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 June 3, 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	5	0
38	Ethan Dudley	DF	(2000-04-11) April 11, 2000 (age 24)	Union Omaha	3	0
41	Alan Carleton	MF	(2005-03-20) March 20, 2005 (age 19)	Atlanta United Academy	40	0
42	Jayden Hibbert	GK	(2004-08-05) August 5, 2004 (age 19)	UConn	5	0
45	Noble Okello	MF	(2000-07-20) July 20, 2000 (age 23)	New England Revolution II	11	1
47	Matthew Edwards	DF	(2003-02-16) February 16, 2003 (age 21)	University of North Carolina	18	0
55	Matías Gallardo	MF	(2003-11-24) November 24, 2003 (age 20)	River Plate Academy	16	0
62	Ashton Gordon	FW	(2007-04-14) April 14, 2007 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	4	0
75	Jacob Williams	DF	(1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 24)	Crown Legacy	10	0
86	Javier Armas	MF	(2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24)	Oregon State University	11	5
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	37	9
Players Loaned From Atlanta United
2	Ronald Hernández	DF	(1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 26)	Aberdeen	4	0
14	Aiden McFadden^[a]	DF	(1998-09-28) September 28, 1998 (age 25)	Notre Dame	55	9
18	Derrick Etienne^[b]	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	17	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	61	9
30	Nicolas Firmino	MF	(2001-01-30) January 30, 2001 (age 23)	Union Omaha	67	19
52	Erik Centeno	MF	(2002-06-29) June 29, 2002 (age 21)	University of the Pacific	67	1
Academy Call-Ups
44	Shawn Lanza	FW	(2006-03-19) March 19, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	16	0
49	Matthew Dejianne	FW	(2006-11-22) November 22, 2006 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	12	0
50	Dominik Chong Qui	DF		Atlanta United Academy	0	0
57	Stephen Hurlock	FW	(2006-09-28) September 28, 2006 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	5	0
64	Miles Hadley	DF	(2006-05-11) May 11, 2006 (age 18)	Atlanta United Academy	4	1
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	(2007-05-11) May 11, 2007 (age 17)	Atlanta United Academy	3	0

^ loaned to Louisville City during the season
^ transferred to Toronto FC during the season

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]
38	DF	24	Ethan Dudley	Union Omaha	Transfer	Free	May 16, 2024	^[8]

Out edit

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

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
11	NE	Toronto FC II	9	4	0	2	3	12	13	−1	14
12	NE	New England Revolution II	11	3	2	0	6	18	24	−6	13
13	SE	Atlanta United 2	11	3	1	1	6	14	21	−7	12
14	SE	Carolina Core FC	9	1	2	0	6	8	19	−11	7
15	SE	Huntsville City FC	11	1	0	3	7	14	23	−9	6

Updated to match(es) played on June 2, 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
21	New England Revolution II	11	3	2	0	6	18	24	−6	13
22	Minnesota United FC 2	9	4	0	0	5	17	20	−3	12
23	Atlanta United 2	11	3	1	1	6	14	21	−7	12
24	Real Monarchs	11	3	1	0	7	14	18	−4	11
25	Austin FC II	10	2	1	2	5	10	17	−7	10

Updated to match(es) played on June 2, 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	1–2	Carolina Core	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM ET	Okello 31'	Report	Evans 43' Diaz 45+2'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Referee: Alejo Calume

May 18 9	Huntsville City	2–3	Atlanta United 2	Huntsville, Alabama
8:00 PM ET	Ajago 67', 90'	Report	Armas 30' Hadley 53' Tmimi 88'	Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium

May 25 10	Chattanooga FC	2–2 (5–3 p)	Atlanta United 2	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM ET	Garvanian 47' Ibarra 87'	Report	Brennan 9' Armas 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Finley Stadium Referee: Esad Omanovic
	Penalties
	Garvanian Sar-Sar Prepeliță Ibarra Rivas		Armas Gallardo Okello Williams

May 31 11	Atlanta United 2	0–1	Crown Legacy	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM ET			John 90+1'	Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Referee: Thomas Snyder

June 26 12	Orlando City B	v	Atlanta United 2	Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM ET				Stadium: Osceola County Stadium

Statistics edit

Top Scorers edit

As of 3 June 2024

Place	Position	Name	MLS Next Pro	Total
1	MF	Javier Armas	5	5
2	MF	Luke Brennan	3	3
2	FW	Karim Tmimi	3	3
4	DF	Miles Hadley	1	1
	DF	Efrain Morales	1	1
	MF	Noble Okello	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Total			14	14

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.
^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Defender Ethan Dudley". ATLUTD. May 16, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 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.

[1] to Louisville City during the season

[2] transferred to Toronto FC during the season

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[10] "Atlanta United 2 Signs Defender Ethan Dudley". ATLUTD. May 16, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[2024rostermoves-11] ^ ^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.

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

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

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