Atlanta Beat (WPS)




This article is about the WPS team. For the WUSA team, see Atlanta Beat (WUSA).













































Atlanta Beat
AtlantaBeat.PNG
Full name Atlanta Beat
Nickname(s) Beat
Founded 2009
Ground KSU Soccer Stadium
Capacity 8,300
Owner
United States T. Fitz Johnson
General manager
United States Shawn McGee
Head coach James Galanis
League Women's Professional Soccer

















Home colors













Away colors



The Atlanta Beat is an American soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia that formerly competed on a professional level. The team joined Women's Professional Soccer as an expansion team in 2010, and played its home games at Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium, the result of a public-private partnership between the team and Kennesaw State University.[1] The club took the name and logo of the former Atlanta Beat (WUSA) of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Name and colors


    • 1.2 Building the team


    • 1.3 Inaugural season


    • 1.4 2011 season




  • 2 Players


    • 2.1 2011 roster


    • 2.2 League suspension




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History



Name and colors


The team's name was announced to be the Beat on June 18, 2009. The name was determined by a fan poll, with Attack, Beat, and Storm as the options.


The new Beat logo was the same design as the previous WUSA logo, with the two shades of blue being replaced by Gold and Ferrari Red.[2]



Building the team


Atlanta began building its team at the 2009 WPS Expansion Draft on September 15, 2009,[3] where it selected six players from the existing seven WPS teams, getting four players from the teams that finished first and second in the league's inaugural season. A week later, Atlanta selected five international players[4] in the 2009 WPS International Draft, including three players from Umea IK, and thus now have exclusive negotiating rights to those players among WPS teams.



Inaugural season


Main article: 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season

The Beat ended the 2010 season in last place with 5 wins, 13 losses, and 6 ties.
[5]



2011 season


The Atlanta Beat started off the 2011 season on April 9 in a game against the Boston Breakers in front of over slightly 4,000 spectators at KLS Stadium. The Beat lost 1–4 to Boston with their lone goal coming from Carli Lloyd in a penalty kick in the 78th minute.[6]



Players



2011 roster


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.






















































































No.
Position
 Player


United States
DF
Katherine Reynolds


United States
MF
India Trotter


United States
MF
Lori Chalupny


United States
DF
Keeley Dowling


United States
DF
Cat Whitehill


United States
DF
Heather Mitts


United States
DF
Kia McNeill


Canada
FW
Lauren Sesselmann


United States
MF
Carli Lloyd


United States
GK
Allison Lipsher


United States
MF
Angela Salem


United States
MF
Colleen Flanagan


















































































No.
Position
 Player


United States
DF
Megan Jesolva


United States
MF
Julianne Sitch


United States
FW
Meghan Lenczyk


United States
MF
Kacey White


United States
MF
Kylie Wright


United States
GK
Katie Fraine


United States
FW
Katie Bethke


United States
GK
Allison Whitworth


United States
FW
Analisa Marquez


Canada
MF
Kelly Parker


United States
MF
Lyndsey Patterson


United States
MF
Bianca D'Agostino



League suspension


On January 30, 2012, Women's Professional Soccer announced suspension of the 2012 season, citing several internal organization struggles as the primary cause. Some of these included an ongoing legal battle with an ex-franchise owner and the lack of resources invested into the league.[7][8]



See also


  • Atlanta Beat (WUSA)



References





  1. ^ Ellis, Ralph (2010-04-15). "KSU hopes to raise profile with new soccer stadium". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2010-04-25..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Atlanta Beat Announced as Ninth Team in Women's Professional Soccer". WPS. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25.


  3. ^ "Beat find attacking options and experience in Expansion Draft". WPS. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-25.


  4. ^ "Atlanta Drafts International Players". WPS. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25.


  5. ^ "Atlanta Beat readies for inaugural season". GA Voice. Retrieved 14 November 2012.


  6. ^ "Boston Breakers 4–1 Atlanta Beat: Breakers kick-off season in dominating fashion". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 14 November 2012.


  7. ^ "WPS suspends 2012 season". ESPN. Retrieved 14 November 2012.


  8. ^ "Suspended season brings uncertainty". ESPN. Retrieved 14 November 2012.




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