Atlanta United picked up its second win of the season with a 1-0win over the Colorado Rapids, but there were few positives to take away from the game other than the three points, which moved the Five Stripes out of the Eastern Conference basement into 10thplace. The win was Atlanta United’s first in four games at […]
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What's wrong with Atlanta United? Even worse than bad is it's boring
A few thoughts after MLS’s Week 2 … 1. If you have been around American pro soccer long enough, you know that the only thing worse than being bad is being boring. Growing a sport without natural fan bases required leagues to go out of their way to attract the novice fan, and all sorts […]
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What They're Saying: Darren Eales
“My aim is to get to March, the international break. I promised the wife and family I’ll take a week off, and football won’t be mentioned. I’m hoping to get to the end of March andthen I’ll crash.” — Atlanta United president Darren Eales on whether he’s gotten any time off since the Five Stripes […]
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MLS champion Atlanta United shows up in Costa Rica bearing gifts
Costa Rica served up another MLS victim in the ConcacafChampions League, and it was a big one. With owner Arthur Blank and a section of traveling fans on hand at the 8,700-seat Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, 2018 MLS Cup championAtlanta United fell at Herediano, 3-1, in the first leg of their round-of-16 series. Atlanta United […]
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Almiron deal: Win-win all around
Good news came in pairs for Newcastle United manager RafaBenitez on Tuesday. Despite falling behind after only 25 seconds and having just 23 percent of possession, the Magpies rallied to beat defending EPL champion Manchester City, 2-1. Theupset win ended City’s eight-game winning streak but more important temporarily moved Newcastle up three spots to 14th […]
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Trying to fathom Atlanta's switch from Latin to Dutch
As someone who has made a small study of what a newly appointed coach does on arrival at his new club, I have to tell you that the happenings at Atlanta are rather perplexing. When the new coachtakes over a team that is going through a rough patch, you can be pretty sure that he […]
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MLS 2019: Atlanta United's Frank de Boer says he's learned from his mistakes — and about bad clubs
New Atlanta United head coach Frank deBoer‘s coaching career has had two distinct phases. He won four Dutch Eredivisie titles at Ajax — the club at which he spent 15 years as a player — in his first four years incharge, then quit after it finished second the next two seasons. All in all, a […]
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What They're Saying: Darren Eales
“We start the preseason the 14th of January, so for us we want to have a coach in place by the first day of preseason training. It’s important to have some experience, but there’salways a chance to find an up-and-comer, but look, we’ve already built a base and team with a style, so we need […]
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What They're Saying: Arthur Blank
“I’m as excited about this as I was the Super Bowl. I don’t want to end up with the same feeling that we had [with the Falcons] in ‘16. But we’re excited to be here inevery way we can be. The city’s excited — you just have to come to the stadium to see and […]
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Atlanta United is headed to MLS Cup after beating Red Bulls at their own game
The wait will have to continue for the New York Red Bulls. They have yet to win MLS Cup in 23 years and have made it to the final only once — in 2008. On Thursday night, they had to watch at home as Atlanta United celebrated clinching aberth in the championship game — in […]