Atlanta Beat
2011 season
OwnerFitz Johnson
Head coachJames Galanis
StadiumKSU Soccer Stadium
WPS6th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
National Women's CupDid not enter
Top goalscorerThree players (2 goals)
Highest home attendance9,345
(Jul 23 vs. magicJack)
Lowest home attendance3,075
(Apr 24 vs. WNY)
Average home league attendance4,840
← 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

Preseason

March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09) Auburn Tigers 0–1 Atlanta Beat Auburn, Alabama
16:00 EDT Scoreline
AUB report
  • Chalupny
Stadium: Auburn Soccer Complex
March 19, 2011 (2011-03-19) Atlanta Beat 2–0 UNC Tar Heels Kennesaw, Georgia
16:00 EDT
Scoreline
ATL report		 Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
March 20, 2011 (2011-03-20) Atlanta Beat 1–0 Florida State Seminoles Columbus, Georgia
 Scoreline
ATL report
FSU report		 Stadium: Walden Soccer Complex
March 27, 2011 (2011-03-27) Florida Gators 2–0 Atlanta Beat Kennesaw, Georgia
17:00 EDT
Scoreline
Report		 Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
March 29, 2011 (2011-03-29) Georgia Bulldogs 1–2 Atlanta Beat Athens, Georgia
17:30 EDT
  • Miller 15'
 Scoreline
UGA report
Stadium: Turner Soccer Complex
April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03) Auburn Tigers 0–4 Atlanta Beat Hoover, Alabama
17:30 EDT Scoreline Stadium: Spain Park HS Stadium

WPS

April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09) 1 Atlanta Beat 1–4 Boston Breakers Kennesaw, GA
7:30 p.m. EST (UTC-05:00) Lloyd 78' (pen.) Report 18' Angeli
23' Winters
72' O'Hara
90+' Moore		 Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,002
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Mark Buda, Amy Mahan
Fourth official: Patrick Baker
April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16) 2 Atlanta Beat 1–0 Sky Blue FC Kennesaw, GA
Lencyzk 51' Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,380
April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24) 3 Atlanta Beat 2–2 Western New York Flash Kennesaw, GA
Chalupny 58'
Lloyd 70'		 Report 3' Sinclair
67' Marta		 Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,075
May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01) 4 Western New York Flash 3–0 Atlanta Beat Rochester, NY
Sinclair 23', 59'
Morgan 73'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Ashley Cedro, Molly Cunningham
Fourth official: Steve Montagnino
May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08) 5 magicJack 2–0 Atlanta Beat Boca Raton, FL
Masar 24'
Press 64'		 Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 952
Referee: Stephanie Toth
Assistant referees: Miguel Panduro, Kristen Schiereck
Fourth official: Carlos Sandoval
May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) 6 Atlanta Beat 1–2 Philadelphia Independence Kennesaw, GA
Chalupny 45+' Report 50' Johnson
73' del Rio		 Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,125
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Amy Mahan, Justin Brown
Fourth official: Veronica Brito
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21) 7 Sky Blue FC 3–0 Atlanta Beat Piscataway, NJ
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,947
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Juliana Duncan, Robert Sibiga
Fourth official: Albert Calise
May 28, 2011 (2011-05-28) 8 magicJack 4–0 Atlanta Beat Boca Raton, FL
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 864
Referee: Veronica Brito
Assistant referees: Shelley Finger, Carlos Sandoval
Fourth official: Ingrid Burd
June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) 9 Philadelphia Independence 0–0 Atlanta Beat Chester, PA
Report Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Angela Ianni, Eric Weisbrod
Fourth official: Kevin Klinger
June 11, 2011 (2011-06-11) 10 Atlanta Beat 2–3 magicJack Kennesaw, GA
Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,124
Referee: Stephanie Toth
Assistant referees: Melanie Johnson, Justin Brown
Fourth official: Talha Dikgitmetz
June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) 11 Atlanta Beat 0–0 Boston Breakers Kennesaw, GA
Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,654
Referee: Christina Ibanez
Assistant referees: Amy Mahan, David Jaye
Fourth official: Mark Asauro
June 22, 2011 (2011-06-22) 12 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Atlanta Beat Piscataway, NJ
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Veronica Brito
Assistant referees: Robert Sibiga, Katja Koroleva
Fourth official: Yevgeniy Mednikov
July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) 13 Boston Breakers 2–0 Atlanta Beat Cambridge, MA
Report Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,749
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Ashley Cedro, Russell Wolf
Fourth official: Scott Kachmarik
2011 14 Atlanta Beat 0–1 Philadelphia Independence Kennesaw, GA
Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,742
Referee: Patrick Baker
Assistant referees: Talha Dikgitmetz, Mark Cleland
Fourth official: Mark Asauro
July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23) 15 Atlanta Beat 0–0 magicJack Kennesaw, GA
Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 9,345
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
Assistant referees: Veronica Brito, Melanie Johnson
Fourth official: David Jaye
July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) 16 Philadelphia Independence 1–0 Atlanta Beat Chester, PA
Report Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Christina Ibanez
August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06) 17 Atlanta Beat 0–2 Western New York Flash Kennesaw, GA
Report Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,112
August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14) 18 Western New York Flash 2–0 Atlanta Beat Rochester, NY
Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,702
Referee: Moo Hackett
Assistant referees: Veronica Perez, Molly Cunningham
Fourth official: Ashley Cedro

Club

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF United States USA Katherine Reynolds
— MF United States USA India Trotter
— MF United States USA Lori Chalupny
— DF United States USA Keeley Dowling
— DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
— DF United States USA Heather Mitts
— DF United States USA Kia McNeill
— FW Canada CAN Lauren Sesselmann
— MF United States USA Carli Lloyd
— GK United States USA Allison Lipsher
— MF United States USA Angela Salem
— MF United States USA Colleen Flanagan
— DF United States USA Megan Jesolva
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF United States USA Julianne Sitch
— FW United States USA Meghan Lenczyk
— MF United States USA Kacey White
— MF United States USA Kylie Wright
— GK United States USA Katie Fraine
— FW United States USA Katie Bethke
— GK United States USA Allison Whitworth
— FW United States USA Analisa Marquez
— MF Canada CAN Kelly Parker
— MF United States USA Lyndsey Patterson
— MF United States USA Bianca D'Agostino

Management and staff

Front Office
Position Staff
Owner & Chief Executive Officer United States T. Fitz Johnson
Asst. General Manager United States Kristin Lettiere
Director of Crowd Building United States Scott Foster
Ticket Operations United States Jennifer Morehead
Corporate Manager United States Sherry King-Castellanos
Community Manager United States Amanda Hammons
Media Relations Manager United States Christa Mann
Benefits Coordinator United States Jan Williams
Administrative Assistant United States Maria Pacheco

Last updated: June 30, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

Coaching Staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Australia James Galanis
Asst. Coach United States Russ Stroud

Last updated: June 30, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Western New York Flash 18 13 3 2 40 18 +22 42 Advance to Championship
2 Philadelphia Independence 18 11 3 4 31 18 +13 36 Advance to Super Semifinal
3 magicJack 18 9 2 7 29 29 0 28[a] Advance to First round
4 Boston Breakers 18 5 4 9 19 24 −5 19[b]
5 Sky Blue FC 18 5 4 9 24 29 −5 19[b]
6 Atlanta Beat 18 1 4 13 7 32 −25 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head-to-head result.
Notes:
  1. ^ magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.[4]
  2. ^ a b BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt

Statistics

Field player statistics
No. Pos. Nat. Player GP GS Min. G A SHTS SOG FC FS Yellow card Red card
2 DF United States USA Heather Mitts 8 8 708 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0
3 MF United States USA Kylie Wright 15 13 1,045 0 1 6 1 10 1 2 0
4 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill 17 17 1,530 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0
5 MF Czech Republic CZE Vendula Strnadova* 2 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF United States USA Kacey White 11 9 720 1 0 7 2 2 1 0 0
6 FW United States USA Angela Salem 11 9 823 0 0 6 1 9 6 1 0
7 DF United States USA Megan Jesolva 16 10 1,026 0 1 9 4 4 6 0 0
8 MF United States USA India Trotter 12 6 676 0 0 4 2 6 0 1 0
9 MF United States USA Bianca D'Agostino 10 5 418 0 0 5 3 7 0 1 0
10 MF United States USA Carli Lloyd 10 8 800 2 0 13 8 20 8 4 0
11 MF Canada CAN Kelly Parker 12 9 808 0 1 8 5 4 9 0 0
12 MF United States USA Lori Chalupny 17 17 1,451 2 0 24 10 18 28 0 0
14 DF United States USA Katherine Reynolds 18 18 1,620 0 0 1 1 6 2 1 0
15 MF United States USA Colleen Flanagan 5 2 195 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
16 MF United States USA Lyndsey Patterson 7 3 293 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 0
20 FW United States USA Kristina Larsen 6 3 331 0 0 14 10 3 2 0 0
21 FW United States USA Meghan Lenczyk 14 9 855 2 1 21 11 6 4 0 0
23 DF United States USA Analisa Marquez 17 16 1,363 0 0 2 1 15 5 2 0
24 FW Canada CAN Lauren Sesselmann 11 5 491 0 0 4 2 9 1 3 0
38 MF United States USA Julianne Sitch 2 2 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF United States USA Keeley Dowling 11 11 945 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0

Updated to match played September 1, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

Goalkeeper statistics
No. Nat Player GP GS Min. SHTS SVS GA GAA PG PA W L T SO
18 United States USA Allison Lipsher 7 7 630 71 44 16 2.29 1 1 1 5 1 1
31 United States USA Allison Whitworth 11 11 989 84 67 15 1.37 0 1 0 8 2 2

Updated to match played September 1, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

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Awards

WPS Player of the Week

Week Player Week's statline Ref.
2 United States Allison Lipsher 11 SVS, SHO [5]
3 United States Allison Lipsher 10 SVS [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mandell, Nina (May 18, 2012). "WPS, second attempt at a professional women's soccer league in the U.S., officially folds after three seasons". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "WPS Weekend Previews: April 25". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "BEAT GROWING TOWARDS WINNING FUTURE". Atlanta Beat. Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. May 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "Beat Goalkeeper Alli Lipsher Wins Player of the Week Honor, Week 2" (Press release). Women's Professional Soccer. May 20, 2011. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Lipsher earns back-to-back Player of the Week honors" (Press release). Women's Professional Soccer. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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