“I think if Tata goes to the moon, and picks a team, then they’ll play well.” — Atlanta United star Miguel Almiron on departing coach GerardoMartino’s possible future with the Mexican national team. (MLSSoccer.com)
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Atlanta United's Tata Martino Named 2018 MLS Coach of the Year
Argentine Tata Martino, who built Atlanta United into an MLS powerhouse in its first two seasons in MLS, was named 2018 MLS Coach of the Year. Martino, who previously coachedParaguay to the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals and Argentina to second place at the 2015 Copa America and 2016 Copa Centenario and coached one season at […]
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What They're Saying: Tata Martino
“We betrayed ourselves, threw away everything we had worked for this season. It’s always a possibility that you can lose away at Toronto, the important thing is the way that we lost ittoday.” — Atlanta United coach Tata Martino after the Five Stripes dropped a 4-1 decision to Toronto FC, which came into the game […]
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What They're Saying: Darren Eales
“It’s pretty simple, we have a style of play and we want a new manager that fits that style of play because it’s our identity, the other is to fit our core value, we do the spikeceremony, players stay and thank our fans after games, it’s really important they understand that. The exciting thing for […]
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Tata Martino: Leaving Atlanta United 'was not an easy decision to make'
Atlanta United Photo Atlanta Unitedconfirmed that Argentine head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino has declined to extend his contract with the MLS club and will leave after the 2018 season. Martino, whopreviously led Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup and Argentina to second place at the 2015 Copa America, immediately built Atlanta United […]
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Crowd Count: Atlanta United shatters MLS single-season record for total and average attendance
Atlanta United broke its own MLS records for total home attendance in a season (901,033) and a single-season average (53,002) when it closed out its 2018 home campaign at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with acrowd of 71,812 for the 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire. Atlanta United Photo Both of Atlanta’s records were previously set in its […]
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MLS Focus: No BWP, no Tyler Adams? No problem for Red Bulls in biggest game of the year
Atlanta United Photo TheNew York Red Bulls moved to within one point of Atlanta United in the battle for the 2018 Supporters’ Shield with a thoroughly deserved 2-0 win over the Five Stripes. 2018 Supporters’ Shield race: 1. Atlanta United (63 points): Oct.6: NE; Oct. 21: CHI; Oct. 28: at TOR. 2. NY Red Bulls […]
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Watch: All of Josef Martinez's 28 record-breaking goals
Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez broke the MLS single-season scoring record last Friday. Here’s each of the Venezuelan’s 28 goals this season, which broke the record of 27 held byRoy Lassiter (1996), Chris Wondolowski (2012) and Bradley Wright-Phillips (2014).
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers' tie retains first place
Portland ran its unbeaten streak to a dozen and retained top spot in the Power Rankings by claiming a 0-0 tie at Banc of California Stadium. Behind the Timbers, FC Dallas held second bywinning its game and New York City FC jumped up to third by bagging two victories. D.C. United opened up Audi Field […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers stay on top, Western rivals move up
A busy week of July 4 games as well as the weekend slate jumbled the rankings moderately, with Portland winning its only game of the week to stay on top. Los Angeles FC continued its impressiveform by tying Houston on the road and thrashing Orlando City at home to move into fourth place. Real Salt […]