Atlanta Beat Win, Lose, & Draw in same game!

On Saturday, July 22nd, in the Atlanta Beat’s first home game since the end of the World Cup the fans came out in full support with a sold out KSU Soccer Stadium. The official attendance was announced at 9,345.  The Beat were looking to break their 12 game winless streak against a magicJack team [...]

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Atlanta Beat vs. FC Gold Pride

The Atlanta Beat started the season like most expansion teams do, by losing.  But after an infusion of new players from the now defunct St. Louis Athletica the Atlanta Beat have started to turn things around.  Prior to the All-Star break the Beat had gone 1-5-3 to earn 6 points through 9 games.  [...]

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2010 WPS All-Star Game

The second annual Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) All-Star Game was held at the KSU Soccer Stadium on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.  This year’s format was a major change from last year and took a fun twist as the teams were picked playground style. In this format the top 2 [...]

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Interview: Shawn McGee Part 2

As the conversation with Shawn McGee, Atlanta Beat GM & COO, continued we turner our attention toward players.  I couldn’t help but wonder if after 4 drafts leading up to this season if they were staying in that mode and making preparations for the 2011 draft.  After a few laughs McGee said he’s been [...]

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Let's Make A Deal!

 With the Dispersal Draft getting ready to take place on Thursday could we see a trade for Marta’s rights happening soon?  Speculation is growing that St. Louis and Atlanta are going to make a deal.

If this were to happen I could see Atlanta trading the rights for Marta in exchange for Eniola Aluko, the [...]

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LA's Loss is Atlanta's Gain

Let me start by saying I think it’s very unfortunate that the deal to get new ownership for the LA Sol of Women’s Professional Soccer fell through.  You hate to see if firstly for the individuals involved directly with the club in LA, but also the fans and the WPS league.  Hopefully we’ll see someone step [...]

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