2021 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2021 season
OwnerArthur Blank
PresidentDarren Eales
Head coachJack Collison
StadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
USL ChampionshipTBD
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 1,421
(6/9 v. SKC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 638
(7/7 v. IND)
Average home league attendance793
Biggest winATL 5–0 TUL (5/19)
Biggest defeatATL 0–4 BIR (9/22)
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The 2021 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's fourth year of existence as well as their fourth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Players

As of August 16, 2021.[1]
The squad of Atlanta United 2 will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to ATLUTD2, and Atlanta United Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with ATLUTD2 will retain their college eligibility.

Player movement

In

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred From Type Notes Date Source
14 MF 27 United States Robbie Mertz United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds Transfer December 12, 2020 [2]
1 GK 22 Argentina Rocco Ríos Novo Argentina Lanús Loan March 2, 2021 [3]
8 MF 26 England Chris Allan United States University of Charleston Transfer April 2, 2021 [4]
19 FW 24 Argentina Fernando Matías Benítez Argentina River Plate Loan April 2, 2021 [4]
10 FW 23 Venezuela Darwin Matheus Venezuela Zamora Transfer April 2, 2021 [4]
11 FW 22 England Connor Stanley England Manchester United Loan April 2, 2021 [4]
2 DF 26 United States Aiden McFadden United States University of Notre Dame Transfer Draft Pick April 21, 2021 [5]
15 FW 27 United States Alex Garuba United States Oakland Roots SC Transfer April 23, 2021 [6]

Out

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred To Type Notes Date Source
3 DF 30 The Gambia Modou Jadama United States FC Tulsa Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
8 MF 24 Scotland Daniel Steedman Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
10 MF 27 United States Amir Bashti Free Agent Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
11 MF 29 The Gambia Lamin Jawneh Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
14 MF 29 The Gambia Baboucarr Njie United States Rio Grande Valley FC Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
23 GK 25 United States Gabriel Rosario Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
31 DF 28 Denmark Patrick Nielsen Free Agent Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
36 FW 22 United States Jackson Conway United States Atlanta United FC Transfer HGP January 1, 2021 [8]
1 GK 29 United States Ben Lundgaard United States Atlanta United FC Transfer March 4, 2021 [9]
2 DF 29 England Jack Gurr United States Atlanta United FC Transfer April 5, 2021 [10]

Competitions

USL Championship

Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louisville City FC 32 18 7 7 61 37 +24 61 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Birmingham Legion FC 32 18 8 6 51 31 +20 60
3 Memphis 901 FC 32 14 10 8 47 42 +5 50
4 FC Tulsa 32 14 13 5 49 48 +1 47
5 OKC Energy FC 32 8 11 13 30 38 −8 37
6 Indy Eleven 32 9 15 8 32 47 −15 35
7 Atlanta United 2 32 8 14 10 47 56 −9 34[a]
8 Sporting Kansas City II 32 4 20 8 33 64 −31 20[a]
Source: USL
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.[11]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 7 8 9 38 38  0 29 4 6 3 25 17  +8 3 2 6 13 21  −8

Last updated: September 16, 2021.
Source: USL

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumAAAHHHHHAHAHHHAHAHHAAAAHHHAHAAAA
ResultLWDWDLWDLLDDLLWDLWDWLLWD
Position1677438357111110101210111177710101012
Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2021. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

April 24, 2021 USLC 1 Louisville City 2–0 Atlanta United 2 Louisville, Kentucky
7:30PM DelPiccolo 69', 87' Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
May 1, 2021 USLC 2 OKC Energy 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Report Goodrum 62' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,299
Referee: Brandon Stevis
May 16, 2021 USLC 3 OKC Energy 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 PM Bijev 36'
Osmond 65'		 Report Benítez 56'
Wolff 89'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,732
Referee: John Griggs
May 19, 2021 USLC 4 Atlanta United 2 5–0 FC Tulsa Kennesaw, Georgia
Allan 34'
McFadden 36', 39'
Wolff 45+2'
Gannon 80'		 Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
May 23, 2021 USLC 5 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Memphis 901 Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 pm McFadden 28', 90+3' Report Dacres 45'
Kissiedou 73'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 643
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 30, 2021 USLC 6 Atlanta United 2 0–1 Birmingham Legion Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 PM Report Lapa 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 794
Referee: Thomas Snyder
June 6, 2021 USLC 7 Atlanta United 2 1–0 Louisville City Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM McFadden 26' Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 835
Referee: Natalie Simon
June 9, 2021 USLC 8 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Sporting Kansas City II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Kamdem Fewo 67'
Gannon 74'		 Report Mushagalusa 61', 69' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Natalie Simon
June 16, 2021 USLC 9 Memphis 901 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Memphis, Tennessee
8:30 PM Thomas 75' Report Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 5,083
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
June 27, 2021 USLC 10 Atlanta United 2 1–2 OKC Energy Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Benítez 49' Report Stephenson 71'
Donovan 78'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 755
Referee: Jervis Atagana
July 3, 2021 USLC 11 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Memphis 901 Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Sebhatu 54'
Matheus 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Murphy 21', 27' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 706
Referee: Joshua Belk
July 7, 2021 USLC 12 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Indy Eleven Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Stanley 73' Report Hamilton 64' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 638
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 10, 2021 USLC 13 Atlanta United 2 0–1 Sporting Kansas City II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Report Mushagalusa 38' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 728
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
July 17, 2021 USLC 14 Louisville City 2–0 Atlanta United 2 Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM Matsoso 54'
McLaughlin 63'		 Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Referee: Gerald Flores
July 28, 2021 USLC 15 Atlanta United 2 2–1 FC Tulsa Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Macky Diop 25' (pen.)
Fortune 49'		 Report da Costa 55' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 769
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
July 31, 2021 USLC 16 Birmingham Legion 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Birmingham, Alabama
7:30 PM Brett 66' (pen.)
Flemmings 69'		 Report McFadden 35'
Matheus 90+6'		 Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: John Mattoa
August 4, 2021 USLC 17 Birmingham Legion 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 PM Williams 11'
Lopez 49'
Flemmings 51'		 Report Goodrum 9' Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Ben Meyer
August 8, 2021 USLC 18 Atlanta United 2 6–2 Indy Eleven Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Wolff 1', 6', 50'
Matheus 53'
Macky Diop 58'
Mejia 90+5'		 Report Moon 51'
Vassell 61'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 677
Referee: William Steffen
August 11, 2021 USLC 19 Atlanta United 2 2–2 OKC Energy Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Mertz 67'
Mejia 90+3'		 Report Bijev 39' (pen.), 76' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 14, 2021 USLC 20 Sporting Kansas City II 1–4 Atlanta United 2 Kansas City, Kansas
5:00 PM Barbir 86' Report Matheus 39'
Wolff 47'
Goodrum 54', 74'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 22, 2021 USLC 21 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4–1 Atlanta United 2 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Cicerone 4', 31', 66'
Williamson 26'		 Report Matheus 15' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 28, 2021 USLC 22 FC Tulsa 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 PM Sheldon 14'
Moloto 30', 34'		 Report Chol 17' Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
September 4, 2021 USLC 23 Indy Eleven 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Indianapolis, Indiana
6:00 PM CDT Report McFadden 26' Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 4,999
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 15, 2021 USLC 24 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Charleston Battery Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Conway 11' Report Crawford 60' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 18, 2021 USLC 25 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Bauer Yellow card 28'
Ambrose Yellow card 71'		 Report Guenzatti 2', 45+1'
Dalgaard Yellow card 27'
Scarlett Yellow card 53'
Wyke Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 699
Referee: Melvin Rivas
September 22, 2021 USLC 26 Atlanta United 2 0–4 Birmingham Legion Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Conway Yellow card 47'
Matheus Yellow card 56'
Kamdem Fewo Yellow card 88'		 Report Vancaeyezeele 17'
Servania Yellow card 71'
Brett 78', 90+3'
Kasim 82'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 717
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 25, 2021 USLC 27 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Flores Yellow card 19'
Amoh 30'
Diz 49', Yellow card 84'
Fjeldberg 65'
Njie Yellow card 72'
Azócar Yellow card 90+3'
F> López Yellow card 90+8'
Ycaza Yellow card 90+9'		 Report Macky Diop 3'
Kamdem Fewo Yellow card 26'
Matheus 44'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
September 29, 2021 USLC 28 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Louisville City Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Goodrum Yellow card 31'
Bauer 40'		 Report Lancaster 51'
Gómez Yellow card 60'
Davis Yellow card 84'
DelPiccolo Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 680
Referee: John Griggs
October 2, 2021 USLC 29 Indy Eleven 1–1 Atlanta United 2 Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Ayoze Yellow card 15'
Wild Yellow card 25'
Koffie Yellow card 50'
Arteaga 53'
Seagrist Yellow card 90+4'
Farr Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Benítez Yellow card 67'
Mertz Yellow card 85'
McFadden 90+5'
Macky Diop Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 7,999
Referee: Greg Dopka
October 13, 2021 USLC 30 Sporting Kansas City II 0–3 Atlanta United 2 Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM Davis Yellow card 44'
Cisneros 69'
Mushagalusa Yellow card 76'		 Report Bauer Yellow card 79'
Matheus Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Note: Match forfeited by league to ATL due to Jake Davis' ineligibility (one match suspension for card accumulation).[12]
October 16, 2021 USLC 31 Memphis 901 FC 4–2 Atlanta United 2 Memphis, Tennessee
6:00 PM Segbers Yellow card 43'
Lamah 50'
Dacres 53'
Murphy 60'
Winn 69'		 Report Macky Diop Yellow card 37', 44' (pen.)
Fortune 64'
Washington Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 4,482
Referee: Gerald Flores
October 20, 2021 USLC 32 FC Tulsa 4–0 Atlanta United 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 PM Da Costa 17'
Johnson 21'
Garcia 23'
Marlon Yellow card 34'
Wormell Yellow card 70'
Coutinho 90+1'		 Report Washington Yellow card 31'
Cobb Yellow card 83'
McFadden Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,730
Referee: Mark Allatin

Statistics

Top Scorers

As of October 20, 2021
Place Position Name USLC Playoffs Total
1 DF/MF United States Aiden McFadden 8 0 8
2 MF Venezuela Darwin Matheus 6 0 6
FW United States Tyler Wolff 6 0 6
4 FW United States Phillip Goodrum 4 0 4
FW Senegal Amadou Macky Diop 4 0 4
5 FW Argentina Fernando Matías Benítez 2 0 2
MF Trinidad and Tobago Ajani Fortune 2 0 2
MF United States Coleman Gannon 2 0 2
MF United States David Mejia 2 0 2
9 MF England Chris Allan 1 0 1
MF South Sudan Machop Chol 1 0 1
FW United States Jackson Conway 1 0 1
MF Senegal Abdoulaye Diop 1 0 1
DF France Bradley Kamdem Fewo 1 0 1
MF United States Robbie Mertz 1 0 1
MF United States Danial Sebhatu 1 0 1
MF England Connor Stanley 1 0 1
Total 44 0 44

Appearances and goals

As of October 20, 2020

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Rocco Ríos Novo 20 0 20 0 0 0
2 DF United States USA Aiden McFadden 29 8 27+2 8 0 0
3 DF United States USA Alex DeJohn 3 0 3 0 0 0
4 FW United States USA Luke Brennan 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 MF United States USA Will Reilly 10 0 6+4 0 0 0
5 MF Senegal SEN Abdoulaye Diop 16 1 11+5 1 0 0
6 DF France FRA Bradley Kamdem Fewo 28 1 22+6 1 0 0
7 FW Senegal SEN Amadou Macky Diop 19 4 12+7 4 0 0
8 MF England ENG Chris Allan 18 1 17+1 1 0 0
9 FW United States USA Phillip Goodrum 18 4 5+13 4 0 0
10 MF Venezuela VEN Darwin Matheus 31 6 17+14 6 0 0
11 MF England ENG Connor Stanley 28 1 16+12 1 0 0
12 DF Venezuela VEN Ronald Hernández 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 DF United States USA Caleb Wiley 22 0 22 0 0 0
14 MF United States USA Robbie Mertz 28 1 26+2 1 0 0
15 FW United States USA Alex Garuba 11 0 1+10 0 0 0
16 FW Paraguay PAR Erik López 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 GK United States USA Ben Lundgaard 4 0 4 0 0 0
19 FW Argentina ARG Fernando Matías Benítez 22 2 14+8 2 0 0
20 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Rossetto 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF United States USA David Mejia 16 2 7+9 2 0 0
22 FW United States USA Coleman Gannon 6 2 1+5 2 0 0
23 GK Chile CHI Vicente Reyes 3 0 3 0 0 0
24 DF United States USA Josh Bauer 27 0 23+4 0 0 0
25 GK United States USA Alec Kann 5 0 5 0 0 0
26 DF United States USA Mathieu Brick 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 DF United States USA Bryce Washington 21 0 21 0 0 0
28 FW United States USA Tyler Wolff 9 6 9 6 0 0
30 FW South Sudan SSD Machop Chol 3 1 3 1 0 0
32 DF United States USA George Campbell 5 0 5 0 0 0
33 DF United States USA Mikey Ambrose 5 0 5 0 0 0
34 MF United States USA Brendan Lambe 10 0 4+6 0 0 0
35 DF United States USA Efrain Morales 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
36 FW United States USA Jackson Conway 6 1 5+1 1 0 0
37 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Ajani Fortune 23 2 16+7 2 0 0
39 MF United States USA Noah Cobb 11 0 9+2 0 0 0
40 MF United States USA Danial Sebhatu 5 1 3+2 1 0 0
41 MF United States USA Jonantan Villal 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
43 DF United States USA Nigel Prince 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club:
26 DF England ENG Jack Gurr 1 0 1 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Players". USL. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Robbie Mertz". ATLUTD. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlanta United 2 acquires Rocco Ríos Novo on loan for 2021 season". ATLUTD. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Atlanta United 2 acquires four players". ATLUTD. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Aiden McFadden". ATLUTD. April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Alexander Garuba". ATLUTD. April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "announce year-end roster moves". ATLUTD. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Atlanta United signs Jackson Conway as Homegrown player". ATLUTD. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Atlanta United signs Ben Lundgaard from ATL UTD 2". ATLUTD. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United signs Jack Gurr". ATLUTD. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  12. ^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. United Soccer Leagues. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.