# 2020 Atlanta United 2 season

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. 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 |
| 7 | FW | 29 | Amadou Macky Diop | Radford University | Transfer | | November 19, 2019 |
| 2 | DF | 29 | Jack Gurr | Georgia Revolution | Transfer | | December 5, 2019 |
| 8 | FW | 24 | Daniel Steedman | University of Virginia | Transfer | | January 8, 2020 |
| 9 | FW | 27 | Phillip Goodrum | UNC Wilimgton | Transfer | Draft Pick | January 13, 2020 |
| 14 | MF | 29 | Baboucarr Njie | NCWC | Transfer | | January 14, 2020 |
| 3 | DF | 30 | Modou Jadama | Portland Timbers | Transfer | | January 22, 2020 |
| 11 | FW | 29 | Lamin Jawneh | Unattatched | Transfer | | January 23, 2020 |
| 4 | DF | 30 | Bradley Kamdem | Saint Louis FC | Transfer | | January 24, 2020 |
| 1 | GK | 29 | Ben Lundgaard | Columbus Crew | Transfer | | January 27, 2020 |
| 23 | GK | 25 | Gabriel Rosario | Huddersfield Town | Transfer | | February 7, 2020 |
| 5 | MF | 25 | Abdoulaye Diop | Eastern Florida State College | Transfer | | February 7, 2020 |
| 31 | DF | 28 | Patrick Nielsen | Michigan State University | Transfer | Draft Pick | June 29, 2020 |
| — | FW | 23 | Erik López | Olimpia | Loan | | July 18, 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | Transferred To | Type | Date |
| 1 | GK | 28 | Paul Christensen | Greenville Triumph | Contract Expired | October 21, 2019 |
| 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 |
| 5 | DF | 25 | Wesly Decas | FC Moravia | Loan return | October 21, 2019 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Kevin Barajas | Free agent | Contract Expired | October 21, 2019 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Laurent Kissiedou | Free agent | Contract Expired | October 21, 2019 |
| 16 | MF | 24 | Alessandro Castro | Juticalpa | Contract Expired | October 21, 2019 |
| 24 | GK | 29 | Dylan Castanheira | Fort Lauderdale CF | Contract Expired | October 21, 2019 |
| 29 | MF | 24 | Bienvenue Kanakimana | MFK Vyškov | Loan return | October 21, 2019 |
| 6 | MF | 28 | Laurence Wyke | Atlanta United FC | Transfer | March 5, 2020 |

### 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
### USL Championship
#### Standings — Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of October 5, 2020
| Place | Position | Name | USLC | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | FW | Jackson Conway | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | Amadou Macky Diop | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | David Mejia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | Phillip Goodrum | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Amir Bashti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Ajani Fortune | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Coleman Gannon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Jack Gurr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Efrain Morales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 23 |

### Appearances and goals

    As of October 5, 2020
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | 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 |