2022 Atlanta United FC season

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Atlanta United
2022 season
Atlanta United wordmark black.svg
OwnerArthur Blank
PresidentDarren Eales
Head coachGonzalo Pineda
StadiumMercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
MLSEastern Conference: TBD
Overall: TBD
MLS Cup PlayoffsTBD
U.S. Open CupThird round
Average home league attendance67,523
Biggest winATL 3–1 SKC (2/27)
Biggest defeatCOL 3–0 ATL (3/5)
Away colors
Third colors
← 2021
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All statistics correct as of January 21, 2022.

The 2022 Atlanta United FC season will be the sixth season of Atlanta United FC's existence, and the fourteenth year that a professional soccer club from Atlanta, Georgia competing in the top division of American soccer. Atlanta United will play their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Outside of MLS, they will participate in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup as defending champions, as the 2020 and 2021 editions of tournament were canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Club[]

Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Brad Guzan (C) United States GK (1984-09-09) September 9, 1984 (age 37) England Middlesbrough 158 0
18 Bobby Shuttleworth United States GK (1987-05-18) May 18, 1987 (age 34) United States Chicago Fire 0 0
24 Dylan Castanheira United States GK (1995-05-23) May 23, 1995 (age 26) United States Inter Miami 0 0
— Justin Garces (HGP) United States GK (2000-08-23) August 23, 2000 (age 21) England UCLA 0 0
Defenders
2 Ronald Hernández Venezuela RB (1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 24) Scotland Aberdeen 13 1
3 Alex DeJohn United States CB (1991-05-10) May 10, 1991 (age 30) United States Orlando City 4 0
6 Alan Franco Argentina CB (1996-10-11) October 11, 1996 (age 25) Argentina Independiente 27 0
11 Brooks Lennon United States RB (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997 (age 24) United States Real Salt Lake 62 2
12 Miles Robinson (GA) United States CB (1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 25) United States Syracuse University 108 2
15 Andrew Gutman United States LB (1996-10-02) October 2, 1996 (age 25) Scotland Celtic 0 0
26 Caleb Wiley (HGP) United States LB (2004-12-22) December 22, 2004 (age 17) United States Atlanta United Academy 0 0
27 Bryce Washington (HGP) United States CB (1998-09-12) September 12, 1998 (age 23) United States University of Pittsburgh 0 0
32 George Campbell (HGP) United States CB (2001-06-22) June 22, 2001 (age 20) United States Atlanta United Academy 17 1
33 Mikey Ambrose United States LB (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993 (age 28) United States Inter Miami 31 0
— Efrain Morales (HGP) United States CB (2004-03-04) March 4, 2004 (age 18) United States Atlanta United Academy 0 0
Midfielders
5 Santiago Sosa Argentina DM (1999-05-03) May 3, 1999 (age 22) Argentina River Plate 30 1
8 Thiago Almada (DP) Argentina AM (2001-04-26) April 26, 2001 (age 20) Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 0
9 Matheus Rossetto Brazil AM (1996-06-03) June 3, 1996 (age 25) Brazil Athletico Paranaense 39 0
10 Marcelino Moreno Argentina CM (1994-06-25) June 25, 1994 (age 27) Argentina Lanús 43 11
13 Amar Sejdič United States CM (1996-11-29) November 29, 1996 (age 25) Canada CF Montréal 10 0
14 Franco Ibarra Argentina DM (2001-04-28) April 28, 2001 (age 20) Argentina Argentinos Juniors 19 0
16 Osvaldo Alonso Cuba DM (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 36) United States Minnesota United 0 0
19 Luiz Araújo (DP) Brazil RW (1996-06-02) June 2, 1996 (age 25) France Lille 16 4
20 Emerson Hyndman United States CM (1996-04-07) April 7, 1996 (age 25) England AFC Bournemouth 56 6
22 Jürgen Damm Mexico RW (1992-11-07) November 7, 1992 (age 29) Mexico UANL 27 1
23 Jake Mulraney Republic of Ireland AM (1996-04-05) April 5, 1996 (age 25) Scotland Hearts 47 2
28 Tyler Wolff (HGP) United States RW (2003-02-13) February 13, 2003 (age 19) United States Atlanta United Academy 12 0
30 Machop Chol (HGP) South Sudan RW (1998-11-14) November 14, 1998 (age 23) United States Wake Forest University 9 0
Forwards
4 Dom Dwyer United States CF (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 28) Canada Toronto 0 0
7 Josef Martínez (DP) Venezuela CF (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 28) Italy Torino 132 102
36 Jackson Conway (HGP) United States CF (2001-12-03) December 3, 2001 (age 20) United States Atlanta United 2 9 2
16 Erik López Paraguay CF (2001-11-27) November 27, 2001 (age 20) Paraguay Olimpia 20 1

Results[]

Non-competitive[]

Preseason exhibitions[]

January 25 Atlanta United 2–0 Georgia Storm Marietta, GA
11:00 EST Wolff 1st half'
Conway 1st half' (Araújo)		 Report Stadium: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground
Note: Played in two 30-minute halves.
January 30 Georgia Revolution 0–4 Atlanta United Athens, GA
12:00 EST Report Wolff 2'
Araújo 8'
Campbell 9'
62'		 Stadium: Turner Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,700
February 6 Celaya Mexico 1–2 United States Atlanta United Guadalajara, Mexico
14:00 EST 1st period' Report 2nd period' (o.g.)
Mulraney 3rd period'		 Stadium: Estadio Akron
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
February 13 Guadalajara Mexico 3–0 United States Atlanta United Guadalajara, Mexico
10:30 EST 1st half' (pen.)
1st half'
2nd half'		 Report Martínez Red card Stadium: Chivas Verde Valle
Note: Played in two 40-minute halves.
February 13 Tepatitlán Mexico 3–0 United States Atlanta United Guadalajara, Mexico
13:30 EST

Report Stadium: Chivas Verde Valle
Note: Played in two 40-minute halves.
February 20 Birmingham Legion 0–4 Atlanta United Birmingham, AL
TBA EST Report 4' (o.g.)
Martínez 42' (Rossetto), 51'
Hernández (Sejdić)		 Stadium: Protective Stadium

Competitive[]

Major League Soccer Regular Season[]

Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season
February 27 1 Atlanta United 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Atlanta, Georgia
3:00 PM ET, FS1 Araújo 20'
Dwyer 45+3'
Wiley 89'		 Report Sallói 85' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 67,523
Referee: Ted Unkel
March 5 2 Colorado Rapids 3–0 Atlanta United Commerce City, Colorado
6:00 PM ET Trusty Yellow card 21'
Rubio 33'
Price Yellow card 42'
Lewis 48'
Kaye Yellow card 51'
Shinyashiki Yellow card 80', 87'		 Report Hernández Yellow card 20'
Robinson Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 86'
Dwyer Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 12,538
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
March 13 3 Atlanta United 2–1 Charlotte FC Atlanta, Georgia
4:30 PM ET, FS1 Martínez 60' (pen.)
Mulraney 90+6'		 Report Armour 66' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 43,055
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
March 19 4 Atlanta United 3-3 CF Montréal Atlanta, Georgia
4:00 PM ET Gutman Yellow card 4'
Martínez 6'
Dwyer Red card 67'
Almada 85'
Lennon 90+2'
Sosa Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Koné Yellow card 10' 37'
Mihailovic 28'
Miller Yellow card 31'
Quioto Yellow card 31' 42' (pen.)
Lappalainene Yellow card 72'
Miljevic Yellow card 82'
Camacho Yellow card 90+1'
Johnston Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 42,578
Referee: Chris Penso
April 2 5 D.C. United v Atlanta United Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Audi Field
April 9 6 Charlotte FC v Atlanta United Charlotte, North Carolina
3:00 PM ET, ESPN Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
April 16 7 Atlanta United v FC Cincinnati Atlanta, Georgia
6:00 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
April 24 8 Inter Miami v Atlanta United Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1:00 PM ET, ESPN Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
April 30 9 CF Montréal v Atlanta United Montreal, Quebec
4:00 PM ET Stadium: Saputo Stadium
May 7 10 Atlanta United v Chicago Fire Atlanta, Georgia
6:00 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
May 15 11 Atlanta United v New England Revolution Atlanta, Georgia
2:00 PM ET, ESPN Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
May 21 12 Nashville SC v Atlanta United Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM ET, FOX Stadium: Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium
May 28 13 Atlanta United v Columbus Crew Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
June 19 14 Atlanta United v Inter Miami Atlanta, Georgia
4:00 PM ET, ESPN2 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
June 25 15 Toronto FC v Atlanta United Toronto, Ontario
7:30 PM ET Stadium: BMO Field
June 30 16 New York Red Bulls v Atlanta United Harrison, New Jersey
8:00 PM ET Stadium: Red Bull Arena
July 3 17 New York City FC v Atlanta United New York, New York
5:00 PM ET Stadium: Yankee Stadium
July 9 18 Atlanta United v Austin FC Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 13 19 Atlanta United v Real Salt Lake Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 17 20 Atlanta United v Orlando City Atlanta, Georgia
3:00 PM ET, ABC Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 24 21 LA Galaxy v Atlanta United Carson, California
9:30 PM ET, FS1 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
July 30 22 Chicago Fire v Atlanta United Chicago, Illinois
5:00 PM ET Stadium: Soldier Field
August 6 23 Atlanta United v Seattle Sounders Atlanta, Georgia
3:00 PM ET, ABC Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
August 13 24 FC Cincinnati v Atlanta United Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 PM ET Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 17 25 Atlanta United v New York Red Bulls Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
August 21 26 Columbus Crew v Atlanta United Columbus, Ohio
6:00 PM ET, FS1 Stadium: Lower.com Field
August 28 27 Atlanta United v D.C. United Atlanta, Georgia
4:00 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
August 31 28 Philadelphia Union v Atlanta United Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Subaru Park
September 4 29 Portland Timbers v Atlanta United Portland, Oregon
5:30 PM ET, FOX Stadium: Providence Park
September 10 30 Atlanta United v Toronto FC Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
September 14 31 Orlando City v Atlanta United Orlando, Florida
6:00 PM ET Stadium: Exploria Stadium
September 17 32 Atlanta United v Philadelphia Union Atlanta, Georgia
3:30 PM ET Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
October 1 33 New England Revolution v Atlanta United Foxborough, Massachusetts
1:00 PM ET Stadium: Gillette Stadium
October 9 34 Atlanta United v New York City FC Atlanta, Georgia
TBD Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

U.S. Open Cup[]

Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup

Player movement[]

In[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Type US Fee/notes Date Source
— DF Argentina Franco Escobar Argentina Newell's Old Boys Loan Return US Free January 1, 2022
15 DF United States Andrew Gutman United States New York Red Bulls Loan Return US Free January 1, 2022
16 MF Cuba Osvaldo Alonso United States Minnesota United Transfer US Free January 1, 2022 [1]
24 GK United States Dylan Castanheira United States Inter Miami Trade US Free January 1, 2022 [2]
— GK United States Justin Garces United States UCLA Transfer US Free January 10, 2022 [3]
18 GK United States Bobby Shuttleworth United States Chicago Fire Transfer US Free January 14, 2022 [4]
2 DF Venezuela Ronald Hernández Scotland Aberdeen Transfer US $725,000 January 17, 2022 [5]
26 DF United States Caleb Wiley United States Atlanta United 2 Transfer US Free January 18, 2022 [6]
8 MF Argentina Thiago Almada Argentina Vélez Sarsfield Transfer Non-US $16,000,000 February 9, 2022 [7]
4 FW United States Dom Dwyer Canada Toronto FC Transfer US Free February 22, 2022 [8]

Out[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Type US Fee/notes Date Source
29 MF England Mo Adams United States Inter Miami CF Option Declined US Free December 1, 2021 [9]
24 DF United States Josh Bauer United States Nashville SC Option Declined US Free December 1, 2021 [9]
25 GK United States Alec Kann United States FC Cincinnati Option Declined US Free December 1, 2021 [9] [10]
18 GK United States Ben Lundgaard Free Agent Option Declined US Free December 1, 2021 [9]
31 FW Mexico Erick Torres United States Orange County SC Option Declined US Free December 1, 2021 [9]
— DF Argentina Franco Escobar United States Los Angeles FC Transfer US Up to $600,000 GAM December 12, 2021 [11]
4 DF England Anton Walkes United States Charlotte FC Expansion Draft Non-US $50,000 GAM December 14, 2021 [12]
2 DF Venezuela Ronald Hernández Scotland Aberdeen Loan Return Non-US Free December 31, 2021 [9]
21 DF United States George Bello Germany Arminia Bielefeld Transfer US Undisclosed January 31, 2022 [13]
22 MF Mexico Jurgen Damm Free Agent Buyout Non-US Undisclosed February 25, 2022 [14]

Loan Out[]

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
8 MF Argentina Ezequiel Barco Argentina River Plate January 30, 2022 December 31, 2022 [15]
16 FW Paraguay Erik López Argentina Banfield February 22, 2022 June 30, 2022 [16]
— GK United States Justin Garces United States Atlanta United 2 February 25, 2022 December 31, 2022 [17]
35 DF United States Efrain Morales United States Atlanta United 2 February 25, 2022 December 31, 2022 [18]

Non-player transfers[]

Acquired From For Source
$200K GAM United States Inter Miami CF International roster spot [19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Atlanta United signs Osvaldo Alonso as free agent". ATLUTD.com. December 23, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Atlanta United acquires goalkeeper Dylan Castanheira from Inter Miami CF". ATLUTD.com. December 17, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Atlanta United signs Justin Garces to Homegrown Deal". ATLUTD.com. January 10, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Atlanta United signs Bobby Shuttleworth as free agent". ATLUTD.com. January 17, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Atlanta United sign defender Ronald Hernandez from Aberdeen FC". MLSSoccer.com. January 17, 2022. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United signs Caleb Wiley to Homegrown Deal". ATLUTD.com. January 10, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Atlanta United acquires Thiago Almada from CA Vélez Sarsfield". ATLUTD.com. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Atlanta United signs free agent forward Dom Dwyer". ATLUTD.com. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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  10. ^ https://www.atlutd.com/news/alec-kann-signs-with-fc-cincinnati-as-a-free-agent-goalkeeper[bare URL]
  11. ^ "Atlanta United receives up to $600,000 GAM from LAFC for Franco Escobar". Atlanta United FC. December 12, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Anton Walkes Selected By Charlotte FC In 2021 MLS Expansion Draft". Atlanta United FC. December 14, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "Atlanta United Transfers Defender George Bello to Arminia Bielefeld in German Bundesliga". Atlanta United FC. January 31, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Atlanta United exercises offseason Buyout on Jürgen Damm". Atlanta United FC. February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  15. ^ "Ezequiel Barco loaned to Club Atlético River Plate". Atlanta United. January 30, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "Erik López loaned to Club Atlético Banfield in Argentina". Atlanta United. February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  17. ^ "Atlanta United loans two players to Atlanta United 2 for 2022 season". Atlanta United. February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  18. ^ "Atlanta United loans two players to Atlanta United 2 for 2022 season". Atlanta United. February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  19. ^ "Atlanta United Acquires $200,000 in General Allocation Money". Atlanta United. February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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