Atlanta United FC

2023 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Gonzalo Pineda
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia
MLS	Conference: 6th Overall: 10th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Round One
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Leagues Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League:Giorgos Giakoumakis (17) All: Giorgos Giakoumakis (19)
Average home league attendance	47,526[1]
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The2023 Atlanta United FC season was the seventh season ofAtlanta United FC's existence, and the fifteenth year that a professional soccer club fromAtlanta, Georgia competed in the top division ofAmerican soccer. Atlanta United play their home games atMercedes-Benz Stadium. Outside ofMLS, they competed in the2023 U.S. Open Cup and also participated in the2023 Leagues Cup for the first time.

Squad no.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Guzan (captain)		GK	(1984-09-09)September 9, 1984 (age 41)	Middlesbrough	197	0
25	Clément Diop		GK	(1993-10-13)October 13, 1993 (age 32)	New England Revolution	3	0
31	Quentin Westberg		GK	(1986-04-25)April 25, 1986 (age 39)	Toronto FC	6	0
Defenders
2	Ronald Hernández		RB	(1997-09-21)September 21, 1997 (age 28)	Aberdeen	42	2
4	Luis Abram		CB	(1996-02-22)February 22, 1996 (age 29)	Granada	28	0
11	Brooks Lennon		RB	(1997-09-22)September 22, 1997 (age 28)	Real Salt Lake	128	9
12	Miles Robinson (GA)		CB	(1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (age 28)	Syracuse University	150	4
22	Juanjo Purata		CB	(1998-01-09)January 9, 1998 (age 27)	UANL	49	7
24	Noah Cobb (HGP)		CB	(2005-07-20)July 20, 2005 (age 20)	Atlanta United 2	4	0
26	Caleb Wiley (HGP)		LB	(2004-12-22)December 22, 2004 (age 20)	Atlanta United Academy	62	5
Midfielders
5	Santiago Sosa		DM	(1999-05-03)May 3, 1999 (age 26)	River Plate	70	2
6	Osvaldo Alonso		DM	(1985-11-11)November 11, 1985 (age 40)	Minnesota United FC	13	0
8	Tristan Muyumba		DM	(1997-03-07)March 7, 1997 (age 28)	Guingamp	14	1
9	Saba Lobzhanidze (DP)		LW	(1994-12-18)December 18, 1994 (age 30)	Hatayspor	12	3
10	Thiago Almada (DP)		AM	(2001-04-26)April 26, 2001 (age 24)	Vélez Sarsfield	66	20
13	Amar Sejdić		DM	(1996-11-29)November 29, 1996 (age 28)	CF Montréal	60	0
16	Xande Silva		RW	(1997-03-16)March 16, 1997 (age 28)	Dijon	13	4
18	Derrick Etienne		LW	(1996-11-25)November 25, 1996 (age 29)	Columbus Crew	25	0
20	Matheus Rossetto		AM	(1996-06-03)June 3, 1996 (age 29)	Athletico Paranaense	98	1
21	Edwin Mosquera		LW	(2001-06-27)June 27, 2001 (age 24)	Independiente Medellín	29	4
28	Tyler Wolff (HGP)		RW	(2003-02-13)February 13, 2003 (age 22)	Atlanta United Academy	41	6
30	Machop Chol (HGP)		RW	(1998-11-14)November 14, 1998 (age 27)	Wake Forest University	35	2
35	Ajani Fortune (HGP)		AM	(2002-12-30)December 30, 2002 (age 22)	Atlanta United 2	18	0
51	Nicolas Firmino		AM	(2001-01-30)January 30, 2001 (age 24)	Atlanta United 2	1	1
52	Luke Brennan (HGP)		LW	(2005-02-24)February 24, 2005 (age 20)	Atlanta United 2	1	0
Forwards
7	Giorgos Giakoumakis (DP)		CF	(1994-12-09)December 9, 1994 (age 30)	Celtic	32	19
19	Miguel Berry		CF	(1997-09-16)September 16, 1997 (age 28)	D.C. United	30	1
29	Jamal Thiaré		CF	(1993-03-31)March 31, 1993 (age 32)	Le Havre	7	0

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Type	US	Fee/notes	Date	Source
18	MF	Derrick Etienne	Columbus Crew	Transfer	US	Free	November 30, 2022	[2]
31	GK	Quentin Westberg	Toronto FC	Transfer	US	Free	December 23, 2022	[3]
32	FW	Erik López	Banfield	Loan return	US	Free	January 1, 2023
24	DF	Noah Cobb	Atlanta United 2	Transfer	US	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2023	[4]
35	MF	Ajani Fortune	Atlanta United 2	Transfer	US	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2023	[5]
28	MF	Tyler Wolff	Beveren	Loan return	US	Free	January 4, 2023	[6]
25	GK	Clément Diop	New England Revolution	Transfer	US	Free	January 11, 2023	[7]
4	DF	Luis Abram	Granada	Transfer	Non-US	$300,000	February 2, 2023	[8]
7	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Celtic	Transfer	Non-US	$5,200,000	February 8, 2023	[9]
19	FW	Miguel Berry	D.C. United	Transfer	US	$250,000 GAM	February 21, 2023	[10]
8	MF	Tristan Muyumba	Guingamp	Transfer	Non-US	$1,000,000	July 6, 2023	[11]
29	FW	Jamal Thiaré	Le Havre	Transfer	Non-US	Free	August 1, 2023	[12]
9	MF	Saba Lobzhanidze	Hatayspor	Transfer	Non-US	$1,500,000	August 2, 2023	[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Type	US	Fee/notes	Date	Source
32	DF	George Campbell	CF Montréal	Transfer	US	$900,000 GAM	December 13, 2022	[14]
29	FW	Ronaldo Cisneros	Guadalajara	Loan return	Non-US	Free	January 1, 2023
34	GK	Rocco Ríos Novo	Lanús	Loan return	US	Free	January 1, 2023
3	DF	Alex DeJohn	Retired	Out of Contract	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
23	GK	Raúl Gudiño	Necaxa	Option Declined	Non-US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
24	GK	Dylan Castanheira	Free agent	Option Declined	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
27	DF	Bryce Washington	Loudoun United	Option Declined	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
33	DF	Mikey Ambrose	Retired	Out of Contract	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
20	MF	Emerson Hyndman	Memphis 901	Released	US	Free	January 3, 2023	[16]
6	DF	Alan Franco	São Paulo	Transfer	Non-US	$2,300,000	January 5, 2023	[17]
4	FW	Dom Dwyer	Oakland Roots	Waived	US	Free	January 6, 2023	[18]
7	FW	Josef Martínez	Inter Miami CF	Contract Buyout	US	Free	January 18, 2023	[19]
—	MF	Marcelino Moreno	Coritiba	Transfer	Non-US	$1,500,000	June 20, 2023	[20]
10	MF	Luiz Araújo	Flamengo	Transfer	Non-US	$10,000,000	July 1, 2023	[21]
15	DF	Andrew Gutman	Colorado Rapids	Trade	US	$400,000 GAM +IRS	July 5, 2023	[22]
32	FW	Erik López	Olimpia	Released	Non-US	Free	August 5, 2023	[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	US	Start	End	Source
22	DF	Juanjo Purata	UANL	Non-US	November 14, 2022	End of Season	[15]
16	MF	Xande Silva	Dijon	Non-US	August 2, 2023	End of Season	[24]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
—	MF	Esequiel Barco	River Plate	January 30, 2022	January 1, 2024	[25]
10	MF	Marcelino Moreno	Coritiba	January 10, 2023	June 20, 2023	[26]
21	MF	Edwin Mosquera	Defensa y Justicia	February 2, 2023	June 9, 2023	[27]
36	FW	Jackson Conway	Phoenix Rising	March 17, 2023	June 9, 2023	[28][29]
14	MF	Franco Ibarra	Toronto FC	July 10, 2023	December 31, 2023	[30]
37	DF	Aiden McFadden	Memphis 901	August 7, 2023	December 31, 2023	[31]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.

Atlanta traded the 7th overall pick toReal Salt Lake for $175,000 GAM^[32]

  Win  Draw  Loss

Atlanta United vAberdeen

November 16, 2022	Atlanta United	0–1	Aberdeen	Marietta
3:00 PMEST			Clarkson 67'	Stadium:Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground
Note: United was represented by the academy andAtlanta United 2, its reserve team that competes in the third divisionMLS Next Pro.

Chattanooga FC v Atlanta United

January 28, 2023	Chattanooga FC	3–3	Atlanta United	Chattanooga
3:00 PMEST	Naglestad 7',28' McGrath 44'	Report	Luiz Araújo 12' (pen.),42' Chol 20'	Stadium:Finley Stadium Attendance: 7,513

Atlante v Atlanta United

February 4, 2023	Atlante	4–1	Atlanta United	Mexico City
8:00PM	Lajud 15' García 66' Velázquez 83' (pen.) Galván 114'		Rossetto 33'	Stadium:Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
Note: Game was played in four 30 minute quarters.

Cruz Azul v Atlanta United

February 8, 2023	Cruz Azul	3–3	Atlanta United	Mexico City
11:00 AM	Rivero 44' Cobb 48' (o.g.) Silva 78'		Almada 23' Luiz Araújo 51',56'	Stadium:Estadio Azteca Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors.

Atlanta United vToluca

February 15, 2023	Atlanta United	3–4	Toluca	Atlanta
7:30 PMEST	Lennon 15' Luiz Araújo 17' Brennan 52'	Report	López 19' Saucedo 45+3' M. Araújo 62' Sanvezzo 80'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Note: 2023 American Family Insurance Cup

St. Louis City SC v Atlanta United

February 18, 2023	St. Louis City SC	1–2	Atlanta United	St. Louis
1:00 PM	Klauss 28'	Report	Luiz Araújo 10' Almada 43' (pen.)	Stadium:Citypark Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors.

Atlanta United FC vSan Jose Earthquakes

February 251	Atlanta United FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Almada 90+3',90+9'	Report	Ebobisse 12'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 67,538 Referee: Jon Freemon

Atlanta United FC vToronto FC

March 42	Atlanta United FC	1–1	Toronto FC	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Rossetto 60'	Report	Bernardeschi 52'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,817 Referee:Nima Saghafi

Charlotte FC vAtlanta United FC

March 113	Charlotte FC	0–3	Atlanta United FC	Charlotte, NC
12:00 PM		Report	Wiley 5',45+2' Luiz Araújo 12'	Stadium:Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 31,538 Referee:Ismail Elfath

Atlanta United FC vPortland Timbers

March 184	Atlanta United FC	5–1	Portland Timbers	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Wiley 25' Almada 45+5',86' Giakoumakis 59' Luiz Araújo 75'	Report	Ikoba 83'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,648 Referee: Ted Unkel

Columbus Crew vAtlanta United FC

March 255	Columbus Crew	6–1	Atlanta United FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM	Morris 14' Ramirez 47',64' Quinton 51' Russell-Rowe 68' Arfsten 90+2'	Report	Lennon 71'	Stadium:Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,249 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Atlanta United FC vNew York Red Bulls

April 16	Atlanta United FC	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Giakoumakis 7'	Report		Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 43,511 Referee:Alex Chilowicz

New York City FC vAtlanta United FC

April 87	New York City FC	1–1	Atlanta United FC	New York, NY
7:30 PM	Pereira 72'	Report	Giakoumakis 70'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,095 Referee:Drew Fischer

Toronto FC vAtlanta United FC

April 158	Toronto FC	2–2	Atlanta United FC	Toronto, ON
7:30 PM	Laryea 43' Servania 90+4'	Report	Giakoumakis 4' Chol 76'	Stadium:BMO Field Attendance: 27,892 Referee: Ted Unkel

Atlanta United FC vChicago Fire

April 239	Atlanta United FC	2–1	Chicago Fire	Atlanta, GA
4:30 PM	Giakoumakis 13' Haile-Selassie 90+9' (o.g.)	Report	Przybyłko 90'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 43,335 Referee: Victor Rivas

Nashville SC vAtlanta United FC

April 2910	Nashville SC	3–1	Atlanta United FC	Nashville, TN
1:30 PM	Picault 37' Bunbury 56' Shaffelburg 90+1'	Report	Almada 72' (pen.)	Stadium:Geodis Park Attendance: 28,793 Referee: Joe Dickerson

Inter Miami CF vAtlanta United FC

May 611	Inter Miami CF	2–1	Atlanta United FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM	Martínez 59' (pen.),75'	Report	Gutman 90+2'	Stadium:DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 16,750 Referee:Armando Villarreal

Atlanta United FC vCharlotte FC

May 1312	Atlanta United FC	1–3	Charlotte FC	Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM	Gutman 51' Ibarra 71' Purata 86' Lennon 87'	Report	Meram 18',57' Świderski 52' (pen.) Sobocinski 59'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 43,427 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Atlanta United FC vColorado Rapids

May 1713	Atlanta United FC	4–0	Colorado Rapids	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Almada 29' Luiz Araújo 80' Wolff 87' Giakoumakis 90'	Report		Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,587 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Chicago Fire vAtlanta United FC

May 2014	Chicago Fire	3–3	Atlanta United FC	Chicago, IL
8:30 PM	Purata 42' (o.g.) Haile-Selassie 49' Koutsias 89'	Report	Gutman 29' Giakoumakis 55',65'	Stadium:Soldier Field Attendance: 18,343 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Orlando City SC vAtlanta United FC

May 2715	Orlando City SC	1–1	Atlanta United FC	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM	Carlos 25' Smith 30'	Report	Hernández 66' Wolff 86' Rossetto 90+4'	Stadium:Exploria Stadium Attendance: 20,127 Referee:Allen Chapman

Atlanta United FC vNew England Revolution

May 3116	Atlanta United FC	3–3	New England Revolution	Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM	Ibarra 55' Giakoumakis 56', 81' Almada 74' Guzan 83' Berry 87' Gutman 90+2'	Report	Gil 1',90+3' González 22' Wood 37' Buck 52'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,915 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Atlanta United FC vD.C. United

June 1018	Atlanta United FC	3–1	D.C. United	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM	Giakoumakis 13', 83' Fortune 42' Gutman 49' Wolff 73'	Report	Fountas 27' Pines 51' Birnbaum 69' Klich 89'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,539 Referee:Filip Dujic

Atlanta United entered the Open Cup at the Third Round.

Atlanta United FC vMemphis 901

April 26Third round	Atlanta United FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Memphis 901	Kennesaw, GA
7:30PM	Wolff 3'	Report	Goodrum 90+6' (pen.) Pickering 100'	Stadium:Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Miami CF	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance toknockout stage
2	Cruz Azul	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2
3	Atlanta United FC	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Inter Miami CF vAtlanta United FC

July 25Group stage	Inter Miami CF	4–0	Atlanta United FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM	Messi 8',22' Taylor 44',53'	Report		Stadium:DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 19,758 Referee:Mario Escobar

Cruz Azul vAtlanta United FC

July 29Group stage	Cruz Azul	1–1 (5–4p)	Atlanta United FC	Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM	Dueñas 7' Moisés 20' Salcedo 90' Escobar 90+1'	Report	Lennon 6' Sejdić 27' Hernández 42' Muyumba 53' Almada 75' Giakoumakis 90+2'	Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 41,108 Referee: Oliver Vergara
	Penalties
	Salcedo Rivero Tabó Rotondi Antuna Lotti		Lennon Muyumba Berry Almada Giakoumakis Purata

As of November 13, 2023

Place	Position	Name	MLS	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Leagues Cup	Total
1	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	17	2	0	0	19
2	MF	Thiago Almada	11	1	0	1	13
3	MF	Tyler Wolff	5	0	1	0	6
4	DF	Brooks Lennon	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	Edwin Mosquera	3	1	0	0	4
	MF	Xande Silva	2	2	0	0	4
	MF	Caleb Wiley	4	0	0	0	4
8	MF	Luiz Araújo	3	0	0	0	3
	DF	Andrew Gutman	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Saba Lobzhanidze	3	0	0	0	3
11	MF	Machop Chol	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Miles Robinson	2	0	0	0	2
13	FW	Miguel Berry	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Nicolas Firmino	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Tristan Muyumba	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Juanjo Purata	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Matheus Rossetto	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	0	0	2
Total			66	6	1	1	74

As of 13 November 2023

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	MLS			Playoffs			Open Cup			Leagues Cup			Total
				App	St		App	St		App	St		App	St		App	St
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Brad Guzan		27	27	0	3	3	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	32	0
25	GK	Clément Diop		2	1	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	3	2	0
31	GK	Quentin Westberg		6	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	Ronald Hernández		10	8	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	14	11	0
4	DF	Luis Abram		22	16	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	28	22	0
11	DF	Brooks Lennon		33	32	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	39	37	4
12	DF	Miles Robinson		27	26	2	3	3	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	31	2
22	DF	Juanjo Purata		28	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	32	25	1
24	DF	Noah Cobb		3	2	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	4	3	0
26	DF	Caleb Wiley		30	28	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	36	34	4
'Midfielders
5	MF	Santiago Sosa		17	11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	18	12	0
6	MF	Osvaldo Alonso		7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	9	0	0
8	MF	Tristan Muyumba		10	9	1	3	3	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	14	13	1
9	MF	Saba Lobzhanidze		9	6	3	3	2	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	12	8	3
10	MF	Thiago Almada		31	31	11	2	2	1	–	–	–	2	2	1	35	35	13
13	MF	Amar Sejdić		23	14	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	1	1	0	25	16	0
16	MF	Xande Silva		10	8	2	3	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	11	4
18	MF	Derrick Etienne Jr.		21	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	11	0
20	MF	Matheus Rossetto		30	19	1	2	2	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	34	23	1
21	MF	Edwin Mosquera		12	4	3	3	0	1	–	–	–	2	0	0	17	4	4
28	MF	Tyler Wolff		18	6	5	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	23	8	6
30	MF	Machop Chol		19	4	2	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	20	4	2
35	MF	Ajani Fortune		14	3	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	18	6	0
51	MF	Nicolas Firmino		1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1
52	MF	Luke Brennan		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis		27	21	17	3	3	2	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	26	19
19	FW	Miguel Berry		27	10	1	–	–	–	1	1	0	2	0	0	30	11	1
29	FW	Jamal Thiaré		4	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0	0
Players who have played for Atlanta United this season but have left the club
10	MF	Luiz Araújo		16	15	3	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	17	16	3
14	MF	Franco Ibarra		17	15	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	18	16	0
15	DF	Andrew Gutman		18	16	3	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	19	16	3
32	FW	Erik López		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
36	FW	Jackson Conway		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0
Total				34		66	2		4	1		1	2		1	39		72