Atlanta United 2

Full name	Atlanta United 2
Founded	November 14, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-11-14)
Stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, Georgia
Capacity	8,318
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Steve Cooke
League	MLS Next Pro
2023	10th, Eastern Conference Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Atlanta United 2 are the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United FC. The team plays in MLS Next Pro, the official reserve league of MLS. The team was established on November 14, 2017 and began their first professional season in March 2018.

History

In November 2017, the USL, a Division II sanctioned league by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), announced that Major League Soccer's Atlanta United had acquired a USL affiliate team and would begin play in the 2018 season.^[1] On January 9, 2018, the team name was revealed as Atlanta United 2.^[2]

MLS Next Pro

MLS announced that it would be one of the next eight teams to join MLS Next Pro in 2023.^[3]

Stadium

The team played their inaugural season at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with a capacity of 7,362 for soccer games.^[4] Coolray Field is a Triple-A baseball stadium originally built in 2008 for the Gwinnett Stripers,^[5] the Atlanta Braves Triple-A affiliate. The stadium has been fitted for semi-professional soccer in a standard baseball to soccer pitch configuration.^[4]

The premium boxes and all stadium areas will still be available for soccer games, and the field will also be the same standard length at 70 by 110 yards (64 m × 101 m).^[6]

Atlanta United 2 announced, on December 14, 2018, that they would play their 2019 home matches at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia.^[7]

Players and staff

Roster

As of January 20, 2024^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
9	FW	Karim Tmimi	France
15	MF	Matías Gallardo	Argentina
18	MF	Alan Carleton	United States
—	MF	Javier Armas	Spain
—	GK	John Berner	United States
—	DF	Matthew Edwards	United States
—	GK	Jayden Hibbert	United States
—	MF	Noble Okello	Canada
—	DF	Daniel Russo	United States
—	MF	Jacob Williams	United States

Technical staff

Role	Name	Nation
Head coach	Steve Cooke	England
Assistant coach	José Silva	United States
Goalkeeper coach	Lewis Sharpe	England

Year-by-year

As of October 5, 2023

Season	USL Championship								Playoffs	Top Scorer		Head Coach	Team Captain(s)
	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Pos		Player	Goals
2018	34	7	17	10	37	72	31	14th, Eastern	DNQ	Jon Gallagher	6	Scott Donnelly	Jack Metcalf
2019	34	9	17	8	45	77	35	14th, Eastern		Bienvenue Kanakimana	7	Stephen Glass
2020	16	3	10	3	23	33	12	4th, Group H		Jackson Conway Amadou Macky Diop	6	Stephen Glass Tony Annan	Modou Jadama
2021	32	8	14	10	46	56	34	7th, Central		Aiden McFadden	8	Tony Annan Jack Collison	Bradley Kamdem
2022	34	6	23	5	39	85	23	13th, Eastern		Jackson Conway	11	Jack Collison	Ajani Fortune
Season	MLS Next Pro								Playoffs	Top Scorer		Head Coach	Team Captain(s)
	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Pos		Player	Goals
2023	28	9	13	6	50	52	35	10th Eastern	DNQ	Nicolas Firmino	16	Steve Cooke	Kofi Twumasi

Statistics

Most appearances

As of November 17, 2023^[9]

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	USL	MLSNP	Total
1	Forward	Jackson Conway	United States	2018–2023	74	14	88
2	Midfielder	Ajani Fortune	Trinidad and Tobago	2020–	58	11	69
3	Midfielder	Jack Metcalf	England	2018–2019	62	0	62
4	Midfielder	Nicolas Firmino	Brazil	2022–	34	27	61
5	Midfielder	David Mejía	Peru	2020–2023	47	13	60

Most goals

As of November 17, 2023^[9]

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	USL	MLSNP	Total
1	Forward	Jackson Conway	United States	2018–2023	23	5	28
2	Midfielder	Nicolas Firmino	Brazil	2022–	3	16	19
3	Forward	Amadou Macky Diop	Senegal	2020–2021	9	0	9
	Forward	Darwin Matheus	Venezuela	2021–2022	9	0	9
	Midfielder	Aiden McFadden	United States	2021–2023	8	1	9