2018 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
	2018 season
President	Darren Eales
Owner	Arthur Blank
Head coach	Scott Donnelly
USL	14th
USL Playoffs	DNQ
Top goalscorer	League: Jon Gallagher (6); All: Jon Gallagher (6)
Highest home attendance	5,615; (Mar. 24 vs. New York Red Bulls II)
Lowest home attendance	1,269; (October 3 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies)
Average home league attendance	2,597
	2019 →

The 2018 Atlanta United 2 season is the club's first year of existence, their first season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Players

As of October 14, 2018.^[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.

Contracted players
No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Paul Christensen	United States
2	Defender	Tyler Ruthven	United States
3	Defender	A.J. Cochran	United States
4	Defender	Jack Metcalf	England
6	Defender	Andrew Kendall-Moullin	United States
8	Midfielder	Kevin Barajas	United States
10	Forward	Yosef Samuel	United States
11	Midfielder	Laurent Kissiedou	Ivory Coast
15	Defender	Shawn Nicklaw	Guam
16	Forward	Rodolfo	Brazil
18	Forward	Devon Sandoval	United States
33	Goalkeeper	Nicolas Caraux	France
34	Forward	Diego Lopez	United States
41	Midfielder	Alessandro Castro	Honduras

First team players who have been loaned to ATLUTD2
No.	Position	Player	Nation
9	Forward	Romario Williams	Jamaica
12	Defender	Miles Robinson	United States
13	Defender	José Hernández	Venezuela
14	Defender	Sal Zizzo	United States
19	Forward	Brandon Vazquez	United States
20	Midfielder	Chris Goslin	United States
21	Defender	George Bello	United States
22	Defender	Mikey Ambrose	United States
23	Midfielder	Lagos Kunga	United States
25	Goalkeeper	Alec Kann	United States
26	Forward	Jon Gallagher	Ireland
27	Goalkeeper	Mitch Hildebrandt	United States
28	Midfielder	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	United States
29	Midfielder	Oliver Shannon	England
30	Midfielder	Andrew Carleton	United States
32	Midfielder	Kevin Kratz	Germany

Academy call-ups
No.	Position	Player	Nat.
35	Defender	Kendall Edwards	United States
36	Forward	Jackson Conway	United States
37	Defender	George Campbell	United States
38	Defender	Carlos Asensio	United States
39	Defender	Will Crain	United States
40	Goalkeeper	Russell Shealy	United States
42	Forward	Chad Letts	Jamaica
43	Midfielder	Dylan Gaither	United States
44	Goalkeeper	Justin Garces	United States
45	Midfielder	Blake White	Jamaica
46	Midfielder	Victor Pereyra-Zavala	United States
47	Defender	Natnael McDonald	United States
48	Defender	Luke Mitchell	United States

Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred From	Type	Notes	Date	Source
3	DF	31	A. J. Cochran	Saint Louis FC	Transfer		January 24, 2018	^[2]
34	FW	22	Diego Lopez	Golden State Force	Transfer		January 24, 2018	^[2]
4	DF	32	Jack Metcalf	Unattatched	Transfer	Free Agent	January 24, 2018	^[2]
10	FW	27	Yosef Samuel	Bethlehem Steel	Transfer		January 24, 2018	^[2]
15	DF	35	Shawn Nicklaw	Unattatched	Transfer	Free Agent	February 6, 2018	^[3]
33	GK	33	Nicolas Caraux	FC Versailles 78	Transfer		February 6, 2018	^[3]
8	MF	28	Kevin Barajas	University of Kentucky	Transfer		February 12, 2018	^[4]
1	GK	28	Paul Christensen	University of Portland	Transfer	Draft Pick	February 18, 2018	^[5]
6	DF	29	Andrew Kendall-Moullin	San Antonio FC	Transfer		February 18, 2018	^[5]
11	MF	25	Laurent Kissiedou	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		February 18, 2018	^[5]
18	FW	33	Devon Sandoval	Unattached	Transfer	Free Agent	March 22, 2018	^[6]
31	MF	25	Jose Carranza	North Carolina FC	Transfer		March 22, 2018	^[6]
41	MF	24	Alessandro Castro	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		July 5, 2018	^[7]
2	DF	36	Tyler Ruthven	Unattached	Transfer	Free Agent	August 14, 2018	^[8]
16	FW	30	Rodolfo	Fresno FC	Loan		September 10, 2018	^[9]

Out

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred To	Type	Notes	Date	Source
31	MF	25	Jose Carranza	Louisville City	Transfer		August 20, 2018

Academy Leaves for College

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	College	Date
38	DF	24	Carlos Asensio	Clemson	August 10, 2018
39	DF	24	Will Crain	Brown	August 10, 2018
40	GK	24	Russell Shealy	Maryland	August 10, 2018
44	GK	23	Justin Garces	UCLA	August 10, 2018
45	MF	24	Blake White	UAB	August 10, 2018
46	MF	25	Victor Pereyra-Zavala	Georgia State	August 10, 2018

Competitions

USL regular season

Standings

Template:2018 USL Eastern Conference table

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	7	10	17	37	72	−35	31	5	7	5	25	36	−11	2	3	12	12	36	−24

Last updated: October 14, 2018.
Source: USL

Results by matchday

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Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming

March 24, 2018 USL 1	Atlanta United 2	3–1	New York Red Bulls II	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Samuel 25' Gallagher 41' (pen.), 51'	Report	Echevarria 23' White 32' Murphy 89'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 5,615 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

March 31, 2018 USL 2	Charlotte Independence	2–2	Atlanta United 2	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Martínez 32' Herrera 37', 85' George 61'	Report	Jung-soo 28' (o.g.) Kunga 82'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1,375 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

April 8, 2018 USL 3	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Penn FC	Lawrenceville, Georgia
4:00 PM EDT	Gallagher 63' Shannon 75'	Report	Tribbett 8' Heinemann 31' Menjivar 73'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,861 Referee: Elton Garcia

April 21, 2018 USL 4	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Louisville City	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Shannon 51' Carleton 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Totsch 44' Lancaster 66' Williams 84' Ownby 90'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

April 24, 2018 USL 5	Atlanta United 2	0–3	Charleston Battery	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Svantesson 33' Wild 51', 85' Rittmeyer 71' Tah Anunga 81'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

April 28, 2018 USL 6	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Brett 26' François 61'	Report	Robinson 75', 82' Metcalf 84'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,998 Referee: Kevin Broadley

May 5, 2018 USL 7	FC Cincinnati	4–2	Atlanta United 2	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM EDT	König 26' Ledesma 28', 46' Keinan 30' Bone 39'	Report	Gallagher 31' Kissiedou 37', 41' Carleton 87'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 22,532 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

May 12, 2018 USL 8	Ottawa Fury	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 PM EDT	Dos Santos 26' Haworth 35' Dixon 63' Taylor 82'	Report	Cochran 10' Edwards 34' Shannon 53'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,296 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 16, 2018 USL 9	Atlanta United 2	5–4	Toronto FC II	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Ambrose 5', 40' Williams 27', 76' Shannon 31' Gallagher 50' Vazquez 80'	Report	Akinola 17' Uccello 32', 48', 61' Boskovic 39' Daniels 44' (pen.) Onkony 56' Dunn-Johnson 87' Kübel 90+6'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Jon Freemon

May 19, 2018 USL 10	Louisville City	2–1	Atlanta United 2	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT	Lancaster 24' Craig 80' Souahy 85' Ilić 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Kissiedou 31' 69' Carranza 72' Nicklaw 90' Gallagher 90+2'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,683 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 25, 2018 USL 11	North Carolina FC	4–0	Atlanta United 2	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM	Ewolo 7' Crain 21' (o.g.) Bekker 45+1' Ríos 52' Lomis 89'	Report	Wheeler-Omiunu 72' Kendall-Moullin 73'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,710 Referee: Lorant Varga

June 2, 2018 USL 12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Atlanta United 2	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Vingaard 25' Schäfer 44' Cole 90'	Report	Crain 32', 40' Metcalf 43' Kendall-Moullin 90+2'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,953 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

June 9, 2018 USL 13	Indy Eleven	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT	Watson 30' Mitchell 55' Mitchell 78'	Report		Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Michael Radchuk

June 13, 2018 USL 14	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Charlotte Independence	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Carleton 50' Dykstra 79' (o.g.)	Report	Zayed 6' Johnson 58'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,087 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 30, 2018 USL 15	Nashville SC	3–0	Atlanta United 2	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT	Allen 18' Winn 45+3' Moloto 84'	Report	Cochran 88'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Luis Guardia

July 6, 2018 USL 16	New York Red Bulls II	6–1	Atlanta United 2	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT	Lema 17' Moreno 30' Kutler 56' Ndam 71' Tinari 73' Cásseres Jr. 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Nicklaw 70' Scarlett 81' (o.g.) Kendall-Moullin 90'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 698 Referee: Thomas Snyder

July 11, 2018 USL 17	Atlanta United 2	2–1	Bethlehem Steel	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Robinson 18' Vazquez 25' Shannon 50'	Report	Aubrey 43' Jones 87'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,658 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 21, 2018 USL 18	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Atlanta United 2	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Shriver 38' Boehme 45+1' Thomsen 50'	Report	Kendall-Moullin 15' Metcalf 33' Gallagher 67' Kissiedou 90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,956 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

July 25, 2018 USL 19	Nashville SC	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT	Davis 61' Washington 80'	Report	Ambrose 15' Kendall-Moullin 25'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 8,729 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

July 29, 2018 USL 20	Bethlehem Steel	4–1	Atlanta United 2	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM EDT	Mahoney 16' Apodaca 36' Moumbagna 71' Aaronson 72'	Report	Metcalf 24' Sandoval 40' Cochran 76'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,416 Referee: Eric Tattersall

August 7, 2018 USL 21	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Ottawa Fury	Kennesaw, Georgia
6:00 PM EDT	Edward 3' (o.g.)	Report	Oliveira 10'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Eric Tattersall

August 11, 2018 USL 22	Charleston Battery	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Okonkwo 7' Svantesson 41' (pen.)	Report	Castro 26'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Lorant Varga

August 22, 2018 USL 23	Atlanta United 2	1–5	FC Cincinnati	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Bello 16' Nicklaw 65' Gallagher 90+1'	Report	Bone 18' Albadawi 25', 55' Konate 36' Alashe 45+1', 53' Welshman 87'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,638 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

August 25, 2018 USL 24	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Indy Eleven	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Kissiedou 29' Gaither 90+6'	Report	Moses 45+1' Ouimette 53' Ring 69'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Greg Dopka

August 31, 2018 USL 25	Toronto FC II	1–2	Atlanta United 2	Toronto, Ontario
8:00 PM EDT	Mohammed 45+4' Okello 45+5' Srbely 90+3'	Report	Kunga 12', 52' Ruthven 45+4'	Stadium: Lamport Stadium Attendance: 196 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

September 8, 2018 USL 26	Penn FC	1–2	Atlanta United 2	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Tribbett 34', 77' Bond 72'	Report	Sandoval 3' Kendall-Moullin 31' Carleton 41' Bello 53' Conway 82' Kann 90'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

September 15, 2018 USL 27	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Atlanta United 2	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Guenzatti 30' Oduro 45+1' Cole 87'	Report	Kissiedou 44' Kendall-Moullin 51' Shannon 79'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

September 21, 2018 USL 28	Atlanta United 2	1–6	North Carolina FC	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Castro 8'	Report	Ewolo 3', 16', 33', 89' Bekker 29' Steinberger 42' Smith 61' Igbekoyi 71'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 26, 2018 USL 29	Atlanta United 2	0–2	Nashville SC	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Mensah 7', 50' Hume 64'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Elton Garcia

September 29, 2018 USL 30	Atlanta United 2	1–4	Louisville City	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Williams 44', 71' Metcalf 89'	Report	Cochran 24' (o.g.), 69' (o.g.) Smith 37' Davis IV 41'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Eric Tattersall

October 3, 2018 USL 31	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Robinson 60', 90+3' Wheeler-Omiunu 62' Shannon 65' Carleton 83' Kendall-Moullin 90+2'	Report	Morad 20' Guenzatti 68' Oduro 75'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Jon Freemon

October 7, 2018 USL 32	Atlanta United 2	2–1	Charleston Battery	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Williams 48', 65' Carleton 64'	Report	Guerra 27' Kelly-Rosales 56' Wild 81'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Greg Dopka

October 10, 2018 USL 33	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Kissiedou 52'	Report	Vancaeyezeele 27' Roberts 43' Lubahn 73'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

October 13, 2018 USL 34	Atlanta United 2	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Kunga 61', 69' Shannon 65' Sandoval 76'	Report	Gentile 80', 90+1'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Natalie Simon

Statistics

Top scorers

As of October 14, 2018

Place	Position	Name	USL	Total
1	FW	Jon Gallagher	6	6
2	MF	Lagos Kunga	5	5
3	FW	Romario Williams	4	4
4	MF	Laurent Kissiedou	3	3
4	FW	Devon Sandoval	3	3
6	FW	Brandon Vazquez	2	2
	DF	Mikey Ambrose	2	2
	MF	Andrew Carleton	2	2
9	MF	Yosef Samuel	1	1
	DF	Miles Robinson	1	1
	DF	Shawn Nicklaw	1	1
	MF	Oliver Shannon	1	1
	MF	Alessandro Castro	1	1
	MF	Dylan Gaither	1	1
Own Goals			4	4
Total			37	37

Appearances and goals

As of October 14, 2018

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Paul Christensen	10	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF		Tyler Ruthven	4	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF		A. J. Cochran	30	0	30	0	0	0
4	DF		Jack Metcalf	31	0	28+3	0	0	0
6	DF		Andrew Kendall-Moullin	24	0	22+2	0	0	0
8	MF		Kevin Barajas	13	0	7+6	0	0	0
9	FW		Romario Williams	7	4	7	4	0	0
10	MF		Yosef Samuel	15	1	12+3	1	0	0
11	MF		Laurent Kissiedou	25	3	22+3	3	0	0
12	DF		Miles Robinson	14	1	14	1	0	0
13	DF		José Hernández	15	0	11+4	0	0	0
14	DF		Sal Zizzo	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Shawn Nicklaw	21	1	13+8	1	0	0
16	FW		Rodolfo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	FW		Devon Sandoval	25	3	14+11	3	0	0
19	FW		Brandon Vazquez	6	2	5+1	2	0	0
20	MF		Chris Goslin	21	0	15+6	0	0	0
21	DF		George Bello	6	0	6	0	0	0
22	DF		Mikey Ambrose	6	2	6	2	0	0
23	MF		Lagos Kunga	31	5	18+13	5	0	0
25	GK		Alec Kann	7	0	7	0	0	0
26	FW		Jon Gallagher	30	6	27+3	6	0	0
27	GK		Mitch Hildebrandt	8	0	8	0	0	0
28	MF		Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	10	0	10	0	0	0
29	MF		Oliver Shannon	27	1	25+2	1	0	0
30	MF		Andrew Carleton	14	2	13+1	2	0	0
31	MF		Jose Carranza	13	0	7+6	0	0	0
32	MF		Kevin Kratz	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	GK		Nicolas Caraux	7	0	7	0	0	0
34	FW		Diego Lopez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	DF		Kendall Edwards	4	0	4	0	0	0
36	FW		Jackson Conway	11	0	4+7	0	0	0
37	DF		George Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Carlos Asensio	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Will Crain	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
40	GK		Russell Shealy	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Alessandro Castro	12	1	7+5	1	0	0
42	FW		Chad Letts	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF		Dylan Gaither	4	1	0+4	1	0	0
44	GK		Justin Garces	2	0	2	0	0	0
45	MF		Blake White	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
46	MF		Victor Pereyra-Zavala	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
47	DF		Natnael McDonald	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
48	DF		Luke Mitchell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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Playoffs Transfers
East	Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City New York Red Bulls II Nashville Orlando City B Ottawa Fury Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II
West	Colorado Springs Switchbacks Fresno LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights Oklahoma City Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Reno 1868 RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

2018 Atlanta United 2 season

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