# 2018 Atlanta United 2 season

The 2018 Atlanta United 2 season was the club's first year of existence, their first season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Players

As of October 14, 2018. 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 | Paul Christensen | United States |
| 2 | DF | Tyler Ruthven | United States |
| 3 | DF | A.J. Cochran | United States |
| 4 | DF | Jack Metcalf | England |
| 6 | DF | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | United States |
| 8 | MF | Kevin Barajas | United States |
| 10 | FW | Yosef Samuel | United States |
| 11 | MF | Laurent Kissiedou | Ivory Coast |
| 15 | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | Guam |
| 16 | FW | Rodolfo | Brazil |
| 18 | FW | Devon Sandoval | United States |
| 33 | GK | Nicolas Caraux | France |
| 34 | FW | Diego Lopez | United States |
| 41 | MF | Alessandro Castro | Honduras |
First team players who have been loaned to ATLUTD2 :
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 9 | FW | Romario Williams | Jamaica |
| 12 | DF | Miles Robinson | United States |
| 13 | DF | José Hernández | Venezuela |
| 14 | DF | Sal Zizzo | United States |
| 19 | FW | Brandon Vazquez | United States |
| 20 | MF | Chris Goslin | United States |
| 21 | DF | George Bello | United States |
| 22 | DF | Mikey Ambrose | United States |
| 23 | MF | Lagos Kunga | United States |
| 25 | GK | Alec Kann | United States |
| 26 | FW | Jon Gallagher | Ireland |
| 27 | GK | Mitch Hildebrandt | United States |
| 28 | MF | Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu | United States |
| 29 | MF | Oliver Shannon | England |
| 30 | MF | Andrew Carleton | United States |
| 32 | MF | Kevin Kratz | Germany |
Academy call-ups :
| No. | Position | Player | Nat. |
| 35 | DF | Kendall Edwards | United States |
| 36 | FW | Jackson Conway | United States |
| 37 | DF | George Campbell | United States |
| 38 | DF | Charlie Asensio | United States |
| 39 | DF | Will Crain | United States |
| 40 | GK | Russell Shealy | United States |
| 42 | FW | Chad Letts | Jamaica |
| 43 | MF | Dylan Gaither | United States |
| 44 | GK | Justin Garces | United States |
| 45 | MF | Blake White | Jamaica |
| 46 | MF | Victor Pereyra-Zavala | United States |
| 47 | DF | Natnael McDonald | United States |
| 48 | DF | Luke Mitchell | United States |

## Player movement
### In

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | Transferred From | Type | Notes | Date |
| 3 | DF | 31 | A. J. Cochran | Saint Louis FC | Transfer | | January 24, 2018 |
| 34 | FW | 22 | Diego Lopez | Golden State Force | Transfer | | January 24, 2018 |
| 4 | DF | 32 | Jack Metcalf | Unattatched | Transfer | Free agent | January 24, 2018 |
| 10 | FW | 27 | Yosef Samuel | Bethlehem Steel | Transfer | | January 24, 2018 |
| 15 | DF | 35 | Shawn Nicklaw | Unattatched | Transfer | Free agent | February 6, 2018 |
| 33 | GK | 33 | Nicolas Caraux | FC Versailles 78 | Transfer | | February 6, 2018 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Kevin Barajas | University of Kentucky | Transfer | | February 12, 2018 |
| 1 | GK | 28 | Paul Christensen | University of Portland | Transfer | Draft Pick | February 18, 2018 |
| 6 | DF | 29 | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | San Antonio FC | Transfer | | February 18, 2018 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Laurent Kissiedou | Atlanta United Academy | Transfer | | February 18, 2018 |
| 18 | FW | 33 | Devon Sandoval | Unattached | Transfer | Free agent | March 22, 2018 |
| 31 | MF | 25 | Jose Carranza | North Carolina FC | Transfer | | March 22, 2018 |
| 41 | MF | 24 | Alessandro Castro | Atlanta United Academy | Transfer | | July 5, 2018 |
| 2 | DF | 36 | Tyler Ruthven | Unattached | Transfer | Free agent | August 14, 2018 |
| 16 | FW | 31 | Rodolfo | Fresno FC | Loan | | September 10, 2018 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | Transferred To | Type | Notes | Date | Source |
| 31 | MF | 25 | Jose Carranza | Louisville City | Transfer | | August 20, 2018 | |

### Academy Leaves for College

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | College | Date |
| 38 | DF | 24 | Carlos Asensio | Clemson | August 10, 2018 |
| 39 | DF | 24 | Will Crain | Brown | August 10, 2018 |
| 40 | GK | 25 | Russell Shealy | Maryland | August 10, 2018 |
| 44 | GK | 24 | Justin Garces | UCLA | August 10, 2018 |
| 45 | MF | 24 | Blake White | UAB | August 10, 2018 |
| 46 | MF | 25 | Victor Pereyra-Zavala | Georgia State | August 10, 2018 |

## Competitions
### USL regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Penn FC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 37 |
| 14 | Atlanta United 2 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 31 |
| 15 | Richmond Kickers | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 22 |
| 16 | Toronto FC II | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 77 | −35 | 18 |

#### 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 14, 2018. Source: USL

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of October 14, 2018
| Place | Position | Name | USL | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | FW | Jon Gallagher | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | Lagos Kunga | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | Romario Williams | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Laurent Kissiedou | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | Devon Sandoval | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Brandon Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Mikey Ambrose | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Andrew Carleton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Yosef Samuel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Miles Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Oliver Shannon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Alessandro Castro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Dylan Gaither | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 37 |

### Appearances and goals

    As of October 14, 2018
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 | Paul Christensen | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Tyler Ruthven | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | A. J. Cochran | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jack Metcalf | 31 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | 24 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Kevin Barajas | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Romario Williams | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Yosef Samuel | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CIV | Laurent Kissiedou | 25 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Miles Robinson | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | VEN | José Hernández | 15 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Sal Zizzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw | 21 | 1 | 13+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Rodolfo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Devon Sandoval | 25 | 3 | 14+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Brandon Vazquez | 6 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Chris Goslin | 21 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | USA | George Bello | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Mikey Ambrose | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Lagos Kunga | 31 | 5 | 18+13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | USA | Alec Kann | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | EIR | Jon Gallagher | 30 | 6 | 27+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | USA | Mitch Hildebrandt | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Oliver Shannon | 27 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Andrew Carleton | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | USA | Jose Carranza | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Kevin Kratz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Caraux | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | USA | Diego Lopez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | USA | Kendall Edwards | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | USA | Jackson Conway | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | USA | George Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | USA | Carlos Asensio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | USA | Will Crain | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | USA | Russell Shealy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | HON | Alessandro Castro | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | USA | Chad Letts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | USA | Dylan Gaither | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | USA | Justin Garces | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | USA | Blake White | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | USA | Victor Pereyra-Zavala | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | USA | Natnael McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | USA | Luke Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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