The 2025 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's eighth year of existence as well as their third season in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. On July 23rd, it was announced that, effective immediately, head coach Steve Cooke would be leaving Atlanta to become the new head coach of Birmingham Legion FC. Assistant coach Jose Silva then took over as interim head coach. Despite a good spell of games during the final stretch of the season playing under interim head coach Silva, Atlanta United 2 fell just short of making their first-ever playoff appearance.
Club
Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Apps Goals Contracted Players 33 Patrick Weah FW Minnesota United 24 9 36 Ryan Carmichael FW Inter Miami II 28 1 38 Ronan Wynne DF University of Denver 28 1 39 Arif Kovac FW Academy 3 1 40 Santiago Pita MF Academy 12 2 41 Toto Majub DF Amusi Football Club 12 1 55 Salvatore Mazzaferro DF Austin FC II 27 3 56 Ignacio Suarez MF Academy 5 1 60 James Donaldson GK Academy 0 0 77 Rodrigo Neri FW Valencia Academy 37 9 80 Moises Tablante MF FC Cincinnati 2 27 5 86 Javier Armas MF Oregon State University 53 10 95 Kaiden Moore DF Academy 23 1 Players Loaned From Atlanta United 2 Ronald Hernández DF Aberdeen 6 0 13 Leo Afonso MF Inter Miami 2 1 20 Luke Brennan MF Academy 71 12 21 Efrain Morales DF Academy 74 3 22 Josh Cohen GK Maccabi Haifa 7 0 23 Adyn Torres MF Academy 54 0 24 Noah Cobb DF Academy 61 3 27 Ashton Gordon FW Academy 19 2 28 Will Reilly MF Stanford University 41 0 30 Cayman Togashi FW Sagan Tosu 8 3 42 Jayden Hibbert GK UConn 29 0 48 Cooper Sanchez MF Academy 28 1 50 Dominik Chong-Qui DF Academy 35 2 66 Nyk Sessock DF Inter Miami II 17 0 Academy Call-Ups 51 Jonathan Ransom GK Academy 15 0 61 Braden Dunham DF Academy 9 0 71 Seamus Streelman DF Academy 1 0 72 Ilan Ettinger DF Academy 1 0 73 Ayo Akintobi DF Academy 1 0 78 Isaiah Vicentti DF Academy 3 0 81 David Sibrian MF Academy 12 0 83 Gabriel Wesseh MF Academy 23 4 87 Reuben Clarson GK Academy 1 0
Player movement
In No.Pos.AgePlayerTransferred fromTypeNotesDateSource 50 DF Dominik Chong-Qui Atlanta United Academy Transfer January 1, 2025 36 FW Ryan Carmichael Inter Miami II Transfer Free January 24, 2025 33 FW Patrick Weah Minnesota United Transfer Free January 24, 2025 80 MF Moises Tablante FC Cincinnati 2 Transfer Free January 24, 2025 55 DF Salvatore Mazzaferro Austin FC II Transfer Free January 24, 2025 47 DF Toto Majub Amusi Football Club Transfer Free January 24, 2025 39 FW Arif Kovac Atlanta United Academy Transfer January 24, 2025 40 MF Santiago Pita Atlanta United Academy Transfer January 24, 2025 66 DF Nykolas Sessock Inter Miami II Transfer Free February 25, 2025 38 DF Ronan Wynne University of Denver Transfer SuperDraft Pick February 25, 2025 56 MF Ignacio Suarez Atlanta United Academy Transfer April 15, 2025 60 GK James Donaldson Atlanta United Academy Transfer September 2, 2025
Out No.Pos.AgePlayerTransferred ToTypeNotesDateSource 36 DF Ramzi Qawasmy Philadelphia Union II Option Declined January 1, 2025 75 DF Jacob Williams Free Agent Option Declined January 1, 2025 38 DF Ethan Dudley Chattanooga FC Out of Contract January 1, 2025 41 MF Alan Carleton Huntsville City Out of Contract January 1, 2025 45 MF Noble Okello Phoenix Rising Out of Contract January 1, 2025 55 MF Matías Gallardo Instituto Out of Contract Free January 1, 2025 88 GK John Berner FC Tulsa Out of Contract January 1, 2025 96 DF Daniel Russo Free Agent Out of Contract January 1, 2025 99 FW Karim Tmimi Free Agent Out of Contract January 1, 2025 42 GK Jayden Hibbert Atlanta United Transfer Free January 1, 2025 62 MF Ashton Gordon Atlanta United Transfer Homegrown Contract January 1, 2025 50 DF Dominik Chong-Qui Atlanta United Transfer Homegrown Contract April 4, 2025 48 MF Cooper Sanchez Atlanta United Transfer Homegrown Contract August 5, 2025 66 DF Nyk Sessock Atlanta United Transfer Free August 5, 2025
Loan out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toStartEndSource95DF Philadelphia Union IIAugust 18, 2025End of season
Academy Departures Denotes departed players from the Academy who have made at least one appearance for Atlanta United 2. No.Pos.AgePlayerCollege/Club 64 DF Miles Hadley Army 77 MF Pavel Romero Georgia State — GK Nash Skoglund South Carolina
Competitions
MLS Next Pro
Standings Eastern Conference
Overall table
Results summary
Matches
Statistics
Top Scorers
PlacePositionNameTotal1FW Patrick Weah9—92FW Rodrigo Neri6—63MF Moises Tablante5—54MF Gabriel Wesseh4—45MF Javier Armas3—3MF Salvatore Mazzaferro3—3FW Cayman Togashi3—38MF Luke Brennan2—2MF Santiago Pita2—210MF Leo Afonso1—1MF Ryan Carmichael1—1MF Arif Kovač1—1DF Toto Majub1—1MF Cooper Sanchez1—1MF Ignacio Suarez1—1DF Ronan Wynne1—1Total 44 — 44
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