2011 Atlanta Beat season

Atlanta Beat
2011 season
Owner	Fitz Johnson
Head coach	James Galanis
Stadium	KSU Soccer Stadium
WPS	6th
Playoffs	Did not qualify
National Women's Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Three players (2 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,345; (Jul 23 vs. magicJack)
Lowest home attendance	3,075; (Apr 24 vs. WNY)
Average home league attendance	4,840
Home colors	Away colors
	← 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 edit

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 edit

Preseason edit

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	Lenczyk 16' (Larsen) Jesolva 80' (Larsen)	Scoreline ATL report		Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium

March 20, 2011 (2011-03-20)	Atlanta Beat	1–0	Florida State Seminoles	Columbus, Georgia
	Larsen	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	Chalupny ?', ?' (Marquez)	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	Chalupny 45+1', 60'	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 edit

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 edit

Roster edit

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	USA	Katherine Reynolds
—	MF	USA	India Trotter
—	MF	USA	Lori Chalupny
—	DF	USA	Keeley Dowling
—	DF	USA	Cat Whitehill
—	DF	USA	Heather Mitts
—	DF	USA	Kia McNeill
—	FW	CAN	Lauren Sesselmann
—	MF	USA	Carli Lloyd
—	GK	USA	Allison Lipsher
—	MF	USA	Angela Salem
—	MF	USA	Colleen Flanagan
—	DF	USA	Megan Jesolva


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	USA	Julianne Sitch
—	FW	USA	Meghan Lenczyk
—	MF	USA	Kacey White
—	MF	USA	Kylie Wright
—	GK	USA	Katie Fraine
—	FW	USA	Katie Bethke
—	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth
—	FW	USA	Analisa Marquez
—	MF	CAN	Kelly Parker
—	MF	USA	Lyndsey Patterson
—	MF	USA	Bianca D'Agostino

Management and staff edit

Front Office

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

Last updated: June 30, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	James Galanis
Asst. Coach	Russ Stroud

Last updated: June 30, 2011
Source: Atlanta Beat

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	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]	Advance to First round
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:

^ magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.^[4]
^ ^a ^b BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt

Statistics edit

Field player statistics
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	GP	GS	Min.	G	A	SHTS	SOG	FC	FS
2	DF	USA	Heather Mitts	8	8	708	0	0	0	0	5	3	2
3	MF	USA	Kylie Wright	15	13	1,045	0	1	6	1	10	1	2
4	DF	USA	Cat Whitehill	17	17	1,530	0	0	10	3	7	2	0
5	MF	CZE	Vendula Strnadova*	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	USA	Kacey White	11	9	720	1	0	7	2	2	1	0
6	FW	USA	Angela Salem	11	9	823	0	0	6	1	9	6	1
7	DF	USA	Megan Jesolva	16	10	1,026	0	1	9	4	4	6	0
8	MF	USA	India Trotter	12	6	676	0	0	4	2	6	0	1
9	MF	USA	Bianca D'Agostino	10	5	418	0	0	5	3	7	0	1
10	MF	USA	Carli Lloyd	10	8	800	2	0	13	8	20	8	4
11	MF	CAN	Kelly Parker	12	9	808	0	1	8	5	4	9	0
12	MF	USA	Lori Chalupny	17	17	1,451	2	0	24	10	18	28	0
14	DF	USA	Katherine Reynolds	18	18	1,620	0	0	1	1	6	2	1
15	MF	USA	Colleen Flanagan	5	2	195	0	0	0	0	4	0	2
16	MF	USA	Lyndsey Patterson	7	3	293	0	0	5	2	1	2	0
20	FW	USA	Kristina Larsen	6	3	331	0	0	14	10	3	2	0
21	FW	USA	Meghan Lenczyk	14	9	855	2	1	21	11	6	4	0
23	DF	USA	Analisa Marquez	17	16	1,363	0	0	2	1	15	5	2
24	FW	CAN	Lauren Sesselmann	11	5	491	0	0	4	2	9	1	3
38	MF	USA	Julianne Sitch	2	2	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	USA	Keeley Dowling	11	11	945	0	0	1	1	6	1	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	USA	Allison Lipsher	7	7	630	71	44	16	2.29	1	1	1	5	1	1
31	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

Transfers edit

In edit

Awards edit

WPS Player of the Week edit

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

References edit

^ 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.
^ "WPS Weekend Previews: April 25". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
^ "BEAT GROWING TOWARDS WINNING FUTURE". Atlanta Beat. Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. May 12, 2011.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[table_hth_mJ0.056328041970883-5] Jack were deducted a point for various league violations.^[4]

[table_hth_BOS0.056328041970883-6] BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt

[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.

[atlanta_v_boston_4/9-3] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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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