ATLANTA (AP) Julie Foudy beat U.S. World Cup teammate Briana Scurry on a header in the 46th minute as the San Diego Spirit beat the Atlanta Beat 1-0 on Wednesday night.

Atlanta, which needed a victory to clinch the final WUSA playoff spot, lost its second straight game.

The Beat (10-8-1), two points ahead of San Jose (8-7-5) in the playoff race, can secure a postseason berth with a victory Saturday at home against league-leading Philadelphia, or a San Jose loss or tie at Boston on Saturday.

Sun Wen and Homare Sawa each had shots hit the crossbar for Atlanta, which beat San Diego 2-0 and 4-1 in two previous meetings.

Carly Smolak made four saves for her second shutout for San Diego (5-11-4).

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