2018 Atlanta United 2 season

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.

Atlanta United 2

2018 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Darren Eales
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

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	28	A. J. Cochran	Saint Louis FC	Transfer		January 24, 2018	[2]
34	FW	19	Diego Lopez	Golden State Force	Transfer		January 24, 2018	[2]
4	DF	29	Jack Metcalf	Unattatched	Transfer	Free Agent	January 24, 2018	[2]
10	FW	23	Yosef Samuel	Bethlehem Steel	Transfer		January 24, 2018	[2]
15	DF	31	Shawn Nicklaw	Unattatched	Transfer	Free Agent	February 6, 2018	[3]
33	GK	29	Nicolas Caraux	FC Versailles 78	Transfer		February 6, 2018	[3]
8	MF	24	Kevin Barajas	University of Kentucky	Transfer		February 12, 2018	[4]
1	GK	24	Paul Christensen	University of Portland	Transfer	Draft Pick	February 18, 2018	[5]
6	DF	26	Andrew Kendall-Moullin	San Antonio FC	Transfer		February 18, 2018	[5]
11	MF	22	Laurent Kissiedou	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		February 18, 2018	[5]
18	FW	29	Devon Sandoval	Unattached	Transfer	Free Agent	March 22, 2018	[6]
31	MF	22	Jose Carranza	North Carolina FC	Transfer		March 22, 2018	[6]
41	MF	21	Alessandro Castro	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		July 5, 2018	[7]
2	DF	32	Tyler Ruthven	Unattached	Transfer	Free Agent	August 14, 2018	[8]
16	FW	27	Rodolfo	Fresno FC	Loan		September 10, 2018	[9]

Out

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred To	Type	Notes	Date	Source
31	MF	22	Jose Carranza	Louisville City	Transfer		August 20, 2018

Academy Leaves for College

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	College	Date
38	DF	21	Carlos Asensio	Clemson	August 10, 2018
39	DF	20	Will Crain	Brown	August 10, 2018
40	GK	21	Russell Shealy	Maryland	August 10, 2018
44	GK	20	Justin Garces	UCLA	August 10, 2018
45	MF	20	Blake White	UAB	August 10, 2018
46	MF	21	Victor Pereyra-Zavala	Georgia State	August 10, 2018

Competitions

USL regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	11	8	15	44	44	0	41
13	Penn FC	34	9	10	15	38	47	−9	37
14	Atlanta United 2	34	7	10	17	37	72	−35	31
15	Richmond Kickers	34	6	4	24	30	80	−50	22
16	Toronto FC II	34	4	6	24	42	77	−35	18

Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Result	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2018. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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	Playoffs	Total
1	FW	Jon Gallagher	6	0	6
2	MF	Lagos Kunga	5	0	5
3	FW	Romario Williams	4	0	4
4	MF	Laurent Kissiedou	3	0	3
	FW	Devon Sandoval	3	0	3
6	FW	Brandon Vazquez	2	0	2
	DF	Mikey Ambrose	2	0	2
	MF	Andrew Carleton	2	0	2
9	MF	Yosef Samuel	1	0	1
	DF	Miles Robinson	1	0	1
	DF	Shawn Nicklaw	1	0	1
	MF	Oliver Shannon	1	0	1
	MF	Alessandro Castro	1	0	1
	MF	Dylan Gaither	1	0	1
Own Goals			4	0	4
Total			37	0	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
				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

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