# 2021 Atlanta United 2 season

The 2021 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's fourth year of existence as well as their fourth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Players

As of August 16, 2021. 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 | Rocco Ríos Novo | Argentina |
| 2 | DF | Aiden McFadden | United States |
| 5 | MF | Abdoulaye Diop | Senegal |
| 6 | DF | Bradley Kamdem | France |
| 7 | FW | Amadou Macky Diop | Senegal |
| 8 | MF | Chris Allan | England |
| 9 | FW | Phillip Goodrum | United States |
| 10 | FW | Darwin Matheus | Venezuela |
| 11 | FW | Connor Stanley | England |
| 14 | MF | Robbie Mertz | United States |
| 15 | FW | Alexander Garuba | United States |
| 19 | FW | Fernando Matías Benítez | Argentina |
First team players who have been loaned to ATLUTD2 :
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 3 | DF | Alex DeJohn | United States |
| 12 | DF | Ronald Hernández | Venezuela |
| 18 | GK | Ben Lundgaard | United States |
| 20 | MF | Matheus Rossetto | Brazil |
| 24 | DF | Josh Bauer | United States |
| 25 | GK | Alec Kann | United States |
| 26 | DF | Jack Gurr | England |
| 28 | MF | Tyler Wolff | United States |
| 30 | MF | Machop Chol | South Sudan |
| 32 | DF | George Campbell | United States |
| 33 | DF | Mikey Ambrose | United States |
| 35 | DF | Efrain Morales | United States |
| 36 | FW | Jackson Conway | United States |
Academy call-ups :
| No. | Position | Player | Nat. |
| 4 | MF | Will Reilly | United States |
| 13 | DF | Caleb Wiley | United States |
| 21 | MF | David Mejia | United States |
| 22 | MF | Coleman Gannon | United States |
| 23 | GK | Vicente Reyes | Chile |
| 34 | MF | Brendan Lambe | United States |
| 39 | MF | Noah Cobb | United States |
| 40 | MF | Danial Sebhatu | United States |
| 41 | MF | Jonantan Villal | United States |

## Player movement
### In

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | Transferred From | Type | Notes | Date |
| 14 | MF | 27 | Robbie Mertz | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Transfer | | December 12, 2020 |
| 1 | GK | 22 | Rocco Ríos Novo | Lanús | Loan | | March 2, 2021 |
| 8 | MF | 26 | Chris Allan | University of Charleston | Transfer | | April 2, 2021 |
| 19 | FW | 23 | Fernando Matías Benítez | River Plate | Loan | | April 2, 2021 |
| 10 | FW | 23 | Darwin Matheus | Zamora | Transfer | | April 2, 2021 |
| 11 | FW | 22 | Connor Stanley | Manchester United | Loan | | April 2, 2021 |
| 2 | DF | 26 | Aiden McFadden | University of Notre Dame | Transfer | Draft Pick | April 21, 2021 |
| 15 | FW | 27 | Alex Garuba | Oakland Roots SC | Transfer | | April 23, 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Age | Player | Transferred To | Type | Notes | Date |
| 3 | DF | 30 | Modou Jadama | FC Tulsa | Out of Contract | | December 4, 2020 |
| 8 | MF | 24 | Daniel Steedman | Free Agent | Option Declined | | December 4, 2020 |
| 10 | MF | 27 | Amir Bashti | Free Agent | Out of Contract | | December 4, 2020 |
| 11 | MF | 28 | Lamin Jawneh | Free Agent | Option Declined | | December 4, 2020 |
| 14 | MF | 29 | Baboucarr Njie | Rio Grande Valley FC | Option Declined | | December 4, 2020 |
| 23 | GK | 25 | Gabriel Rosario | Free Agent | Option Declined | | December 4, 2020 |
| 31 | DF | 28 | Patrick Nielsen | Free Agent | Out of Contract | | December 4, 2020 |
| 36 | FW | 22 | Jackson Conway | Atlanta United FC | Transfer | HGP | January 1, 2021 |
| 1 | GK | 29 | Ben Lundgaard | Atlanta United FC | Transfer | | March 4, 2021 |
| 2 | DF | 28 | Jack Gurr | Atlanta United FC | Transfer | | April 5, 2021 |

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Louisville City FC | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion FC | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 60 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Memphis 901 FC | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 50 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | FC Tulsa | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 47 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 37 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | |
| 7 | Atlanta United 2 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 34 | |
| 8 | Sporting Kansas City II | 32 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 20 | |
* 1 2 The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 16, 2021. 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 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming

## Statistics
### Top Scorers

    As of October 20, 2021
| Place | Position | Name | USLC | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | DF/MF | Aiden McFadden | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | Darwin Matheus | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | Tyler Wolff | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | Phillip Goodrum | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Amadou Macky Diop | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | Fernando Matías Benítez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Ajani Fortune | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Coleman Gannon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | David Mejia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Chris Allan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Machop Chol | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Jackson Conway | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Abdoulaye Diop | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Bradley Kamdem Fewo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Robbie Mertz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Danial Sebhatu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Connor Stanley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 44 | 0 | 44 |

### Appearances and goals

    As of October 20, 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 | ARG | Rocco Ríos Novo | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Aiden McFadden | 29 | 8 | 27+2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Alex DeJohn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | USA | Luke Brennan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Will Reilly | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diop | 16 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Bradley Kamdem Fewo | 28 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Amadou Macky Diop | 19 | 4 | 12+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chris Allan | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Phillip Goodrum | 18 | 4 | 5+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Darwin Matheus | 31 | 6 | 17+14 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Connor Stanley | 28 | 1 | 16+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | VEN | Ronald Hernández | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Caleb Wiley | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Robbie Mertz | 28 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | USA | Alex Garuba | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | PAR | Erik López | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | USA | Ben Lundgaard | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Fernando Matías Benítez | 22 | 2 | 14+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Matheus Rossetto | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | David Mejia | 16 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Coleman Gannon | 6 | 2 | 1+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | CHI | Vicente Reyes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Josh Bauer | 27 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | USA | Alec Kann | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | Mathieu Brick | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Bryce Washington | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | USA | Tyler Wolff | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SSD | Machop Chol | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | USA | George Campbell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | USA | Mikey Ambrose | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | USA | Brendan Lambe | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | USA | Efrain Morales | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | USA | Jackson Conway | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | TRI | Ajani Fortune | 23 | 2 | 16+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | USA | Noah Cobb | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | USA | Danial Sebhatu | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | USA | Jonantan Villal | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | USA | Nigel Prince | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club: ||||||||||
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jack Gurr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |