League Suspension
The WUSA announced on September 15, 2003 that it was suspending operations. Several former Beat players went on to play for the Atlanta Silverbacks Women in the W-League, and four -- Briana Scurry, Sharolta Nonen, Homare Sawa and Ifeoma Dieke—played in Women's Professional Soccer.
It was announced on October 7, 2009 that the Atlanta Beat would be joining WPS. On June 17, 2009 the new Atlanta Beat announced that Shawn McGee would be the General Manager of the recently reformed team.
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