SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - Katia's two second-half goals completed the San Jose CyberRays' 3-1 come-from-behind WUSA win over the Atlanta Beat on Wednesday. <br>
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San Jose, winless in its previous three games, improved to 6-5-3 (21 points) and moved into a third-place tie with the Washington Freedom. <br>
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Atlanta, playing without star forward Charmaine Hooper and starting goalkeeper Briana Scurry, fell to 6-7-1 (19 points) for fifth place. <br>
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The win was San Jose's first over Atlanta, which lost the WUSA championship to the CyberRays on penalty kicks last year. Because the title game is officially considered a tie, San Jose's record in the series is now 1-4-2. <br>
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The defending champions' last win was a 3-0 victory in an exhibition game with the W-League's Memphis Mercury on June 25. Their last league win was a 4-3 decision against New York on June 15. <br>
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Atlanta took a 1-0 lead in a listless first half played in 92-degree heat. Homare Sawa headed home Nancy Augustyniak's cross in the third minute. <br>
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San Jose roared back in the second half, with Katia scoring in the 51st and 68th minutes and Tisha Venturini-Hoch scoring in the 61st. The Beat's normally strong defense fell apart under the CyberRays' attack, which began when Katia snaked around Atlanta defender Sharolta Nonen and fired a curving shot past backup Atlanta keeper Melanie Wilson. <br>
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Venturini-Hoch's diving header off Sissi's free kick gave San Jose a 2-1 lead before Katia curved another shot around Wilson to cap the scoring. The goal was the Brazilian striker's 10th of the season. Venturini-Hoch's was her third this year.
