Atlanta Beat (WUSA)

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Atlanta Beat
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Full nameAtlanta Beat
Nickname(s)Beat
Founded2001
Dissolved2003
Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium (2001)
Herndon Stadium (2002–2003)
Capacity15,000
Owner Cox Enterprises
General ManagerLynn Morgan
Head Coach Tom Stone
League Women's United Soccer Association

The Atlanta Beat was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Bobby Dodd Stadium on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in its first year of operation before moving to Herndon Stadium, on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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History

The team began play in 2001, and reached the playoffs in each of the WUSA's three seasons — the only team in the league to do so. They advanced to the Founders Cup in both 2001 and 2003, losing on both occasions.

The Beat's "founding players" were Briana Scurry, Cindy Parlow, and Nikki Serlenga of the USA women's national team. The Beat had the #1 pick in the inaugural WUSA draft, and selected China's Sun Wen, star of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Their first goal was scored by Japan star midfielder Homare Sawa.

The coach of the Atlanta Beat was Tom Stone.

League Suspension

The WUSA announced on September 15, 2003, that it was suspending operations. Several former Beat players went on to play for the Atlanta Silverbacks Women in the W-League, and five – Briana Scurry, Sharolta Nonen, Homare Sawa, Nancy Augustyniak, and Ifeoma Dieke—played in Women's Professional Soccer.

It was announced on October 7, 2009, that a newly formed version of the Atlanta Beat would be joining WPS. [1] On June 17, 2009, the new Atlanta Beat announced that Shawn McGee would be the General Manager of the recently reformed team. [2]

Players (All-Time Roster)

#NamePositionDay of BirthHeightHometownCollege
3 Emily Burt FApril 25, 19755' 8" Menlo Park, California Stanford University
33Callie WithersMMay 29, 19815' 8" Palo Alto, California Stanford University
22 Ifeoma Dieke DFebruary 25, 19815' 7" Glasgow, Scotland Florida International University
15 Julie Augustyniak DFebruary 1, 19795' 5" Peachtree City, GA Clemson University
29 Leslie Gaston DAugust 9, 19805' 5" Montgomery, AL University of North Carolina
25 Nancy Augustyniak DFebruary 1, 19795' 5" Peachtree City, GA Clemson University
6 Sharolta Nonen DDecember 30, 19775' 6" Vancouver, BC, Canada University of Nebraska–Lincoln
11 Abby Crumpton FApril 6, 19815' 6" Rochester Hills, MI University of Michigan
10 Charmaine Hooper FJanuary 15, 19685' 7" Ottawa, ON, Canada North Carolina State University
12 Cindy Parlow FMay 8, 19785' 11" Memphis, TN University of North Carolina
13 Maribel Dominguez FNovember 18, 19785' 4" Mexico City, Mexico  
9 Sun Wen FApril 6, 19735' 5" Shanghai, China Fudan University
1 Briana Scurry GKSeptember 7, 19715' 8" Dayton, MN University of Massachusetts Amherst
24 Melanie Wilson GKOctober 5, 19785' 9" Memphis, TN Texas A&M University
18 Aleisha Rose MJuly 28, 19825' 10"  Brigham Young University
8 Homare Sawa MSeptember 6, 19785' 4" Tokyo, Japan
19 Kristin Warren MDecember 17, 19805' 7" Littleton, CO University of Denver
4 Kylie Bivens MOctober 24, 19785' 5" Upland, CA Santa Clara University
16 Marci Miller MDecember 4, 19755' 7" St. Charles, IL Southern Methodist University
Nicky Thrasher F5' 6" El Paso, TX Texas A&M University
2 Wendy Dillinger DDecember 9, 19745' 7" St. Charles, MO Indiana University
5 Nikki Serlenga MJune 20, 19785' 5" Santa Clara University
21 Lisa Krzykowski MSeptember 10, 19765' 7" Cedarburg, WI University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

See also

References

  1. ↑ Atlanta to Join Women's Professional Soccer in 2010 "WPS Atlanta". Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ Atlanta Women’s Professional Soccer Team Names Shawn McGee General Manager "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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