago - Lloyd 59.
Referee: Ted Unkel.
Att.: 4,075.
July 15 in Piscataway, N.J.
Sky Blue FC 4 Washington 4. Goals: Kai (O'Reilly) 5, White (Dowling) 27, White 46, Kai (Rosana) 86; Bompastor (Krieger) 4, De Vanna (Bompastor) 47, De Vanna (Wambach) 54, Whitehill 92+.
Sky Blue FC - Brana, Sitch (Buczkowski, 58), Dowling, Rampone, Schnur, O'Reilly, Averbuch, Rosana, McCallum, Kai (Hanks, 87), White (Parker, 58).
Washington - McLeod, Senty (Singer, 46), Sauerbrunn, Whitehill, Krieger, Bompastor, Sawa, Lindsey, Moros (Long, 79) Wambach, De Vanna (Gilbeau, 86).
Yellow Cards: Sky Blue FC - Dowling 45+, Parker 81.
Referee: Margaret Domka.
Att..: 3,746.
July 18 in Washington, D.C.
Washington 1 St. Louis 0. Goal: Sawa 74.
Washington - Spisak (Wright, 63), Senty, Sauerbrunn, Singer, Gilbeau, Bompastor, Sawa, Lindsey, Krieger (Lohman 79), Moros (Long, 59), De Vanna.
St. Louis - Loyden, Logterman (McNeill, 63), Larsson, Ellertson, Weber, Stoia, Cinalli (Walter, 46), Woznuk, Fletcher, Cross (Walsh, 68), Aluko.
Yellow Card: St. Louis - Larsson 68.
Referee: Ted Unkel.
Att.: n/a.
July 19 in Piscataway, N.J.
Sky Blue FC 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Hanks (Dowling) 91+.
Sky Blue FC - Branam, Hooker, Buczkowski, Dowling, Schnur, Sitch (Hanks, 62), Averbuch (Francielle, 62), Rosana (Keselica, 84), McCallum, White, Kai.
Chicago - Jonsson, Dalmy, Oakes, Dieke, Vandebergh (Krzysik, 89), Adams (Spilger, 78), Ostberg, Igwe (Garriock, 69), Klein, Cristiane, Masar.
Yellow Cards: Chicago - Krzysik 90.
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero.
Att.: 3,130.
July 19 in Santa Clara, Calif.
FC Gold Pride 0 Boston 1. Goal: Schmedes (Monroe) 13.
FC Gold Pride - Whitworth, Dew, Graczyk, DiMartino (Adriane, 85), Robinson, Barnes, Formiga, Milbrett, Weimer (Yokers, 46), Erika (Sissi, 64), Arakawa.
Boston - Lipsher, Crumpton, Moore, Augustyniak-Goffi, Sutton, Tomecka, Lilly, Monroe (Mundy, 62), Schmedes, Fabiana (Bishop, 66), Nobis (Latham, 71).
Yellow Card: Boston - Fabiana 59.
Att.: 2,203.
Standings
TEAM W L T GF GA P
Los Angeles 11 2 4 24 6 37
Boston 7 6 3 17 16 24
St. Louis 7 6 2 13 13 23
Sky Blue FC 6 6 4 16 16 22
Washington 5 6 5 23 26 20
Chicago 4 8 5 13 19 17
FC Gold Pride 3 9 3 12 22 12
Leading Scorers:
Marta (Los Angeles) 9
Camille Abily (Los Angeles) 8
Cristiane (Chicago) 6
Christine Sinclair (FC Gold Pride) 5
Kelly Smith (Boston) 5
Natasha Kai (Sky Blue FC) 5
Lisa De Vanna (Washington) 5
Eniola Aluko (St. Louis) 4
Sonia Bompastor (Washington) 4
Schedule:
Wednesday, July 22
Saint Louis vs. Sky Blue FC, 8 pm ET
Thursday, July 23
FC Gold Pride vs. Los Angeles, 10 pm ET
Saturday, July 25
Boston vs. Sky Blue FC, 7 pm ET
Sunday, July 26
Saint Louis vs. FC Gold Pride, 6 pm ET (FSC)
Chicago vs. Washington, 4 pm
Wednesday, July 29
Washington vs. Boston, 8 pm ET (CSN)
Saturday, August 1
FC Gold Pride vs. Washington, 6 pm ET
Saint Louis vs. Boston, 8 pm ET
Sunday, August 2
Chicago vs. Los Angeles, 6 pm ET (FSC)
Wednesday, August 5
Sky Blue FC vs. FC Gold Pride, 7 pm ET
Saint Louis vs. Chicago, 8 pm ET
Saturday, August 8
Washington vs. Sky Blue FC, 7 pm ET
Sunday, August 9
Boston vs. Los Angeles, 6 pm ET (FSC)
FC Gold Pride vs. Saint Louis, 8 pm ET
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