5-554: Atlanta Beat may refer to two professional soccer teams based in Atlanta: Atlanta Beat (WUSA) (2001–2003), the original team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association Atlanta Beat (WPS) (2009–2011), the team that played in Women's Professional Soccer Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-621: The Atlanta Beat was Tom Stone . 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
15-560: 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
20-479: The title Atlanta Beat . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_Beat&oldid=831079435 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atlanta Beat (WUSA) The Atlanta Beat
25-568: 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 . The team began play in 2001, and reached the playoffs in each of the WUSA's three seasons —
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