Birmingham general manager Jay Heaps called it the ‘biggest soccer event’ in the city since the USWNT game in 2015.
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As long as Atlanta is embedded in continental competitions, high-profile exhibitions will have to wait.
Competing in Champions League, U.S. Open Cup and Campeones Cup has given Atlanta a busy schedule. Darren Eales wants to win everything.
Soccer in the Streets is building pitches at train stations to make the sport accessible to urban youth.
It’s been a busy two months for Atlanta United FC. The club won MLS Cup, celebrated that victory with a parade, had its former coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino get hired in Mexico, brought on a new head coach in Frank de Boer and added several players, including South American Player of the Year Gonzalo Pity […]
The 2018 South American Footballer of the Year landed in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning, essentially confirming what had been rumored for months. Gonzalo “Pity” Nicolás Martínez wasn’t coming to Atlanta to watch the Super Bowl, or to see the Atlanta Aquarium, or to experience the glory of one of the […]
The reigning MVP and Golden Boot winner of Major League Soccer isn’t leaving anytime soon. Josef Martinez and Atlanta United FC agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep him with the MLS Cup champs through 2023. Specifics of the deal were not disclosed, but it’s likely Martinez’s new deal will pay […]
Atlanta United FC club president Darren Eales hinted at the Major League Soccer Cup champions making an addition on Tuesday, cryptically tweeting at 1:49 p.m. ET, “I feel a DP announcement coming…” Minutes later, the club did indeed announce the signing of a “DP” — but not the type MLS fans are familiar with, the Designated […]
Just 15 days after winning the Major League Soccer Cup, the champs have a new head coach. On Sunday, Atlanta United FC announced the hiring of Frank de Boer as their next manager, just the second in the history of the club. The 48-year-old Dutch tactician succeeds Gerardo “Tata” Martino as the boss of Atlanta, […]
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