Atlanta United’s first MLS game drew 55,297 fans at sold-out Bobby Dodd Stadium. The crowdranked fourth in the world over the weekend behind only games hosted by Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Manchester United. It was one of only eight crowds that drew 50,000 or more fans. Bobby Dodd Stadium (Photo courtesy of Atlanta United) Largest […]
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What They're Saying: Don Garber
“I was just speechless, and I’m not speechless very often. This is just remarkable.” — MLS commissioner Don Garber at halftime of Atlanta United’s first gamebefore 55,297 fans at the sold-out Bobby Dodd Stadium. (AtlantaJournal-Constitution)
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MLS Talking Points: Expansion teams taught tough lessons
Too bad expansion teams don’t get to play two 40-minute halves. Both Minnesota United and Atlanta United would have probably settled for the scorelines of their openers after 80 minutes. But arespectable 2-1 deficit turned into a 5-1 defeat for Minnesota at Portland, while Atlanta, which led for most of its game, lost to the […]
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Soccer Hot Takes: The weekend in tweets
Reaction to the new U.S. Soccer policy that requires players to “stand respectfully” during the playing of the national anthem was swift. It was only one of the soccer stories on Twitter on a weekendthat marked the first week of MLS and saw the USA won a historic victory at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship. Minnesota […]
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What's new in 2017 MLS: 1-10
MLS kicks off its 22nd season Friday night when the Portland Timbers host Minnesota United. By Wednesday, Timbers fans in tents had already begun to camp out outside of Providence Park. More than150 Dark Clouds supporters have flown in for MNUFC’s first game. That sort of passion around many MLS markets has become the norm. But […]
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MLS 1-22: Ranking the teams on the eve of a new season
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) By design and luck, MLS will field 22 teams in its 22nd season. That’s also the number ofplayers on the field at kickoff, and so if numerology means anything in professional soccer, this is destined to be an amazing season for the Division I league in North America. By next year,there […]
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Sneak Peek: Big names bring big expectations in Atlanta
As big-city expansion teams have come into MLS more and more ambitious, the pressure to perform well in that first season has grown. Seattle set the bar pretty high in 2009 but stillneeded eight seasons to reach, and win, its first MLS Cup. Montreal reached its first conference final last year in its fifth season. […]
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MLS Camp Chatter: Atlanta United shows off weapons
Atlanta United got goals from all three Designated Players — including goals from Josef Martinez in the first minute of both halves — to beat the defending MLS champion Seattle Sounders, 4-2,at the Carolina Challenge Cup. Atlanta led 2-0 after three minutes and 3-0 after 21 minutes against the Sounders, who didn’t start to bring […]
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MLS Focus: Martino confident about Atlanta's potential
Atlanta United’s first preseason game drew 12,484 fans at Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium, where it defeated Chattanooga FC, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon. Tito Villalba scored the club’sfirst-ever goal in the ninth minute, while Yamil Asad curled a shot into the upper corner in the 36th minute to give Atlanta a comfortable two-goal lead. JosefMartinez and Andrew Carleton […]
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MLS Moves: Atlanta signs Chilean international Carmona
Ambitious MLS club Atlanta has signed a player from Atalanta and it’s a lot more than a curious coincidence. On Monday the team announced it has acquired Chilean internationalmidfielder Carlos Carmona, a veteran of nearly a decade of play in Serie A and the last two World Cups. He joins Atlanta after playing 155 Serie […]