2024 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2024 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Steve Cooke
Stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of May 4, 2024.

The 2024 Atlanta United 2 season is the team's seventh year of existence as well as their second season in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Club[edit]

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Contracted Players
36	Ramzi Qawasmy	DF	(1999-11-30) November 30, 1999 (age 24)	Louisville City	4	0
41	Alan Carleton	MF	(2005-03-20) March 20, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	36	0
42	Jayden Hibbert	GK	(2004-08-05) August 5, 2004 (age 19)	UConn	1	0
45	Noble Okello	MF	(2000-07-20) July 20, 2000 (age 23)	New England Revolution II	7	0
47	Matthew Edwards	DF	(2003-02-16) February 16, 2003 (age 21)	University of North Carolina	15	0
55	Matías Gallardo	MF	(2003-11-24) November 24, 2003 (age 20)	River Plate Academy	12	0
62	Ashton Gordon	FW	(2007-04-14) April 14, 2007 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	2	0
75	Jacob Williams	DF	(1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 24)	Crown Legacy	6	0
86	Javier Armas	MF	(2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24)	Oregon State University	7	3
88	John Berner	GK	(1991-02-14) February 14, 1991 (age 33)	Huntsville City	4	0
96	Daniel Russo	DF	(2002-03-24) March 24, 2002 (age 22)	Notre Dame	2	0
99	Karim Tmimi	FW	(1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 27)	Georgia Gwinnett College	33	8
Players Loaned From Atlanta United
2	Ronald Hernández	DF	(1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 26)	Aberdeen	4	0
14	Aiden McFadden	DF	(1998-09-28) September 28, 1998 (age 25)	Notre Dame	55	9
18	Derrick Etienne	MF	(1996-11-25) November 25, 1996 (age 27)	Columbus Crew	3	0
21	Efrain Morales	DF	(2004-03-04) March 4, 2004 (age 20)	Atlanta United Academy	59	3
22	Josh Cohen	GK	(1992-08-18) August 18, 1992 (age 31)	Maccabi Haifa	2	0
23	Adyn Torres	MF	(2007-11-13) November 13, 2007 (age 16)	Atlanta United Academy	14	0
24	Noah Cobb	DF	(2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	56	3
25	Luke Brennan	MF	(2005-02-24) February 24, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	59	8
30	Nicolas Firmino	MF	(2001-01-30) January 30, 2001 (age 23)	Union Omaha	66	19
52	Erik Centeno	MF	(2002-06-29) June 29, 2002 (age 21)	University of the Pacific	63	1
Academy Call-Ups
44	Shawn Lanza	FW	(2006-03-19) March 19, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	15	0
49	Matthew Dejianne	FW	(2006-11-22) November 22, 2006 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	8	0
50	Dominik Chong Qui	DF		Atlanta United Academy	0	0
57	Stephen Hurlock	FW		Atlanta United Academy	3	0
64	Miles Hadley	DF		Atlanta United Academy	1	0
66	Porter Smith	MF		Atlanta United Academy	0	0
77	Pavel Romero	MF	(2006-02-10) February 10, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	1	0
95	Kaiden Moore	DF		Atlanta United Academy	2	0

Player movement[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred From	Type	Notes	Date	Source
75	DF	24	Jacob Williams	Crown Legacy	Transfer	Free	January 1, 2024	^[1]
45	MF	23	Noble Okello	New England Revolution II	Transfer	Free	January 1, 2024	^[1]
88	GK	33	John Berner	Huntsville City	Transfer	Free	January 1, 2024	^[1]
47	DF	21	Matthew Edwards	North Carolina	Transfer		January 1, 2024	^[2]
96	DF	22	Daniel Russo	Notre Dame	Transfer		January 1, 2024	^[3]
42	GK	19	Jayden Hibbert	UConn	Transfer	SuperDraft Pick	January 12, 2024	^[4]
86	MF	24	Javier Armas	Oregon State	Transfer	SuperDraft Pick	January 18, 2024	^[5]
62	FW	17	Ashton Gordon	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer	Free	January 29, 2024	^[6]
36	DF	24	Ramzi Qawasmy	Louisville City	Transfer	Free	April 19, 2024	^[7]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred To	Type	Notes	Date	Source
3	DF	29	Fuad Adeniyi	Free Agent	Option Declined		January 1, 2024	^[8]
5	MF	26	Toni Tiente	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
6	DF	22	Nelson Orji	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
7	MF	19	Luke Brennan	Atlanta United	Transfer	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2024	^[8]
8	MF	23	Nicolas Firmino	Atlanta United	Transfer	Free	January 1, 2024	^[9]
10	MF	23	Jonantan Villal	Atlético San Luis	Transfer	Undisclosed	January 1, 2024	^[10]
11	MF	20	David Mejía	Miami FC	Option Declined		January 1, 2024	^[8]
14	MF	27	Kofi Twumasi	Rhode Island	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
16	DF	23	Chris Gloster	New Mexico United	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
22	GK	23	Sebastián Guerra	Atlético Huila	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
33	DF	23	Tyler Young	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
34	MF	20	Emenike Nwogu	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2024	^[8]
39	MF	16	Adyn Torres	Atlanta United	Transfer	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2024	^[8]

Competitions[edit]

MLS Next Pro[edit]

Standings[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	NE	New York City FC II	7	2	1	1	3	12	10	+2	9
11	NE	Toronto FC II	6	2	0	2	2	8	8	0	8
12	SE	Atlanta United 2	7	2	1	0	4	8	14	−6	8
13	SE	Crown Legacy FC	7	1	2	1	3	9	12	−3	8
14	SE	Huntsville City FC	7	0	0	3	4	8	13	−5	3

Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. 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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	Austin FC II	6	2	0	2	2	6	7	−1	8
21	Real Monarchs	7	2	1	0	4	8	12	−4	8
22	Atlanta United 2	7	2	1	0	4	8	14	−6	8
23	Crown Legacy FC	7	1	2	1	3	9	12	−3	8
24	Whitecaps FC 2	7	1	1	2	3	8	10	−2	7

Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. 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[edit]

Matches[edit]

March 16 1	Atlanta United 2	2–3	Orlando City B	Kennesaw, Georgia
3:00 PM EDT	Armas 11' (pen.) Morales 90+1'	Report	Solís 27' (pen.) Tsukada 30' Guske 49'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: Alex Beehler

March 24 2	Atlanta United 2	4–0	Carolina Core	Kennesaw, Georgia
3:00 PM ET	Armas 2' 34' Brennan 24', 26' Ayo 40' Tmimi 79'	Report	Diaz 51' Canete 59'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

April 14 3	Atlanta United 2	0–5	Philadelphia Union II	Kennesaw, Georgia
3:00 PM ET		Report	Donovan 18', 65' Davis 49' Olney 54' Tucker 81'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Referee: Shawn Tehini

April 21 4	Atlanta United 2	1–4	FC Cincinnati 2	Kennesaw, Georgia
3:00 PM ET	Tmimi 42'	Report	Tablante 16' Mangione 33' Benalcazar 55' Stitz 67'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Referee: Katherine McCormick

April 24 5	Atlanta United 2	1–0	Chattanooga FC	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM ET	Armas 20' (pen.) Gallardo 31' Torres 76'		Prepeliță 7' Rivas 45' Jiménez 58'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium

April 24 6	Chicago Fire II	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Bridgeview, Illinois
2:00 PM ET	Osorio 39' (pen.) Glasgow 90+3'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

May 3 7	Atlanta United 2	0–0 (4–2 p)	New York City II	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM ET				Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium
	Penalties
	Armas Okello Carleton Williams Tmimi		Calheira Jiménez Tiao Rozhansky

May 8 8	Atlanta United 2	v	Carolina Core	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM ET				Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Top Scorers[edit]

As of May 4, 2024

Place	Position	Name	MLS Next Pro	Total
1	MF	Javier Armas	3	3
2	MF	Luke Brennan	2	2
2	FW	Karim Tmimi	2	2
4	DF	Efrain Morales	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Total			8	8

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Atlanta United 2 signs three players for 2024 season". ATLUTD.com. December 21, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 signs defender Matthew Edwards". ATLUTD. December 22, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 signs defender Matthew Edwards". ATLUTD. December 22, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Jayden Hibbert". ATLUTD. January 12, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 signs midfielder Javier Armas". ATLUTD. January 18, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Ashton Gordon". ATLUTD. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Defender Ramzi Qawasmy". ATLUTD. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Atlanta United 2 announces year-end roster moves". ATLUTD.com. November 14, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 announces roster moves". ATLUTD. October 17, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Atlanta United 2 transfers Jonantan Villal to Atlético San Luis". ATLUTD. December 28, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[3playerssigned-1] "Atlanta United 2 signs three players for 2024 season". ATLUTD.com. December 21, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[2] "Atlanta United 2 signs defender Matthew Edwards". ATLUTD. December 22, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[3] "Atlanta United 2 signs defender Matthew Edwards". ATLUTD. December 22, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[4] "Atlanta United 2 signs Jayden Hibbert". ATLUTD. January 12, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[5] "Atlanta United 2 signs midfielder Javier Armas". ATLUTD. January 18, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[6] "Atlanta United 2 signs Ashton Gordon". ATLUTD. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[7] "Atlanta United 2 Signs Defender Ramzi Qawasmy". ATLUTD. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[2024rostermoves-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Atlanta United 2 announces year-end roster moves". ATLUTD.com. November 14, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[9] "Atlanta United 2 announces roster moves". ATLUTD. October 17, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[10] "Atlanta United 2 transfers Jonantan Villal to Atlético San Luis". ATLUTD. December 28, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

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v t e 2024 MLS Next Pro season by team
Playoffs Championship All-Star Game
Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Carolina Core FC Chattanooga FC 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