Beat falls to third after loss to Freedom

WASHINGTON - Defender Emmy Barr scored the first goal of her career and later added an assist to help the Washington Freedom to a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Beat on Wednesday night. <br> <br> Barr gave Washington a 1-0 lead by heading in a free kick by Anne Makinen in the 11th minute. She then made a perfect cross to Bai Jie, who outleaped goalie Briana Scurry to head the ball in during the 19th minute. <br> <br> Barr hadn&#39;t scored in the first 2,642 minutes of her WUSA career. <br> <br> The Beat scored in the 49th minute when Washington midfielder Steffi Jones accidentally redirected a free kick by Atlanta&#39;s Nikki Serlenga&#39;s into her own goal. <br> <br> The Beat came close to tying in the final minute of stoppage time when a ball bounced around in traffic in front of the goal before rolling just wide. <br> <br> Washington (6-5-3) moved into third place with 21 points with its fourth win in five games. The Freedom are two points in front of Atlanta (6-6-1). <br> <br> Washington coach Jim Gabarra was ejected in the 53rd minute after disputing a play where Atlanta&#39;s Sharolta Nonen took down Abby Wambach. Team officials confirmed that Gabarra will be suspended for the Freedom&#39;s next game, July 14 against Philadelphia.