2023 Atlanta United FC season explained

The 2023 Atlanta United FC season was the seventh season of Atlanta United FC's existence, and the fifteenth year that a professional soccer club from Atlanta, Georgia competed in the top division of American soccer. Atlanta United play their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Outside of MLS, they competed in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup and also participated in the 2023 Leagues Cup for the first time.

Club

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

Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Type	US	Fee/notes	Date	Source
18	MF			Transfer	US	Free	November 30, 2022	[2]
31	GK			Transfer	US	Free	December 23, 2022	[3]
32	FW			Loan return	US	Free	January 1, 2023
24	DF			Transfer	US	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2023	[4]
35	MF			Transfer	US	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2023	[5]
28	MF			Loan return	US	Free	January 4, 2023	[6]
25	GK			Transfer	US	Free	January 11, 2023	[7]
4	DF			Transfer	Non-US	$300,000	February 2, 2023	[8]
7	FW			Transfer	Non-US	$5,200,000	February 8, 2023	[9]
19	FW			Transfer	US	$250,000 GAM	February 21, 2023	[10]
8	MF			Transfer	Non-US	$1,000,000	July 6, 2023	[11]
29	FW			Transfer	Non-US	Free	August 1, 2023	[12]
9	MF			Transfer	Non-US	$1,500,000	August 2, 2023	[13]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Type	US	Fee/notes	Date	Source
32	DF			Transfer	US	$900,000 GAM	December 13, 2022	[14]
29	FW			Loan return	Non-US	Free	January 1, 2023
34	GK			Loan return	Non-US	Free	January 1, 2023
3	DF		Retired	Out of Contract	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[15]
23	GK			Option Declined	Non-US	Free	January 1, 2023	[16]
24	GK		Free agent	Option Declined	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[17]
27	DF			Option Declined	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[18]
33	DF		Retired	Out of Contract	US	Free	January 1, 2023	[19]
20	MF			Released	US	Free	January 3, 2023	[20]
6	DF			Transfer	Non-US	$2,300,000	January 5, 2023	[21]
4	FW		Free agent	Released	US	Free	January 6, 2023	[22]
7	FW			Contract Buyout	US	Free	January 18, 2023	[23]
—	MF			Transfer	Non-US	$1,500,000	June 20, 2023	[24]
10	MF			Transfer	Non-US	$10,000,000	July 1, 2023	[25]
15	DF			Trade	US		July 5, 2023	[26]
32	FW		Free Agent	Released	Non-US	Free	August 5, 2023	[27]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	US	Start	End	Source
22	DF		UANL	Non-US	November 14, 2022	End of Season	[28]
16	MF		Dijon	Non-US	August 2, 2023	End of Season	[29]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
—	MF		River Plate	January 30, 2022	January 1, 2024	[30]
10	MF		Coritiba	January 10, 2023	June 20, 2023	[31]
21	MF		Defensa y Justicia	February 2, 2023	June 9, 2023	[32]
36	FW		Phoenix Rising	March 17, 2023	June 9, 2023	[33] [34]
14	MF		Toronto FC	July 10, 2023	December 31, 2023	[35]
37	DF		Memphis 901	August 7, 2023	December 31, 2023	[36]

SuperDraft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.

Atlanta traded the 7th overall pick to Real Salt Lake for $175,000 GAM^[37]

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
2	36	Tyler Young	MF	Campbell	US

Competitions

Non-competitive

Pre-season exhibitions

MLS

See main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2023 U.S. Open Cup. Atlanta United entered the Open Cup at the Third Round.

Leagues Cup

See main article: 2023 Leagues Cup.

South 3

Statistics

Top scorers

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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

Appearances and goals

No.		Player		MLS			Playoffs			Open Cup			Leagues Cup			Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK			27	27	0	3	3	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	32	0
25	GK			2	1	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	3	2	0
31	GK			6	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	0
Defenders
2	DF			10	8	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	14	11	0
4	DF			22	16	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	28	22	0
11	DF			33	32	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	39	37	4
12	DF			27	26	2	3	3	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	31	2
22	DF			28	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	32	25	1
24	DF			3	2	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	4	3	0
26	DF			30	28	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	36	34	4
'Midfielders
5	MF			17	11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	18	12	0
6	MF			7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	9	0	0
8	MF			10	9	1	3	3	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	14	13	1
9	MF			9	6	3	3	2	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	12	8	3
10	MF			31	31	11	2	2	1	–	–	–	2	2	1	35	35	13
13	MF			23	14	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	1	1	0	25	16	0
16	MF			10	8	2	3	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	11	4
18	MF			21	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	11	0
20	MF			30	19	1	2	2	0	–	–	–	2	2	0	34	23	1
21	MF			12	4	3	3	0	1	–	–	–	2	0	0	17	4	4
28	MF			18	6	5	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	23	8	6
30	MF			19	4	2	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	20	4	2
35	MF			14	3	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	18	6	0
51	MF			1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1
52	MF			1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW			27	21	17	3	3	2	–	–	–	2	2	0	32	26	19
19	FW			27	10	1	–	–	–	1	1	0	2	0	0	30	11	1
29	FW			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			16	15	3	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	17	16	3
14	MF			17	15	0	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	18	16	0
15	DF			18	16	3	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	19	16	3
32	FW			1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
36	FW			1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0
Total	34		66	2		4	1		1	2		1	39		72

Notes and References

1. News: Kennedy . Paul . October 22, 2023 . MLS breaks attendance record . . subscription . October 25, 2023.
2. Web site: November 30, 2022. Atlanta United signs free agent midfielder Derrick Etienne Jr.. November 30, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
3. Web site: November 30, 2022. Atlanta United signs goalkeeper Quentin Westberg. December 23, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
4. Web site: May 22, 2022. Training Notebook: Cherry Blossoms. October 22, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
5. Web site: January 10, 2022. Atlanta United signs Ajani Fortune to Homegrown Deal. October 22, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
6. Web site: January 4, 2023. Atlanta United recalls Tyler Wolff from loan at SK Beveren. January 5, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
7. Web site: January 11, 2023. Atlanta United signs free agent goalkeeper Clément Diop. January 11, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
8. Web site: January 11, 2023. Atlanta United signs defender Luis Abram. February 2, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
9. Web site: January 11, 2023. Atlanta United signs forward Giorgos Giakoumakis. February 8, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
10. Web site: February 21, 2023. Atlanta United acquires Miguel Berry from D.C. United. February 21, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
11. Web site: February 21, 2023. Atlanta United signs midfielder Tristan Muyumba. July 6, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
12. Web site: February 21, 2023. Atlanta United signs forward Jamal Thiaré. August 1, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
13. Web site: August 2, 2023. Atlanta United signs winger Saba Lobjanidze from Turkish Süper Lig. August 2, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
14. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United Acquires Up To $900,000 in General Allocation Money. December 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
15. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
16. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
17. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
18. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
19. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
20. Web site: January 3, 2023. Atlanta United, Emerson Hyndman agree to mutually terminate contract. January 3, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
21. Web site: January 3, 2023. São Paulo anuncia Alan Franco. January 3, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
22. Web site: January 6, 2023. Atlanta United waives Dom Dwyer. January 6, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
23. Web site: January 18, 2023. Atlanta United exercises offseason buyout on Josef Martínez. January 18, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
24. Web site: June 20, 2023. Coritiba exercises rights to purchase Marcelino Moreno. June 20, 2023. coritiba.com.br.
25. Web site: May 18, 2023. Atlanta United's Luiz Araujo joining Flamengo for $10m. May 18, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
26. Web site: May 18, 2023. Atlanta United acquires $400K in General Allocation Money, 2023 International Roster Slot from Colorado Rapids in exchange for Andrew Gutman. July 5, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
27. Web site: May 18, 2023. Atlanta United, Erik López agree to mutually terminate contract. August 5, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
28. Web site: November 14, 2022. Atlanta United announces year-end roster moves. November 14, 2022. ATLUTD.com.
29. Web site: August 2, 2023. Atlanta United signs Xande Silva on loan. August 2, 2023. ATLUTD.com.
30. Web site: Ezequiel Barco loaned to Club Atlético River Plate. ATLUTD . November 14, 2022. January 30, 2022.
31. Web site: Atlanta United loan Marcelino Moreno to Brasileirão side Coritiba. DirtySouthSoccer . January 5, 2023. January 5, 2023.
32. Web site: Atlanta United loan Edwin Mosquera to Defensa y Justicia. DirtySouthSoccer . February 2, 2023. February 2, 2023.
33. Web site: Atlanta United recall Jackson Conway from Phoenix Rising FC. ATLUTD . February 2, 2023. February 2, 2023.
34. Web site: Atlanta United loans Jackson Conway to Phoenix Rising FC. ATLUTD . June 9, 2023. June 9, 2023.
35. Web site: Atlanta United loans Franco Ibarra to Toronto FC . ATLUTD.com . July 10, 2023. July 10, 2023.
36. Web site: Atlanta United loans Aiden McFadden to USL's Memphis 901 FC . ATLUTD.com . August 7, 2023. August 7, 2023.
37. Web site: 2023 MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas: Atlanta United's selections . December 22, 2022. December 22, 2022.