Wednesday July 16th, 2025 2:24AM

Second WUSA championship game coming to Atlanta

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ATLANTA - Another championship game is coming to Atlanta. <br> <br> The Women&#39;s United Soccer Association said Wednesday that its second title game would be held August 24 at Herndon Stadium, home of the Atlanta Beat. <br> <br> The announcement came two days after Maryland won the NCAA men&#39;s basketball championship at the Georgia Dome, <br> <br> The inaugural WUSA Founders Cup game was held at Foxboro Stadium. The Beat lost to the Bay Area CyberRays in penalty kicks before a crowd of more than 21,000. <br> <br> The Beat is moving to 15,000-seat Herndon Stadium, on the downtown Morris Brown campus. The team played its first season at Georgia Tech&#39;s 42,000-seat Bobby Dodd Stadium. <br> <br> The Georgia Tech facility was unavailable due to renovations. <br> <br> A year ago, the Beat averaged a surprising 11,179 for its home games. The league average attendance was about 8,200.
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