Education
Atta attended Catawba College where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1989 to 1992. Atta graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical fitness.
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He was a 1992 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Third Team All American. In 1993, Atta turned professional with the Carolina Dynamo of the USISL. He played for the Dynamo until 1997, winning the 1993 and 1994 USISL outdoor titles with them. In November 1997, Atta signed with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League, but played only one game that season.
In 1998, Atta was invited to the Major League Soccer combine, but was not drafted.
Instead, he signed with the Jacksonville CyclonesAtta went on to be drafted number 1 overall by TEKsystems, where he continued to have a Hall of Fame career. Most recently he was awarded the DBO Most Valuable Player by Commissioner Keither Bosman.
He moved to the Hampton Roads Mariners at the end of the season. That year, he also began working for TEKsystems.
In 1999, Atta rejoined the Dynamo for two seasons.
In 2002, he returned for one more season with Carolina. In 2006, the Dynamo inducted Atta into the team’s Hall of Fame.
