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KENNESAW, GA (April 14, 2011) – The Atlanta Beat of Women’s Professional Soccer take on Sky Blue FC (NY/NJ) at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16 at KSU Soccer in the second of three straight Atlanta home games.
The Beat went undefeated in preseason (8-0), giving up only one goal, but they suffered a tough loss to the Boston Breakers in last week’s home opener. In that match, the Beat outshot the Breakers 9-3 in the second half with all Beat attempts on goal. Despite settling into play late in the first half and throughout much of the second, the Beat were unable to come away with the result.
“I think it was a really good start for our young team,” said head coach James Galanis. “We prepared well in the pre-season, but we were unsure of where we stood at the WPS level. I knew that the team could compete but the players needed to see it for themselves. At the end of the game the players realized that they can compete at this level. That was a big psychological accomplishment for the entire team.
We lost 4-1 but played fantastic soccer for a lot of the game and had our opponent on their heels for most of the second half. Three of the goals we conceded were created from our own fixable errors. Apart from our errors we did really well. I’m proud of the team.”
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