Full name | Atlanta United 2 | ||
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Founded | November 14, 2017 | ||
Stadium | Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, Georgia | ||
Capacity | 8,318 | ||
Owner | Arthur Blank | ||
President | Garth Lagerwey | ||
Head coach | Steve Cooke | ||
League | MLS Next Pro | ||
2023 | 10th, Eastern Conference Playoffs: DNQ | ||
Website | Club website | ||
Atlanta United 2 are the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United FC. The team plays in MLS Next Pro, the official reserve league of MLS. The team was established on November 14, 2017 and began their first professional season in March 2018.
In November 2017, the USL, a Division II sanctioned league by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), announced that Major League Soccer's Atlanta United had acquired a USL affiliate team and would begin play in the 2018 season. [1] On January 9, 2018, the team name was revealed as Atlanta United 2. [2]
MLS announced that it would be one of the next eight teams to join MLS Next Pro in 2023. [3]
The team played their inaugural season at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with a capacity of 7,362 for soccer games. [4] Coolray Field is a Triple-A baseball stadium originally built in 2008 for the Gwinnett Stripers, [5] the Atlanta Braves Triple-A affiliate. The stadium has been fitted for semi-professional soccer in a standard baseball to soccer pitch configuration. [4]
The premium boxes and all stadium areas will still be available for soccer games, and the field will also be the same standard length at 70 by 110 yards (64 m × 101 m). [6]
Atlanta United 2 announced, on December 14, 2018, that they would play their 2019 home matches at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia. [7]
Role | Name | Nation |
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Head coach | Steve Cooke | England |
Assistant coach | José Silva | United States |
Goalkeeper coach | Lewis Sharpe | England |
Season | USL Championship | Playoffs | Top Scorer | Head Coach | Team Captain(s) | ||||||||
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P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||
2018 | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 37 | 72 | 31 | 14th, Eastern | DNQ | Jon Gallagher | 6 | Scott Donnelly | Jack Metcalf |
2019 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 45 | 77 | 35 | 14th, Eastern | Bienvenue Kanakimana | 7 | Stephen Glass | ||
2020 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 4th, Group H | Jackson Conway Amadou Macky Diop | 6 | Stephen Glass Tony Annan | Modou Jadama | |
2021 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 34 | 7th, Central | Aiden McFadden | 8 | Tony Annan Jack Collison | Bradley Kamdem | |
2022 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 39 | 85 | 23 | 13th, Eastern | Jackson Conway | 11 | Jack Collison | Ajani Fortune | |
Season | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | Top Scorer | Head Coach | Team Captain(s) | ||||||||
P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||
2023 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 52 | 35 | 10th Eastern | DNQ | Nicolas Firmino | 16 | Steve Cooke | Kofi Twumasi |
2024 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 64 | 32 | 13th Eastern | Karim Tmimi | 9 | Javier Armas | ||
# | Pos. | Name | Nation | Career | USL | MLSNP | Total |
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1 | Forward | Jackson Conway | United States | 2018–2023 | 74 | 14 | 88 |
2 | Midfielder | Nicolas Firmino | Brazil | 2022– | 34 | 47 | 81 |
3 | Midfielder | Erik Centeno | United States | 2022– | 30 | 46 | 76 |
4 | Midfielder | Ajani Fortune | Trinidad and Tobago | 2020–2023 | 58 | 11 | 69 |
Defender | Efrain Morales | Bolivia | 2020– | 34 | 35 | 69 |
# | Pos. | Name | Nation | Career | USL | MLSNP | Total |
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1 | Forward | Jackson Conway | United States | 2018–2023 | 23 | 5 | 28 |
2 | Midfielder | Nicolas Firmino | Brazil | 2022– | 3 | 19 | 22 |
3 | Midfielder | Karim Tmimi | France | 2023– | 0 | 15 | 15 |
4 | Midfielder | Luke Brennan | United States | 2022– | 2 | 8 | 10 |
5 | Forward | Amadou Macky Diop | Senegal | 2020–2021 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Forward | Darwin Matheus | Venezuela | 2021–2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
Midfielder | Aiden McFadden | United States | 2021–2024 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
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