The 2019 Atlanta United FC season was the third season of Atlanta United FC's existence, and the eleventh year that a professional soccer club from Atlanta, Georgia competed in the top division of American soccer. Atlanta United played their home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Outside of MLS, the team made their first appearance in the CONCACAF Champions League and the Campeones Cup (beating Club América to become the first MLS team to win the latter) and won the 2019 U.S. Open Cup by beating Minnesota United FC 2–1. This marked the team's first year without former head coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino, who was replaced with Frank de Boer.
Club
Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Brad Guzan (3rd Captain) GK Middlesbrough 98 0 13 Brendan Moore GK Rochdale 0 0 25 Alec Kann GK Sporting Kansas City 25 0 Defenders 2 Franco Escobar RB Newell's Old Boys 62 5 3 Michael Parkhurst (Captain) CB Columbus Crew 100 0 4 Florentin Pogba CB Gençlerbirliği 22 0 5 Leandro González Pírez CB Estudiantes 115 4 12 Miles Robinson (GA) CB Syracuse University 59 1 20 Brek Shea LB Vancouver Whitecaps FC 24 0 21 George Bello (HGP) LB Atlanta United Academy 4 1 22 Mikey Ambrose LB Orlando City SC 27 0 Midfielders 6 Darlington Nagbe AM Portland Timbers 74 2 8 Ezequiel Barco (DP) AM Independiente 59 9 10 Pity Martínez (DP) AM River Plate 44 7 11 Eric Remedi DM Banfield 56 2 14 Justin Meram LW Columbus Crew 27 4 15 Héctor Villalba RW San Lorenzo 96 22 16 Emerson Hyndman CM AFC Bournemouth 21 3 18 Jeff Larentowicz (Vice Captain) DM LA Galaxy 110 3 24 Julian Gressel AM Providence College 118 20 27 Chris Goslin (HGP) AM Atlanta United Academy 1 0 28 Dion Pereira LW Watford 21 0 29 Mo Adams (GA) CM Chicago Fire 6 1 30 Andrew Carleton (HGP) LW Atlanta United Academy 17 1 31 Luiz Fernando LW Atlanta United 2 0 0 32 Kevin Kratz CM Philadelphia Union 54 4 Forwards 7 Josef Martínez (DP) CF Torino 100 88 19 Brandon Vázquez CF Tijuana 39 9
International roster slots
Atlanta had seven International Roster Slots for use at the end of the season. José Hernández did not occupy an international slot while he was on loan to Atlanta United 2. Julian Gressel and Gordon Wild received green cards in May, making them domestic players for MLS roster purposes. On July 1, Atlanta traded an international slot to FC Dallas until the end of the 2020 season as part of a package for Emerson Hyndman's discovery rights. On August 21, Luiz Fernando was added to the senior team roster, occupying Atlanta's last international slot.
+Atlanta United International Roster Slots Slot Player Country1Ezequiel Barco Argentina2Franco Escobar Argentina3Pity Martínez Argentina4Dion Pereira England5Florentin Pogba Guinea6Eric Remedi Argentina7Luiz Fernando Brazil
Results
Non-competitive
Friendlies
Competitive
Major League Soccer
League tables
Eastern Conference
Overall
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
MLS Cup Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup
CONCACAF Champions League
Campeones Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have played for Atlanta United this season but have left the club:
Top scorers
PlacePositionNameTotal1FW Josef Martínez271131332MF Julian Gressel62020103MF Pity Martínez5020074FW Brandon Vazquez2040065MF Ezequiel Barco400004MF Justin Meram4000047MF Emerson Hyndman1010138DF Franco Escobar110002MF Darlington Nagbe200002DF Leandro González Pírez10010211MF Mo Adams100001MF Jeff Larentowicz000011MF Eric Remedi001001DF Miles Robinson001001MF Héctor Villalba100001FW Romario Williams001001Own Goals301003Total 58 4 12 6 3 81
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Champions League Campeones Cup Total 1 GK Brad Guzan 1 1 2 DF Franco Escobar 9 1 2 11 3 DF Michael Parkhurst 3 2 5 4 DF Florentin Pogba 2 1 3 5 DF Leandro González Pírez 11 1 1 2 1 2 15 1 1 6 MF Darlington Nagbe 2 2 7 FW Josef Martínez 1 1 2 8 MF Ezequiel Barco 1 1 2 9 FW Romario Williams 1 1 10 MF Pity Martínez 2 1 1 4 11 MF Eric Remedi 6 1 7 12 DF Miles Robinson 4 1 5 14 MF Justin Meram 3 2 5 16 MF Emerson Hyndman 1 1 18 MF Jeff Larentowicz 4 1 1 1 7 19 FW Brandon Vazquez 1 1 21 DF George Bello 1 1 22 DF Mikey Ambrose 2 2 24 MF Julian Gressel 3 1 4 29 MF Mo Adams 1 1 Total 560150012007001008211
Player movement
In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromTypeUSFee/notesDateSource 26 MF Jon Gallagher Atlanta United 2 Loan Return Non-US Free November 30, 2018 29 MF Oliver Shannon Atlanta United 2 Loan Return Non-US Free November 30, 2018 35 FW Patrick Okonkwo Charleston Battery Loan Return US Free November 30, 2018 33 FW Gordon Wild Charleston Battery Loan Return Non-US Free November 30, 2018 20 DF Brek Shea Vancouver Whitecaps FC Transfer US Free December 30, 2018 13 GK Brendan Moore Rochdale Transfer US Free January 9, 2019 28 MF Dion Pereira Watford Transfer Non-US Free January 15, 2019 10 MF Pity Martínez River Plate Transfer Non-US $17,000,000 January 24, 2019 4 MF Florentin Pogba Gençlerbirliği Transfer Non-US Free February 5, 2019 31 MF Anderson Asiedu UCLA Draft Non-US Free March 1, 2019 14 MF Justin Meram Columbus Crew Trade US $100K in GAM and a 2020 second round draft pick May 8, 2019 29 MF Mo Adams Chicago Fire Trade US $100K in GAM July 17, 2019 31 MF Luiz Fernando Atlanta United 2 Transfer Non-US Free August 21, 2019
SuperDraft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2019 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes. Atlanta had three selections in the draft, but declined to use their fourth-round pick.
Round Selection Player Position College Status 1 24 Anderson Asiedu MF UCLA Non-US 2 48 Amir Bashti MF Stanford US
Loan in
No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromUSStartEndSource16MF AFC BournemouthUSJuly 9, 2019December 9, 2019
Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toTypeUSFee/notesDateSource 14 DF Sal Zizzo San Diego Loyal Option Declined US Free December 9, 2018 27 GK Mitch Hildebrandt Retired Option Declined US Free December 9, 2018 28 MF Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu FC Tucson Option Declined US Free December 9, 2018 29 MF Oliver Shannon Free agent Option Declined Non-US Free December 9, 2018 4 DF Greg Garza FC Cincinnati Trade US $200K GAM & $250K TAM December 11, 2018 10 MF Miguel Almirón Newcastle United Transfer Non-US $27,000,000 January 31, 2019 16 MF Chris McCann D.C. United Waived US Free February 9, 2019 31 MF Anderson Asiedu Birmingham Legion Waived Non-US Free May 31, 2019 9 FW Romario Williams Columbus Crew Trade US $100K GAM July 9, 2019 33 FW Gordon Wild D.C. United Waived US Free July 17, 2019
Loan out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toStartEndSource—FW Atlanta United 2March 1, 2019End of season—DF Atlanta United 2March 1, 2019End of season31MF Atlanta United 2March 1, 2019May 31, 201923FW Memphis 901 FCMay 13, 2019End of season26MF AberdeenJune 21, 2019May 14, 2020
Non-player transfers
AcquiredFromForSource$50K in GAM D.C. UnitedDiscovery rights for Lucas RodríguezDiscovery rights for Emerson Hyndman FC Dallas$200K in GAM, international roster slot for 2019 & 2020 season
Honors
Weekly / monthly
MLS player of the month Month Player Stats Ref July Josef Martínez 5 GP, 7 G August Josef Martínez (2) 5 GP, 6 G
MLS team / player / coach of the week
Week Team of the week Player of the week Coach of the week Ref Starting XI Bench3 Miles Robinson 7 Ezequiel Barco Ezequiel Barco9 Darlington Nagbe 10 Ezequiel Barco (2) Josef Martínez Ezequiel Barco (2)11 Brad Guzan Héctor Villalba Frank de Boer14 Josef Martínez (2) Miles Robinson (2) Brad Guzan (2) Josef Martínez Frank de Boer (2)17 Justin Meram 20 Julian Gressel Josef Martínez (3) Brad Guzan (3) Frank de Boer (3)22 Miles Robinson (3) 23 Josef Martínez (4) Julian Gressel (2) Josef Martínez (2)24 Darlington Nagbe (2) Miles Robinson (4) Pity Martínez Frank de Boer (4)25 Ezequiel Barco (3) Miles Robinson (5) 29 Emerson Hyndman Josef Martínez (5) Josef Martínez (3)31 Julian Gressel (3)
MLS goal of the week Week Player Ref7 Ezequiel Barco10 Ezequiel Barco (2)11 Pity Martínez24 Josef Martínez26 Josef Martínez (2)29 Josef Martínez (3)30 Julian Gressel31 Julian Gressel (2)
Annual
Honor Player Ref MLS Best XI Josef Martínez Miles Robinson MLS Goal of the Year Josef Martínez MLS All-Star Game Ezequiel Barco Leandro González Pírez Brad Guzan Josef Martínez Pity Martínez
References