2023 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2023 season
OwnerArthur Blank
PresidentGarth Lagerwey
Head coachSteve Cooke
StadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
MLS Next Pro10th Eastern
19th Overall
MLS Next Pro PlayoffsDNQ
Top goalscorerNicolas Firmino (16)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of September 30, 2023.

The 2023 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's sixth year of existence as well as their first season in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Club

Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Apps Goals
Contracted Players
3 Fuad Adeniyi England MF (1994-11-15) November 15, 1994 (age 30) United States Tormenta FC 14 0
5 Toni Tiente Cameroon MF (1997-10-25) October 25, 1997 (age 27) United States Kalonji Pro-Profile 45 0
6 Nelson Orji Nigeria DF (2002-04-05) April 5, 2002 (age 22) Portugal Porto Academy 36 3
7 Luke Brennan United States MF (2005-02-24) February 24, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 53 6
8 Nicolas Firmino Brazil MF (2001-01-30) January 30, 2001 (age 23) United States Union Omaha 61 19
9 Karim Tmimi France FW (1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 28) United States Georgia Gwinnett College 26 6
10 Jonantan Villal Mexico MF (2005-01-06) January 6, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 38 1
11 David Mejía Peru MF (2003-08-23) August 23, 2003 (age 21) United States Atlanta United Academy 60 8
14 Kofi Twumasi Ghana MF (1996-08-30) August 30, 1996 (age 28) Germany VfB Homberg 27 1
15 Matías Gallardo Argentina MF (2003-11-24) November 24, 2003 (age 21) Argentina River Plate Academy 5 0
16 Chris Gloster United States DF (2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 24) United States New York City 7 0
18 Alan Carleton United States MF (2005-03-20) March 20, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 31 0
22 Sebastián Guerra Colombia GK (2001-01-08) January 8, 2001 (age 23) Colombia Atlético Nacional 5 0
33 Tyler Young United States MF (2000-12-11) December 11, 2000 (age 24) United States Campbell University 8 0
34 Emenike Nwogu Nigeria MF (2003-08-25) August 25, 2003 (age 21) Nigeria Superstar Football Academy 5 0
39 Adyn Torres United States MF (2007-11-13) November 13, 2007 (age 17) United States Atlanta United Academy 10 0
Players Loaned From Atlanta United
2 Ronald Hernández Venezuela DF (1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 27) Scotland Aberdeen 3 0
4 Efrain Morales Bolivia DF (2004-03-04) March 4, 2004 (age 20) United States Atlanta United Academy 54 2
20 Justin Garces United States GK (2000-08-23) August 23, 2000 (age 24) United States UCLA 24 0
21 Erik Centeno United States MF (2002-06-29) June 29, 2002 (age 22) United States University of the Pacific 56 1
24 Noah Cobb United States DF (2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 55 3
25 Clément Diop Cameroon GK (1993-10-13) October 13, 1993 (age 31) United States New England Revolution 5 0
28 Tyler Wolff United States MF (2003-02-13) February 13, 2003 (age 21) United States Atlanta United Academy 17 7
30 Machop Chol South Sudan MF (1998-11-14) November 14, 1998 (age 26) United States Atlanta United Academy 8 2
35 Ajani Fortune Trinidad and Tobago MF (2002-12-30) December 30, 2002 (age 22) United States Atlanta United Academy 69 4
36 Jackson Conway United States FW (2001-12-03) December 3, 2001 (age 23) United States Atlanta United Academy 88 28
77 Derrick Etienne Haiti MF (1996-11-25) November 25, 1996 (age 28) United States Columbus Crew 1 0
85 Osvaldo Alonso Cuba MF (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 39) United States Minnesota United FC 1 0
Academy Call-Ups
38 Shawn Lanza United States DF (2006-03-19) March 19, 2006 (age 18) United States Atlanta United Academy 15 0
40 Matthew Dejianne United States FW (2006-11-27) November 27, 2006 (age 18) United States Atlanta United Academy 3 0
41 Jonathan Ransom United States GK (2008-01-08) January 8, 2008 (age 16) United States Atlanta United Academy 0 0
42 Remi Okunlola United States MF (2005-06-22) June 22, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 4 0
43 Andrew de Gannes Trinidad and Tobago DF (2003-04-09) April 9, 2003 (age 21) United States Atlanta United Academy 4 0
45 Joel Gonzalez United States DF (2005-01-21) January 21, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 0 0
46 Mathieu Brick United States DF (2005-01-10) January 10, 2005 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 5 0
48 Cooper Sanchez United States MF (2008-03-26) March 26, 2008 (age 16) United States Atlanta United Academy 2 0
50 Rocket Ritarita United States FW (2007-04-16) April 16, 2007 (age 17) United States Atlanta United Academy 5 0

Player movement

In

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred From Type Notes Date Source
22 GK 23 Colombia Sebastián Guerra Colombia Atlético Nacional Transfer January 13, 2023 [1]
14 MF 28 Ghana Kofi Twumasi Germany VfB Homberg Transfer January 13, 2023 [2]
9 FW 28 France Karim Tmimi United States Georgia Gwinnett College Transfer January 13, 2023 [3]
33 MF 24 United States Tyler Young United States Campbell University Transfer SuperDraft Pick March 2, 2023 [4]
7 MF 19 United States Luke Brennan United States Atlanta United Academy Transfer March 9, 2023 [5]
18 MF 19 United States Alan Carleton United States Atlanta United Academy Transfer March 15, 2023 [6]
3 DF 30 England Fuad Adeniyi United States Tormenta FC Transfer March 16, 2023 [7]
39 MF 17 United States Adyn Torres United States Atlanta United Academy Transfer May 5, 2023 [8]
15 MF 21 Argentina Matías Gallardo Argentina River Plate Academy Transfer July 27, 2023 [9]
16 DF 24 United States Chris Gloster United States New York City Transfer July 27, 2023 [10]

Out

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred To Type Notes Date Source
8 MF 22 Trinidad and Tobago Ajani Fortune United States Atlanta United FC Transfer Homegrown Contract January 1, 2023
10 MF 23 Venezuela Darwin Matheus Croatia Istra 1961 Transfer Free January 1, 2023
21 FW 25 United States Tristan Trager United States Charleston Battery Out of Contract January 1, 2023
39 DF 19 United States Noah Cobb United States Atlanta United FC Transfer Homegrown Contract January 1, 2023
23 GK 21 Chile Vicente Reyes England Norwich City Transfer Undisclosed July 1, 2023 [11]
12 DF 22 Brazil Raimar Portugal Nacional Transfer Undisclosed July 17, 2023 [12]

Competitions

MLS Next Pro

Main article: 2023 MLS Next Pro season

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos Div Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
8 NE New York City FC II 28 12 1 3 12 60 55 +5 41
9 CT Huntsville City FC 28 9 4 3 12 48 45 +3 38
10 CT Atlanta United 2 28 9 2 4 13 50 52 −2 35
11 NE Toronto FC II 28 6 3 5 14 43 57 −14 29
12 CT FC Cincinnati 2 28 7 2 2 17 37 65 −28 27
Source: MLSNP Eastern Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Awards
17 Huntsville City FC 28 9 4 3 12 48 45 +3 38
18 North Texas SC 28 9 1 7 11 43 45 −2 36
19 Atlanta United 2 28 9 2 4 13 50 52 −2 35
20 Portland Timbers 2 28 11 0 1 16 40 63 −23 34 U.S. Open Cup First Round
21 Whitecaps FC 2 28 8 3 4 13 36 49 −13 34
Source: MLSNP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results summary

Matches

March 26 1 Atlanta United 2 2–3 New England Revolution II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Raimar 82'
Firmino 90' (pen.)		 Report McFadden 37' (o.g.)
Rozhansky Yellow card 45' 52'
Adebayo-Smith Yellow card 55'
Awashie Yellow card 73'
Cayet 60'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 463
April 2 2 Atlanta United 2 1–1
(4–5 p)		 New York Red Bulls II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 541
Referee: Greg Dopka
Penalties
López soccer ball with check mark
Firmino soccer ball with red X
Tmimi soccer ball with check mark
Adeniyi soccer ball with check mark
Tiente soccer ball with check mark		 Ssebuufu soccer ball with check mark
Carmona soccer ball with check mark
Edelman soccer ball with check mark
Salinas soccer ball with check mark
Ruiz soccer ball with check mark
April 9 3 New York City II 2–0 Atlanta United 2 Queens, New York City
7:00 PM EDT Haak 8' Yellow card 21'
Jasson 77'		 Report Stadium: Belson Stadium
April 16 4 Atlanta United 2 3–1 Orlando City B Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT López 25' (pen.)
Firmino 45+2', 56'
McFadden Yellow card 58'		 Report Medina Yellow card 46'
Juninho Yellow card 76'
Acuña 90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Anya Voigt
April 22 5 Atlanta United 2 2–0 Chicago Fire II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Austin Saini
April 30 6 Atlanta United 2 1–0 Philadelphia Union II Kennesaw, Georgia
6:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 7 7 Inter Miami II 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6:30 PM EDT Reyes Yellow card 15'
Meek 17'
D'Agostini Yellow card 24'
McFadden 25' (o.g.)
Sar-Sar Yellow card 79'
Perkovich 88'		 Report Wolff 1'
Tmimi 4'
Raimar Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
May 14 8 Atlanta United 2 1–2 Crown Legacy Kennesaw, Georgia
5:00 PM EDT Morales 44' Report Mello 4'
Filipović 73'
 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
May 19 9 Orlando City B 2–2
(4–5 p)		 Atlanta United 2 Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Lynn 52', 68' Report Tmimi 6'
Brennan 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Penalties
Lynn soccer ball with check mark
Medina soccer ball with red X
Rivera soccer ball with check mark
Solis soccer ball with check mark
Taifi soccer ball with check mark
Almaguer soccer ball with red X		 Raimar soccer ball with check mark
Brennan soccer ball with red X
Firmino soccer ball with check mark
McFadden soccer ball with check mark
Tiente soccer ball with check mark
Carleton soccer ball with check mark
May 25 10 FC Cincinnati 2 1–1
(3–2 p)		 Atlanta United 2 Highland Heights, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT Stitz 73' Report Tmimi 2' Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium
Referee: DeShun Beard
Penalties
Stitz soccer ball with check mark
Halsey soccer ball with check mark
Mills soccer ball with check mark
Marshall soccer ball with red X		 Firmino soccer ball with red X
Adeniyi soccer ball with check mark
Mejía soccer ball with check mark
Brennan soccer ball with red X
Tiente soccer ball with red X
May 28 11 Atlanta United 2 2–0 Toronto FC II Kennesaw, Georgia
6:00 PM EDT Gavran 29' (o.g.)
Tmimi 49'		 Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Anya Voigt
June 4 12 Atlanta United 2 5–0 Inter Miami II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Centeno 16' Yellow card 57'
Firmino 66', 68'
Mejía 70', 90+3'		 Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Shawn Tehini
June 9 13 Philadelphia Union II 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Olney 57' Report Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
June 15 14 Columbus Crew 2 2–2
(6–5 p)		 Atlanta United 2 Columbus, Ohio
7:00 PM EDT Rayo 9'
Adu-Gyamfi 90+3'		 Report Firmino 58'
Conway 76'		 Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
Penalties
Mohamed soccer ball with check mark
Habroune soccer ball with check mark
Knight soccer ball with check mark
Fuson soccer ball with check mark
Roberts soccer ball with red X
Holstad soccer ball with check mark
Gannon soccer ball with check mark		 Raimar soccer ball with red X
Conway soccer ball with check mark
Tmimi soccer ball with check mark
Firmino soccer ball with check mark
Tiente soccer ball with check mark
Twumasi soccer ball with check mark
Morales soccer ball with red X
June 18 15 Toronto FC II 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Atlanta United 2 Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT Curic soccer ball with check mark
Altobelli soccer ball with check mark
Batiz soccer ball with red X
Antonoglou soccer ball with check mark
Faria soccer ball with check mark		 Report Conway soccer ball with check mark
Carleton soccer ball with check mark
Tmimi soccer ball with red X
Villal soccer ball with red X
Tiente soccer ball with check mark		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Jérémie Blanchette
June 25 16 Atlanta United 2 4–2 New York City II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Conway 59' (pen.)
McFadden 67'
Firmino 74', 84'		 Report Myers 23'
Arévalo 50'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 9 17 Crown Legacy 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Matthews, North Carolina
5:00 PM EDT Agyemang 42', 44'
Guilherme 84'		 Report Brennan 68' Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Referee: Chris Ruska
July 16 18 Orlando City B 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Cobb 29' (o.g.)
Acuña 75'
Rivera 76'		 Report Conway 45' (pen.)
Firmino 60'		 Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Referee: Emma Richards
July 23 19 Atlanta United 2 2–4 Huntsville City Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Brennan 7'
Firmino 45'		 Report Bolanos 25'
Liadi 73'
Perry 80'
Amiche 87'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Cameron Siler
July 28 20 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Columbus Crew 2 Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Report Habroune 50'
Gannon 60'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
August 4 21 Chicago Fire II 2–1 Atlanta United 2 Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM EDT Bezerra 45'
Monis 57'		 Report Gal 90+5' (o.g.) Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Referee: Melvin Rivas
August 9 22 Atlanta United 2 3–1 Crown Legacy Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Cobb 30'
Orji 45'
Firmino 55'		 Report Tavares 19' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
August 13 23 New England Revolution II 5–1 Atlanta United 2 Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT Rivera 8'
Adebayo-Smith 67', 90'
Bajraktarevic 80'
Okello 90+4'		 Report Conway 19'
 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Adam Mitchell
August 21 24 New York Red Bulls II 4–2 Atlanta United 2 Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Kasule 20', 60'
Ssebuufu 28'
Carmona 39'		 Report Firmino 18'
Brennan 78'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Referee: Stephen Foster
September 2 25 Atlanta United 2 3–1 FC Cincinnati 2 Kennesaw, Georgia
5:00 PM EDT Tmimi 15'
Fortune 30'
Firmino 81'		 Report Stitz 57' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
September 10 26 Huntsville City 1–2 Atlanta United 2 Huntsville, Alabama
7:00 PM EDT Skinner 45+1' Report Chol 49'
Conway 90+6'		 Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 17 27 Atlanta United 2 3–3
(5–3 p)		 Inter Miami II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Cobb 42'
Firmino 68'
Twumasi 81'		 Report Sunderland 3', 44'
Hall 35'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Shawn Tehini
Penalties
Firmino soccer ball with check mark
Tmimi soccer ball with check mark
Etienne soccer ball with check mark
Gallardo soccer ball with check mark
Adeniyi soccer ball with check mark		 Johnson soccer ball with red X
Sunderland soccer ball with check mark
Sessock soccer ball with check mark
Sar-Sar soccer ball with check mark
September 24 28 Columbus Crew 2 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Columbus, Ohio
2:00 PM EDT Micaletto 2'
Mohamed 19'
Rayo 31' (pen.)		 Report Cobb 37'
Mejía 82'		 Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium
Referee: Drew Klemp

Statistics

Top Scorers

As of September 30, 2023
Place Position Name MLS Next Pro Playoffs Total
1 MF Brazil Nicolas Firmino 16 0 16
2 FW France Karim Tmimi 6 0 6
3 FW United States Jackson Conway 5 0 5
4 MF United States Luke Brennan 4 0 4
5 DF United States Noah Cobb 3 0 3
MF Peru David Mejía 3 0 3
7 FW Paraguay Erik López 2 0 2
8 MF United States Erik Centeno 1 0 1
MF South Sudan Machop Chol 1 0 1
MF Trinidad and Tobago Ajani Fortune 1 0 1
DF United States Aiden McFadden 1 0 1
DF Bolivia Efrain Morales 1 0 1
DF Nigeria Nelson Orji 1 0 1
DF Brazil Raimar 1 0 1
MF Ghana Kofi Twumasi 1 0 1
MF United States Tyler Wolff 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 2
Total 50 0 50

References

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  2. ^ "Atlanta United 2 announces roster moves". ATLUTD. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Atlanta United 2 announces roster moves". ATLUTD. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs forward Tyler Young". ATLUTD. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs forward Luke Brennan". ATLUTD. March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs midfielder Alan Carleton". ATLUTD. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs defender Fuad Adeniyi". ATLUTD. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Adyn Torres". ATLUTD. May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Matías Gallardo and Chris Gloster". ATLUTD. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Matías Gallardo and Chris Gloster". ATLUTD. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  11. ^ "Atlanta United agrees to transfer Vicente Reyes to Norwich City F.C." June 26, 2023.
  12. ^ "C.D. Nacional snap up two youngsters". July 17, 2023.