2021 Atlanta United 2 season

The 2021 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's fourth year of existence as well as their fourth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Atlanta United 2
2021 season
OwnerArthur Blank
PresidentDarren Eales
Head coachJack Collison
StadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
USL ChampionshipTBD
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 1,421
(6/9 v. SKC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 638
(7/7 v. IND)
Average home league attendance793
Biggest winATL 5–0 TUL (5/19)
Biggest defeatATL 0–4 BIR (9/22)
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Players edit

As of August 16, 2021.[1]
The squad of Atlanta United 2 will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to ATLUTD2, and Atlanta United Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with ATLUTD2 will retain their college eligibility.

Player movement edit

In edit

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred From Type Notes Date Source
14 MF 27   Robbie Mertz   Pittsburgh Riverhounds Transfer December 12, 2020 [2]
1 GK 21   Rocco Ríos Novo   Lanús Loan March 2, 2021 [3]
8 MF 25   Chris Allan   University of Charleston Transfer April 2, 2021 [4]
19 FW 23   Fernando Matías Benítez   River Plate Loan April 2, 2021 [4]
10 FW 23   Darwin Matheus   Zamora Transfer April 2, 2021 [4]
11 FW 22   Connor Stanley   Manchester United Loan April 2, 2021 [4]
2 DF 25   Aiden McFadden   University of Notre Dame Transfer Draft Pick April 21, 2021 [5]
15 FW 27   Alex Garuba   Oakland Roots SC Transfer April 23, 2021 [6]

Out edit

No. Pos. Age Player Transferred To Type Notes Date Source
3 DF 30   Modou Jadama   FC Tulsa Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
8 MF 24   Daniel Steedman Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
10 MF 27   Amir Bashti Free Agent Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
11 MF 28   Lamin Jawneh Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
14 MF 28   Baboucarr Njie   Rio Grande Valley FC Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
23 GK 24   Gabriel Rosario Free Agent Option Declined December 4, 2020 [7]
31 DF 27   Patrick Nielsen Free Agent Out of Contract December 4, 2020 [7]
36 FW 22   Jackson Conway   Atlanta United FC Transfer HGP January 1, 2021 [8]
1 GK 28   Ben Lundgaard   Atlanta United FC Transfer March 4, 2021 [9]
2 DF 28   Jack Gurr   Atlanta United FC Transfer April 5, 2021 [10]

Competitions edit

USL Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louisville City FC 32 18 7 7 61 37 +24 61 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Birmingham Legion FC 32 18 8 6 51 31 +20 60
3 Memphis 901 FC 32 14 10 8 47 42 +5 50
4 FC Tulsa 32 14 13 5 49 48 +1 47
5 OKC Energy FC 32 8 11 13 30 38 −8 37
6 Indy Eleven 32 9 15 8 32 47 −15 35
7 Atlanta United 2 32 8 14 10 47 56 −9 34[a]
8 Sporting Kansas City II 32 4 20 8 33 64 −31 20[a]
Source: USL
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.[11]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 7 8 9 38 38  0 29 4 6 3 25 17  +8 3 2 6 13 21  −8

Last updated: September 16, 2021.
Source: USL

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumAAAHHHHHAHAHHHAHAHHAAAAHHHAHAAAA
ResultLWDWDLWDLLDDLLWDLWDWLLWD
Position1677438357111110101210111177710101012
Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2021. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

April 24, 2021 USLC 1 Louisville City 2–0 Atlanta United 2 Louisville, Kentucky
7:30PM DelPiccolo   69', 87' Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
May 1, 2021 USLC 2 OKC Energy 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Report Goodrum   62' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,299
Referee: Brandon Stevis
May 16, 2021 USLC 3 OKC Energy 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 PM Bijev   36'
Osmond   65'
Report Benítez   56'
Wolff   89'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,732
Referee: John Griggs
May 19, 2021 USLC 4 Atlanta United 2 5–0 FC Tulsa Kennesaw, Georgia
Allan   34'
McFadden   36', 39'
Wolff   45+2'
Gannon   80'
Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
May 23, 2021 USLC 5 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Memphis 901 Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 pm McFadden   28',   90+3' Report Dacres   45'
Kissiedou   73'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 643
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 30, 2021 USLC 6 Atlanta United 2 0–1 Birmingham Legion Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 PM Report Lapa   90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 794
Referee: Thomas Snyder
June 6, 2021 USLC 7 Atlanta United 2 1–0 Louisville City Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM McFadden   26' Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 835
Referee: Natalie Simon
June 9, 2021 USLC 8 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Sporting Kansas City II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Kamdem Fewo   67'
Gannon   74'
Report Mushagalusa   61',   69' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Natalie Simon
June 16, 2021 USLC 9 Memphis 901 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Memphis, Tennessee
8:30 PM Thomas   75' Report Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 5,083
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
June 27, 2021 USLC 10 Atlanta United 2 1–2 OKC Energy Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Benítez   49' Report Stephenson   71'
Donovan   78'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 755
Referee: Jervis Atagana
July 3, 2021 USLC 11 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Memphis 901 Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Sebhatu   54'
Matheus   90+4' (pen.)
Report Murphy   21', 27' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 706
Referee: Joshua Belk
July 7, 2021 USLC 12 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Indy Eleven Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Stanley   73' Report Hamilton   64' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 638
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 10, 2021 USLC 13 Atlanta United 2 0–1 Sporting Kansas City II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Report Mushagalusa   38' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 728
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
July 17, 2021 USLC 14 Louisville City 2–0 Atlanta United 2 Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM Matsoso   54'
McLaughlin   63'
Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Referee: Gerald Flores
July 28, 2021 USLC 15 Atlanta United 2 2–1 FC Tulsa Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Macky Diop   25' (pen.)
Fortune   49'
Report da Costa   55' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 769
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
July 31, 2021 USLC 16 Birmingham Legion 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Birmingham, Alabama
7:30 PM Brett   66' (pen.)
Flemmings   69'
Report McFadden   35'
Matheus   90+6'
Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: John Mattoa
August 4, 2021 USLC 17 Birmingham Legion 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 PM Williams   11'
Lopez   49'
Flemmings   51'
Report Goodrum   9' Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Ben Meyer
August 8, 2021 USLC 18 Atlanta United 2 6–2 Indy Eleven Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Wolff   1', 6', 50'
Matheus   53'
Macky Diop   58'
Mejia   90+5'
Report Moon   51'
Vassell   61'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 677
Referee: William Steffen
August 11, 2021 USLC 19 Atlanta United 2 2–2 OKC Energy Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Mertz   67'
Mejia   90+3'
Report Bijev   39' (pen.),   76' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 14, 2021 USLC 20 Sporting Kansas City II 1–4 Atlanta United 2 Kansas City, Kansas
5:00 PM Barbir   86' Report Matheus   39'
Wolff   47'
Goodrum   54', 74'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 22, 2021 USLC 21 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4–1 Atlanta United 2 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Cicerone   4',   31',   66'
Williamson   26'
Report Matheus   15' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 28, 2021 USLC 22 FC Tulsa 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 PM Sheldon   14'
Moloto   30', 34'
Report Chol   17' Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
September 4, 2021 USLC 23 Indy Eleven 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Indianapolis, Indiana
6:00 PM CDT Report McFadden   26' Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 4,999
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 15, 2021 USLC 24 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Charleston Battery Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Conway   11' Report Crawford   60' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 18, 2021 USLC 25 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Bauer   28'
Ambrose   71'
Report Guenzatti   2',   45+1'
Dalgaard   27'
Scarlett   53'
Wyke   77'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 699
Referee: Melvin Rivas
September 22, 2021 USLC 26 Atlanta United 2 0–4 Birmingham Legion Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Conway   47'
Matheus   56'
Kamdem Fewo   88'
Report Vancaeyezeele   17'
Servania   71'
Brett   78',   90+3'
Kasim   82'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 717
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 25, 2021 USLC 27 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Flores   19'
Amoh   30'
Diz   49',   84'
Fjeldberg   65'
Njie   72'
Azócar   90+3'
F> López   90+8'
Ycaza   90+9'
Report Macky Diop   3'
Kamdem Fewo   26'
Matheus   44'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
September 29, 2021 USLC 28 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Louisville City Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Goodrum   31'
Bauer   40'
Report Lancaster   51'
Gómez   60'
Davis   84'
DelPiccolo   87'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 680
Referee: John Griggs
October 2, 2021 USLC 29 Indy Eleven 1–1 Atlanta United 2 Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Ayoze   15'
Wild   25'
Koffie   50'
Arteaga   53'
Seagrist   90+4'
Farr   90+6'
Report Benítez   67'
Mertz   85'
McFadden   90+5'
Macky Diop   90+6'
Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 7,999
Referee: Greg Dopka
October 13, 2021 USLC 30 Sporting Kansas City II 0–3 Atlanta United 2 Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM Davis   44'
Cisneros   69'
Mushagalusa   76'
Report Bauer   79'
Matheus   90+3'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Note: Match forfeited by league to ATL due to Jake Davis' ineligibility (one match suspension for card accumulation).[12]
October 16, 2021 USLC 31 Memphis 901 FC 4–2 Atlanta United 2 Memphis, Tennessee
6:00 PM Segbers   43'
Lamah   50'
Dacres   53'
Murphy   60'
Winn   69'
Report Macky Diop   37',   44' (pen.)
Fortune   64'
Washington   75'
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 4,482
Referee: Gerald Flores
October 20, 2021 USLC 32 FC Tulsa 4–0 Atlanta United 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 PM Da Costa   17'
Johnson   21'
Garcia   23'
Marlon   34'
Wormell   70'
Coutinho   90+1'
Report Washington   31'
Cobb   83'
McFadden   84'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,730
Referee: Mark Allatin

Statistics edit

Top Scorers edit

As of October 20, 2021
Place Position Name USLC Playoffs Total
1 DF/MF   Aiden McFadden 8 0 8
2 MF   Darwin Matheus 6 0 6
FW   Tyler Wolff 6 0 6
4 FW   Phillip Goodrum 4 0 4
FW   Amadou Macky Diop 4 0 4
5 FW   Fernando Matías Benítez 2 0 2
MF   Ajani Fortune 2 0 2
MF   Coleman Gannon 2 0 2
MF   David Mejia 2 0 2
9 MF   Chris Allan 1 0 1
MF   Machop Chol 1 0 1
FW   Jackson Conway 1 0 1
MF   Abdoulaye Diop 1 0 1
DF   Bradley Kamdem Fewo 1 0 1
MF   Robbie Mertz 1 0 1
MF   Danial Sebhatu 1 0 1
MF   Connor Stanley 1 0 1
Total 44 0 44

Appearances and goals edit

As of October 20, 2020

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ARG Rocco Ríos Novo 20 0 20 0 0 0
2 DF   USA Aiden McFadden 29 8 27+2 8 0 0
3 DF   USA Alex DeJohn 3 0 3 0 0 0
4 FW   USA Luke Brennan 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 MF   USA Will Reilly 10 0 6+4 0 0 0
5 MF   SEN Abdoulaye Diop 16 1 11+5 1 0 0
6 DF   FRA Bradley Kamdem Fewo 28 1 22+6 1 0 0
7 FW   SEN Amadou Macky Diop 19 4 12+7 4 0 0
8 MF   ENG Chris Allan 18 1 17+1 1 0 0
9 FW   USA Phillip Goodrum 18 4 5+13 4 0 0
10 MF   VEN Darwin Matheus 31 6 17+14 6 0 0
11 MF   ENG Connor Stanley 28 1 16+12 1 0 0
12 DF   VEN Ronald Hernández 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 DF   USA Caleb Wiley 22 0 22 0 0 0
14 MF   USA Robbie Mertz 28 1 26+2 1 0 0
15 FW   USA Alex Garuba 11 0 1+10 0 0 0
16 FW   PAR Erik López 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 GK   USA Ben Lundgaard 4 0 4 0 0 0
19 FW   ARG Fernando Matías Benítez 22 2 14+8 2 0 0
20 MF   BRA Matheus Rossetto 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF   USA David Mejia 16 2 7+9 2 0 0
22 FW   USA Coleman Gannon 6 2 1+5 2 0 0
23 GK   CHI Vicente Reyes 3 0 3 0 0 0
24 DF   USA Josh Bauer 27 0 23+4 0 0 0
25 GK   USA Alec Kann 5 0 5 0 0 0
26 DF   USA Mathieu Brick 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 DF   USA Bryce Washington 21 0 21 0 0 0
28 FW   USA Tyler Wolff 9 6 9 6 0 0
30 FW   SSD Machop Chol 3 1 3 1 0 0
32 DF   USA George Campbell 5 0 5 0 0 0
33 DF   USA Mikey Ambrose 5 0 5 0 0 0
34 MF   USA Brendan Lambe 10 0 4+6 0 0 0
35 DF   USA Efrain Morales 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
36 FW   USA Jackson Conway 6 1 5+1 1 0 0
37 MF   TRI Ajani Fortune 23 2 16+7 2 0 0
39 MF   USA Noah Cobb 11 0 9+2 0 0 0
40 MF   USA Danial Sebhatu 5 1 3+2 1 0 0
41 MF   USA Jonantan Villal 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
43 DF   USA Nigel Prince 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club:
26 DF   ENG Jack Gurr 1 0 1 0 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Players". USL. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Robbie Mertz". ATLUTD. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlanta United 2 acquires Rocco Ríos Novo on loan for 2021 season". ATLUTD. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Atlanta United 2 acquires four players". ATLUTD. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Aiden McFadden". ATLUTD. April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Alexander Garuba". ATLUTD. April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "announce year-end roster moves". ATLUTD. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Atlanta United signs Jackson Conway as Homegrown player". ATLUTD. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Atlanta United signs Ben Lundgaard from ATL UTD 2". ATLUTD. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United signs Jack Gurr". ATLUTD. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  12. ^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. United Soccer Leagues. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.