2023 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2023 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Steve Cooke
Stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
MLS Next Pro	10th Eastern; 19th Overall
MLS Next Pro Playoffs	DNQ
Top goalscorer	Nicolas Firmino (16)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 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	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Contracted Players
3	Fuad Adeniyi	MF	(1994-11-15) November 15, 1994 (age 30)	Tormenta FC	14	0
5	Toni Tiente	MF	(1997-10-25) October 25, 1997 (age 27)	Kalonji Pro-Profile	45	0
6	Nelson Orji	DF	(2002-04-05) April 5, 2002 (age 22)	Porto Academy	36	3
7	Luke Brennan	MF	(2005-02-24) February 24, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	53	6
8	Nicolas Firmino	MF	(2001-01-30) January 30, 2001 (age 23)	Union Omaha	61	19
9	Karim Tmimi	FW	(1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 28)	Georgia Gwinnett College	26	6
10	Jonantan Villal	MF	(2005-01-06) January 6, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	38	1
11	David Mejía	MF	(2003-08-23) August 23, 2003 (age 21)	Atlanta United Academy	60	8
14	Kofi Twumasi	MF	(1996-08-30) August 30, 1996 (age 28)	VfB Homberg	27	1
15	Matías Gallardo	MF	(2003-11-24) November 24, 2003 (age 21)	River Plate Academy	5	0
16	Chris Gloster	DF	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 24)	New York City	7	0
18	Alan Carleton	MF	(2005-03-20) March 20, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	31	0
22	Sebastián Guerra	GK	(2001-01-08) January 8, 2001 (age 23)	Atlético Nacional	5	0
33	Tyler Young	MF	(2000-12-11) December 11, 2000 (age 24)	Campbell University	8	0
34	Emenike Nwogu	MF	(2003-08-25) August 25, 2003 (age 21)	Superstar Football Academy	5	0
39	Adyn Torres	MF	(2007-11-13) November 13, 2007 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	10	0
Players Loaned From Atlanta United
2	Ronald Hernández	DF	(1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 27)	Aberdeen	3	0
4	Efrain Morales	DF	(2004-03-04) March 4, 2004 (age 20)	Atlanta United Academy	54	2
20	Justin Garces	GK	(2000-08-23) August 23, 2000 (age 24)	UCLA	24	0
21	Erik Centeno	MF	(2002-06-29) June 29, 2002 (age 22)	University of the Pacific	56	1
24	Noah Cobb	DF	(2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	55	3
25	Clément Diop	GK	(1993-10-13) October 13, 1993 (age 31)	New England Revolution	5	0
28	Tyler Wolff	MF	(2003-02-13) February 13, 2003 (age 21)	Atlanta United Academy	17	7
30	Machop Chol	MF	(1998-11-14) November 14, 1998 (age 26)	Atlanta United Academy	8	2
35	Ajani Fortune	MF	(2002-12-30) December 30, 2002 (age 21)	Atlanta United Academy	69	4
36	Jackson Conway	FW	(2001-12-03) December 3, 2001 (age 23)	Atlanta United Academy	88	28
77	Derrick Etienne	MF	(1996-11-25) November 25, 1996 (age 28)	Columbus Crew	1	0
85	Osvaldo Alonso	MF	(1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 39)	Minnesota United FC	1	0
Academy Call-Ups
38	Shawn Lanza	DF	(2006-03-19) March 19, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	15	0
40	Matthew Dejianne	FW	(2006-11-27) November 27, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	3	0
41	Jonathan Ransom	GK	(2008-01-08) January 8, 2008 (age 16)	Atlanta United Academy	0	0
42	Remi Okunlola	MF	(2005-06-22) June 22, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	4	0
43	Andrew de Gannes	DF	(2003-04-09) April 9, 2003 (age 21)	Atlanta United Academy	4	0
45	Joel Gonzalez	DF	(2005-01-21) January 21, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	0	0
46	Mathieu Brick	DF	(2005-01-10) January 10, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	5	0
48	Cooper Sanchez	MF	(2008-03-26) March 26, 2008 (age 16)	Atlanta United Academy	2	0
50	Rocket Ritarita	FW	(2007-04-16) April 16, 2007 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	5	0

Player movement

In

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

Out

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

Competitions

MLS Next Pro

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 45' 52' Adebayo-Smith 55' Awashie 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	López 4' Mejía 70' Diop 74'	Report	Nocita 24' Thomas 46' Salinas 52' Carmona 57' Sullivan 80' Mullings 83'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 541 Referee: Greg Dopka
	Penalties
	López Firmino Tmimi Adeniyi Tiente		Ssebuufu Carmona Edelman Salinas Ruiz

April 9 3	New York City II	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Queens, New York City
7:00 PM EDT	Haak 8' 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 58'	Report	Medina 46' Juninho 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	Firmino 10', 84' 77' Fortune 42' Brennan 45+1' Centeno 63'	Report	Ostrem 20' Glasgow 72'	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	McFadden 31' Tmimi 40' Brennan 86'	Report	Riasco 31' Westfield 45+1' Villero 55' Portella 70'	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 15' Meek 17' D'Agostini 24' McFadden 25' (o.g.) Sar-Sar 79' Perkovich 88'	Report	Wolff 1' Tmimi 4' Raimar 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 Medina Rivera Solis Taifi Almaguer		Raimar Brennan Firmino McFadden Tiente Carleton

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 Halsey Mills Marshall		Firmino Adeniyi Mejía Brennan Tiente

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' 57' Firmino 66', 68' Mejía 70', 90+3'	Report	Perkovich 22' Abadia-Reda 28' 34' Sar-Sar 89'	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 Habroune Knight Fuson Roberts Holstad Gannon		Raimar Conway Tmimi Firmino Tiente Twumasi Morales

June 18 15	Toronto FC II	0–0 (4–3 p)	Atlanta United 2	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT	Curic Altobelli Batiz Antonoglou Faria	Report	Conway Carleton Tmimi Villal Tiente	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 Tmimi Etienne Gallardo Adeniyi		Johnson Sunderland Sessock Sar-Sar

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	Total
1	MF	Nicolas Firmino	16	16
2	FW	Karim Tmimi	6	6
3	FW	Jackson Conway	5	5
4	MF	Luke Brennan	4	4
5	DF	Noah Cobb	3	3
5	MF	David Mejía	3	3
7	FW	Erik López	2	2
8	MF	Erik Centeno	1	1
	MF	Machop Chol	1	1
	MF	Ajani Fortune	1	1
	DF	Aiden McFadden	1	1
	DF	Efrain Morales	1	1
	DF	Nelson Orji	1	1
	DF	Raimar	1	1
	MF	Kofi Twumasi	1	1
	MF	Tyler Wolff	1	1
Own Goals			2	2
Total			50	50

References

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

[1] "Atlanta United 2 announces roster moves". ATLUTD. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023.

[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.

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Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Chicago Fire FC II FC Cincinnati 2 Columbus Crew 2 Crown Legacy FC Huntsville City FC Inter Miami CF II New England Revolution II New York City FC II New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Philadelphia Union II Toronto FC II
Western	Austin FC II Colorado Rapids 2 Houston Dynamo 2 Los Angeles FC 2 LA Galaxy II Minnesota United FC 2 North Texas SC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs San Jose Earthquakes II Sporting Kansas City II St. Louis City SC 2 Tacoma Defiance Whitecaps FC 2