Atlanta Beat to play W-League’s Tampa Bay

The Atlanta Beat announced Thursday night that it will play this Saturday against the Tampa Bay Hellenic of the W-League in a friendly match following the folding of St. Louis Athletica.

The game will be played at 7 p.m. at the Kennesaw State soccer complex, the same time and venue as the regularly-scheduled Women’s Professional Soccer League game was to have taken place.

Beat fans who held tickets for the St. Louis game can use them for admission, and they will get a discount on a future home game against a WPS opponent.

In a public statement, Beat general manager Shawn McGee said a revamped league schedule is expected to be announced next Tuesday, June 1. And this:

“Women’s soccer deserves a place within the national pro sports landscape, and you have our word that we are working hard every day to ensure that your Atlanta Beat and Women’s Professional Soccer are a success.”