2011 Atlanta Beat season explained

Club:	Atlanta Beat
Season:	2011
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	Fitz Johnson
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	James Galanis
Stadium:	KSU Soccer Stadium
League:	WPS
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	National Women's Cup
Cup2 Result:	Did not enter
Highest Attendance:	9,345 (Jul 23 vs. magicJack)
Lowest Attendance:	3,075 (Apr 24 vs. WNY)
Average Attendance:	4,840
League Topscorer:	Three players (2 goals)
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Prevseason:	2010

The 2011 Atlanta Beat season was the club's second season in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and their second consecutive season in the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the Women's United Soccer Association franchise, it was the club's sixth year of existence. It was also the club's final year of existence, with WPS folding before the beginning of the 2012 season^[1]

Review and events

Prior to the beginning of the 2011 WPS season, the Atlanta Beat organization scheduled several preseason friendlies against local universities. For the preseason, the Beat played Auburn University twice, and then University of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida State. In preseason, the Beat went on an undefeated 5-0-0 run, and only conceded one goal in the process.^[2]

On April 9, in front of more than 4,000 spectators, the Beat opened their season with a 1–4 loss to the Boston Breakers.^[3]

Match results

WPS

Club

Management and staff

Front Office

Coaching Staff

Statistics

Field player statistics

2	DF	8	8	708	0	0	0	0	5	3	2
3	MF	15	13	1,045	0	1	6	1	10	1	2
4	DF	17	17	1,530	0	0	10	3	7	2	0
5	MF	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	11	9	720	1	0	7	2	2	1	0
6	FW	11	9	823	0	0	6	1	9	6	1
7	DF	16	10	1,026	0	1	9	4	4	6	0
8	MF	12	6	676	0	0	4	2	6	0	1
9	MF	10	5	418	0	0	5	3	7	0	1
10	MF	10	8	800	2	0	13	8	20	8	4
11	MF	12	9	808	0	1	8	5	4	9	0
12	MF	17	17	1,451	2	0	24	10	18	28	0
14	DF	18	18	1,620	0	0	1	1	6	2	1
15	MF	5	2	195	0	0	0	0	4	0	2
16	MF	7	3	293	0	0	5	2	1	2	0
20	FW	6	3	331	0	0	14	10	3	2	0
21	FW	14	9	855	2	1	21	11	6	4	0
23	DF	17	16	1,363	0	0	2	1	15	5	2
24	FW	11	5	491	0	0	4	2	9	1	3
38	MF	2	2	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	11	11	945	0	0	1	1	6	1	0

Notes and References

News: WPS, second attempt at a professional women's soccer league in the U.S., officially folds after three seasons . May 18, 2012 . June 27, 2023 . . Nina . Mandell.
Web site: WPS Weekend Previews: April 25. The Sports Network. 2011-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110425101747/http://soccer365.com/us_news/story_21411171116.php. 2011-04-25. dead.
Web site: BEAT GROWING TOWARDS WINNING FUTURE. Atlanta Beat. Women's Professional Soccer. 1 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720025341/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/atlanta/schedule/~/link.aspx?_id=9DECF979B7F8409CA3E82DA7EAC6F4FC&_z=z. 20 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.