So The Beat Are Entering Preseason With 19 Players?

Discussion in 'Atlanta Beat' started by DemitriMaximoffX, Mar 1, 2011.

  1. ForeverLOST108

    ForeverLOST108 Member+

    Jan 23, 2010
    Orlando
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As did Chicago. I think we all realize preseason shows no implications of success in WPS. Seeing as 5 goals might be the most they score in their first few months of WPS, they should enjoy it now..
     
  2. DemitriMaximoffX

    Aug 19, 2006
    I think they could put up 7-8 on Clemson easily.
     
  3. Soccer1161

    Soccer1161 New Member

    Oct 17, 2006
    Heard The Beat won 1-0 against Auburn. Not sure how The Beat played, but heard Auburn missed 2 breakaways. Well, it's just preseason.
     
  4. RUfan

    RUfan Member

    Dec 11, 2004
    NJ
    Club:
    Sky Blue FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Up to 21 after second round of cuts:

    Katie Bethke
    Kerri Butler
    Lori Chalupny
    Bianca D'Agostino
    Keeley Dowling
    Colleen Flanagan
    Megan Jesolva
    Kristina Larsen
    Meghan Lenczyk
    Allison Lipsher
    Carli Lloyd
    Analisa Marquez
    Heather Mitts
    Katherine Reynolds
    Angela Salem
    Lauren Sesselmann
    Vendula Strnadova
    India Trotter
    Catherine Whitehill
    Allison Whitworth
    Kylie Wright
     
  5. Ex_SkyBlueFC_GM

    Ex_SkyBlueFC_GM New Member

    Dec 16, 2010
    Yikes......all I can say
     
  6. Cville K C

    Cville K C Member

    Nov 3, 2008
    Collinsville, IL
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It appears they picked up D'Agostino who had been in Philadelphia's camp I think and earlier had picked up Marquez who used to be with Boston and had been in WNY's camp.

    So if you break this down, just considering what we know from past seasons:

    Legit starters: Chalupny, Dowling, Lloyd, Mitts, and Whitehill.
    Marginal/part-time starters: Sesselmann, Lipsher, Trotter, Whitworth.
    WPS Players with little or no experience: Larsen, Marquez, Reynolds, Salem.
    Pure rookies: Bethke, Butler, D'Agostino, Flanagan, Jesolva, Lenczyk, Strnadova, Wright.

    This looks very much like what a true expansion team should look like, except that they aren't and most WPS expansion teams don't.
     
  7. katndogs

    katndogs New Member

    Aug 21, 2010
    atl
    Club:
    Atlanta Beat
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Yes, that pretty much sums it up. Except, expansion teams typically pick up quality players in the draft, but instead, we passed on Press in order to get Wright, because clearly, we needed to stock up on mediocre midfielders...
     
  8. DemitriMaximoffX

    Aug 19, 2006
    So we're calling players mediocre now before they've played a minute of action in the league? Really?
     
  9. katndogs

    katndogs New Member

    Aug 21, 2010
    atl
    Club:
    Atlanta Beat
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Good point. I'll retract, how about that? I'll revise my statement to "because clearly, we needed to stock up on midfielders who have no or little WPS experience, and who didn't seem to be the cream of the crop in terms of the draft".
     

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