Atlanta Beat

Atlanta finished first in the regular-season standings of WUSA's inaugural season and came within a shootout of winning the Championship Game. The Bay Area CyberRays took the inaugural championship on penalty kicks (4-2) after the score was tied 3-3 following regulation and two overtime periods.

	2001 ATLANTA BEAT POINTS LEADERS PLAYER POS G A PTS 1 Charmaine Hooper F 12 3 27 2 Cindy Parlow F 5 7 17 3 Kylie Bivens D 2 5 9 4 Homare Sawa M 3 2 8 5 Emily Burt F 2 3 7 6 Kelly Cagle M-F 2 1 5 Kerry Gragg M-F 2 1 5 8 Lisa Krzykowski M 1 2 4 Sun Wen F 1 2 4 Nikki Serlenga M 0 4 4

Going into the season, the Beat were expected to be strong. With allocations from the U.S. Women's National Team, Atlanta had received three of the top women's players in the world in Cindy Parlow, Briana Scurry and Nikki Serlenga.

The Beat only grew stronger from that point claiming top international stars, Charmaine Hooper -- a forward for the Canadian National Team -- and Homare Sawa, a captain of the Japanese National Team.

The Beat's attack is rounded out by FIFA's Co-Player of the Century and the first pick in the Global Draft, Sun Wen. The Beat, under Tom Stone, are talented in goal with Briana Scurry who has regained her form, have a very solid defense anchored by Canadian Sharolta Nonen, and are multi-faceted up front with Parlow, Hooper and Sun.

Hooper finished extremely strong for Atlanta, scoring five goals in the final two regular-season games. For the season and postseason, she scored 12 goals and assisted on three, giving her 27 points.

Team Information Address: The Palisades 5901 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Building A- Suite 530 Atlanta, GA 30328 Home Venue: Bobby Dodd Stadium at Georgia Tech, 46,000 Telephone: (877) 762-2371 Fax: (404) 847-6200 Owner/Investor: Cox Enterprises General Manager: Lynn Morgan Head Coach: Tom Stone Official Web Site: www.theatlantabeat.com