Name and colors The team's name was announced to be the Beat on June 18, 2009. The name was determined by a fan poll, with Attack, Beat, and Storm as the options. The new Beat logo was the same design as the previous WUSA logo, with the two shades of blue being replaced by Gold and
Ferrari Red.
Building the team Atlanta began building its team at the
2009 WPS Expansion Draft on September 15, 2009, where it selected six players from the existing seven WPS teams, getting four players from the teams that finished first and second in the league's inaugural season. A week later, Atlanta selected five international players in the
2009 WPS International Draft, including three players from
Umea IK, and thus now have exclusive negotiating rights to those players among WPS teams.
Inaugural season The Beat ended the 2010 season in last place with 5 wins, 13 losses, and 6 ties.
2011 season The Atlanta Beat started off the 2011 season on April 9 in a game against the
Boston Breakers in front of over slightly 4,000 spectators at
KLS Stadium. The Beat lost 1–4 to Boston with their lone goal coming from
Carli Lloyd in a penalty kick in the 78th minute. ==Players==