BEAT ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE Atlanta Beat General Manager Shawn McGee announced the expansion team’s 2010 regular season schedule including three back to back May home games, a July 3 evening match, two home Marta appearances, and a home opener against the 2009 WPS Champions. After kicking-off the inaugural season on the road against fellow expansion team, Philadelphia Independence on April 11, the Beat travels to the Washington Freedom and FC Gold Pride (Bay Area) before returning home to unveil a brand-new facility. The Atlanta Beat opens its stadium for the first time against 2009 WPS Champions, Sky Blue FC on Sunday May, 9 in the world’s first women’s soccer specific stadium of this magnitude. The Beat also hosts the Washington Freedom and St. Louis Athletica on back to back weekends in May before traveling in the early part of June. With five nationally televised contest on Fox Soccer Channel’s WPS Sunday, the Beat’s inaugural season features at least two home match-ups in every month of competition from May-September. Below is the complete Atlanta Beat 2010 schedule with televised appearances highlighted in yellow: GAMEDATEOPPONENTVENUEHOME/AWAYET TIMELOCAL TIME1Sunday, April 11Philadelphia IndependencePHLAway6:00pm ET6:00pm ET2Sunday, April 18Washington FreedomWSHAway4:00pm ET4:00pm ET3Saturday, April 24 (FSC)FC Gold PrideBAYAway10:00pm ET7:00pm PT4Saturday, May 1Philadelphia IndependencePHLAway6:00pm ET6:00pm ET5Sunday, May 9 (FSC)Sky Blue FCATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET6Sunday, May 16 (FSC)Washington FreedomATLHome6:00pm ET6:00pm ET7Saturday, May 29Saint Louis AthleticaATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET8Sunday, June 6 (FSC)Chicago Red StarsCHIAway6:00pm ET5:00pm CT9Saturday, June 12 Saint Louis AthleticaSTLAway5:45pm ET4:45pm CT10Saturday, June 19 Chicago Red StarsATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET11Wednesday, June 23 Philadelphia IndependenceATLHome7:30pm ET7:30pm ET12Saturday, July 3 FC Gold PrideATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET13Sunday, July 11 Boston BreakersBOSAway4:00pm ET4:00pm ET14Sunday, July 18 Sky Blue FCNJAway7:00pm ET7:00pm ET15Wednesday, July 21 Chicago Red StarsATLHome7:30pm ET7:30pm ET16Sunday, July 25 (FSC)Saint Louis AthleticaSTLAway8:30pm ET7:30pm CT17Sunday, August 1 (FSC)Washington FreedomATLHome5:00pm ET5:00pm ET18Saturday, August 7 Boston BreakersATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET19Wednesday, August 11 Chicago Red StarsCHIAway8:30pm ETTBD20Saturday, August 14Saint Louis AthleticaATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET21Saturday, August 21 Boston BreakersTBDAwayTBDTBD22Saturday, August 28 (FSC)FC Gold PrideATLHome7:00pm ET7:00pm ET23Sunday, September 5 (FSC)Sky Blue FCATLHomeTBDTBD24Sunday, September 12 (FSC)Washington FreedomWSHAwayTBDTBD
Five national broadcasts on FSC? This link below from the official site only shows four. What is the 5th game? ............ http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/schedule/2010-tv-schedule.aspx ................
if you check here there are 5 listed national broadcasts. I think the April 24 broadcast didn't show up on the TV schedule because it is a pre-season game BEFORE the home opener....but why are there 2 games listed for April 24 on the ATL schedule?? this is what it says for ATL's schedule.... Saturday, April 24, 2010 Washington Freedom vs Atlanta Beat Maryland Soccer Plex 4:00 p.m. FSC Saturday, April 24, 2010 Saturday, April 24, 2010 FC Gold Pride Atlanta Beat Pioneer Stadium 4:00 p.m. ...apparently we are now fielding 2 teams, so we can play in different places at the same time haha Maybe Shawn can provide some insight into this? Who plays who on April 24 and is it televised?
What is the timeline on availability of the jerseys and stuff like that? Not that it is the most important thing to worry about at the moment, but we don't seem to have anything.
