2020 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2020 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Darren Eales
Head coach	Stephen Glass (until July 27, 2020); Tony Annan (July 27, 2020 - December 16, 2020); Stephen Glass (from December 16, 2020)
Stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
USL Championship	Group H: 4th; Eastern Conf.: 15th
USL Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Jackson Conway &; Amadou Macky Diop (6)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 851
Lowest home attendance	League/All:
Average home league attendance	851
Biggest win	5–3; (Sept. 23 vs. NYRB2)
Biggest defeat	0–3; (July 24 at Charleston)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's third year of existence, their third season in the USL which is now rebranded as the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Players

As of September 24, 2020.^[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	GK	Ben Lundgaard	United States
2	DF	Jack Gurr	England
3	DF	Modou Jadama	Gambia
4	DF	Bradley Kamdem	France
5	MF	Abdoulaye Diop	Senegal
7	FW	Amadou Macky Diop	Senegal
8	MF	Daniel Steedman	Scotland
9	FW	Phillip Goodrum	United States
10	MF	Amir Bashti	United States
11	FW	Lamin Jawneh	Gambia
14	MF	Baboucarr Njie	Gambia
23	GK	Gabriel Rosario	United States
31	DF	Patrick Nielsen	Denmark
36	FW	Jackson Conway	United States
—	FW	Erik López	Paraguay

First team players who have been loaned to ATLUTD2
No.	Position	Player	Nation
13	FW	JJ Williams	United States
21	DF	George Bello	United States
24	FW	Tyler Wolff	United States

Academy call-ups
No.	Position	Player	Nat.
16	MF	Will Reilly	United States
26	FW	Coleman Gannon	United States
27	GK	Vicente Reyes	Chile
28	DF	Garrison Tubbs	United States
29	MF	Ajani Fortune	Trinidad and Tobago
30	DF	Caleb Wiley	United States
33	MF	Matthew Edwards	United States
34	MF	David Mejia	United States
35	DF	Efrain Morales	United States
37	MF	Owen Wolff	United States
38	DF	Nigel Prince	United States
39	MF	Brendan Lambe	United States

Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred From	Type	Notes	Date	Source
7	FW	29	Amadou Macky Diop	Radford University	Transfer		November 19, 2019	^[2]
2	DF	29	Jack Gurr	Georgia Revolution	Transfer		December 5, 2019	^[3]
8	FW	24	Daniel Steedman	University of Virginia	Transfer		January 8, 2020	^[4]
9	FW	27	Phillip Goodrum	UNC Wilimgton	Transfer	Draft Pick	January 13, 2020	^[5]
14	MF	29	Baboucarr Njie	NCWC	Transfer		January 14, 2020	^[6]
3	DF	30	Modou Jadama	Portland Timbers	Transfer		January 22, 2020	^[7]
11	FW	29	Lamin Jawneh	Unattatched	Transfer		January 23, 2020	^[8]
4	DF	30	Bradley Kamdem	Saint Louis FC	Transfer		January 24, 2020	^[9]
1	GK	29	Ben Lundgaard	Columbus Crew	Transfer		January 27, 2020	^[10]
23	GK	25	Gabriel Rosario	Huddersfield Town	Transfer		February 7, 2020	^[11]
5	MF	25	Abdoulaye Diop	Eastern Florida State College	Transfer		February 7, 2020	^[12]
31	DF	28	Patrick Nielsen	Michigan State University	Transfer	Draft Pick	June 29, 2020	^[13]
—	FW	23	Erik López	Olimpia	Loan		July 18, 2020	^[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred To	Type	Date	Source
1	GK	28	Paul Christensen	Greenville Triumph	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]^[16]
2	DF	36	Tyler Ruthven	N/A	Retired	October 21, 2019
3	DF	25	Guillermo Benítez	Plaza Amador	Loan return	October 21, 2019
4	MF	32	Jack Metcalf	San Diego Loyal	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]^[17]
5	DF	25	Wesly Decas	FC Moravia	Loan return	October 21, 2019
8	MF	28	Kevin Barajas	Free agent	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]
11	MF	25	Laurent Kissiedou	Free agent	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]
16	MF	24	Alessandro Castro	Juticalpa	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]^[18]
24	GK	29	Dylan Castanheira	Fort Lauderdale CF	Contract Expired	October 21, 2019	^[15]^[19]
29	MF	24	Bienvenue Kanakimana	MFK Vyškov	Loan return	October 21, 2019
6	MF	28	Laurence Wyke	Atlanta United FC	Transfer	March 5, 2020	^[20]

Academy Leaves

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	College/Club	Date
28	DF	22	Garrison Tubbs	Wake Forest	August 1, 2020
40	DF	22	Brandon Clagette	Pittsburgh	August 1, 2020
41	DF	22	Jordan Matthews	South Carolina	August 1, 2020

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) Preseason 1	Atlanta United 2	0–4	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Marietta, Georgia
1:00 PM EDT		Report	Pineda , Zacarías Zayed	Stadium: Atlanta United Training Facility
Note: Three thirty-minute periods

USL Championship

Standings — Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	16	10	3	3	25	11	+14	33	2.06	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Charleston Battery	15	9	3	3	26	15	+11	30	2.00	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
3	Miami FC	16	4	4	8	20	34	−14	16	1.00
4	Atlanta United 2	16	3	3	10	23	33	−10	12	0.75

Source: USL

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
16	3	3	10	23	33	−10	12	2	2	4	14	16	−2	1	1	6	9	17	−8

Last updated: October 5, 2020.
Source: USL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2020. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming

March 8, 2020 USLC 1	Atlanta United 2	0–1	Charleston Battery	Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 PM EST	Bashti 57'	Report	Kelly-Rosales 21' Gdula 40' Lewis 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 851 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

July 11, 2020 USLC 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Atlanta United 2	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Doherty 52' Mkosana 61' Fernandes 87', 90'	Report	Bashti 7' Conway 11' Reilly 90+7'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

July 18, 2020 USLC 3	Atlanta United 2	2–2	Memphis 901	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Conway 21' Gannon 57' Diop 67' Gurr 78' Jawneh 90+7'	Report	Doyle 16' Allen 44' Hodge 74' Segbers 90' Jennings 90+2'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 24, 2020 USLC 4	Charleston Battery	3–0	Atlanta United 2	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
8:00 PM EDT	Nembhard 10' Daley 20' Rittmeyer 49' Crawford 55' Bosua 90+9'	Report	A. Diop 81'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Referee: Izlen Peksenar

July 29, 2020 USLC 5	Atlanta United 2	4–3	Miami FC	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Conway 15' 69' 69' Macky Diop 41', 48' Jadama 57' Reilly 64' Bashti 81' Mejia 87', 90+5'	Report	Thiaw 13' Velásquez 47' González 68' Griffiths 83' Bah 90+3' Williams 90+7'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Izlen Peksenar

August 5, 2020 USLC 6	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Charleston Battery	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Jadama 27' Gannon 36' Macky Diop 67' Goodrum 73'	Report	Paterson 38' Archer 45' Kelly-Rosales 86' Cichero 90+4'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Chris Ruska

August 8, 2020 USLC 7	Birmingham Legion	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Birmingham, Alabama
7:30 PM EDT	Crognale 27' Kasim 45+1'	Report	Jadama 36'	Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Muhammad Hassan

August 12, 2020 USLC 8	Atlanta United 2	0–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Kennesaw, Georgia
	Goodrum 22' Macky Diop 90+6'	Report	Lasso 34' Tejada 81'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Kyle Johnston

August 15, 2020 USLC 9	Charleston Battery	3–2	Atlanta United 2	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
8:00 PM EDT	van Schaik 25' Cichero 57' Lewis 59', 90+1' Archer 90+4'	Report	Macky Diop 6' Reilly 32' Morales 51' Gurr 62'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Referee: John Matto

August 19, 2020 USLC 10	Miami FC	2–2	Atlanta United 2	Miami, Florida
7:00 PM	Ndam 22' Williams 24', 45+1' Saydee 27'	Report	Gurr 18' Macky Diop 23' (pen.), 75' Jadama 60'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon

August 22, 2020 USLC 11	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Atlanta United 2	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM	Doherty 21' Murphy 39' Ekra 45+2'	Report	Macky Diop 37' Njie 45+1' Goodrum 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Gabriele Giusti

September 2, 2020 USLC 12	Philadelphia Union II	1–2	Atlanta United 2	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM	Rabadán 39' Jasinski 47' Craig 67' Aaronson 90+6'	Report	Macky Diop 45' Goodrum 53' Mejia 90+2'	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: Thomas Snyder

September 12, 2020 USLC 13	Atlanta United 2	1–2	Miami FC	Kennesaw, Georgia
	Macky Diop 21' Fortune 23' Conway 90+4'	Report	Williams 20', 68' González 49' Pais 73' Markey 88'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Muhammad Hassan

September 16, 2020 USLC 14	Atlanta United 2	1–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Scarlett 55' (o.g.) Goodrum 61' Fortune 67'	Report	Lasso 29' Fernandes 81' Murphy 82' Guenzatti 90+5'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 23, 2020 USLC 15	Atlanta United 2	5–3	New York Red Bulls II	Kennesaw, Georgia
	Conway 17', 45+2' Bashti 20' Goodrum 29' Reilly 40' Morales 43' Gannon 69' Mejia 71', 90'	Report	Toure 21' LaCava 28' Bounthong 83' Clark 85' Kilwien 90'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Joshua Belk

October 4, 2020 USLC 16	Miami FC	3–1	Atlanta United 2	Miami, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Bezecourt 22' Williams 31' (pen.) Saydee 50' Granitto 74' Velásquez 90', 90+4' González 90+1'	Report	Edwards 11' Conway 13' Reilly 65' Bashti 70' Lambe 90+3'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Alex Billeter

Statistics

Top scorers

As of October 5, 2020

Place	Position	Name	USLC	Total
1	FW	Jackson Conway	6	6
1	FW	Amadou Macky Diop	6	6
3	MF	David Mejia	3	3
4	FW	Phillip Goodrum	2	2
5	MF	Amir Bashti	1	1
	MF	Ajani Fortune	1	1
	MF	Coleman Gannon	1	1
	DF	Jack Gurr	1	1
	DF	Efrain Morales	1	1
Own Goals			1	1
Total			23	23

Appearances and goals

As of October 5, 2020

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Ben Lundgaard	13	0	13	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jack Gurr	16	1	16	1	0	0
3	DF	GAM	Modou Jadama	16	0	16	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Bradley Kamdem	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	MF	SEN	Abdoulaye Diop	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
7	FW	SEN	Amadou Macky Diop	12	6	9+3	6	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Daniel Steedman	13	0	2+11	0	0	0
9	FW	USA	Phillip Goodrum	16	2	14+2	2	0	0
10	MF	USA	Amir Bashti	15	1	7+8	1	0	0
11	FW	GAM	Lamin Jawneh	11	0	1+10	0	0	0
14	MF	GAM	Baboucarr Njie	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Will Reilly	15	0	15	0	0	0
21	DF	USA	George Bello	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	USA	Gabriel Rosario	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	USA	Tyler Wolff	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	USA	Coleman Gannon	16	1	13+3	1	0	0
27	GK	CHI	Vicente Reyes	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	MF	TRI	Ajani Fortune	11	1	5+6	1	0	0
30	DF	USA	Caleb Wiley	11	0	11	0	0	0
31	DF	DEN	Patrick Nielsen	10	0	8+2	0	0	0
33	MF	USA	Matthew Edwards	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
34	MF	USA	David Mejia	10	3	1+9	3	0	0
35	DF	USA	Efrain Morales	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
36	FW	USA	Jackson Conway	10	6	8+2	6	0	0
39	MF	USA	Brendan Lambe	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club:
13	FW	USA	JJ Williams	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	BRA	Luiz Fernando	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	USA	Garrison Tubbs	6	0	6	0	0	0

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