2025 Atlanta United 2 season

Atlanta United 2
2025 season
Owner	Arthur Blank
President	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Jose Silva Caparros (interim)
Stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Home colors	Away colors
	All statistics correct as of August 10, 2025.

The 2025 Atlanta United 2 season will be the team's eighth year of existence as well as their third season in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. On July 23rd, it was announced that effective immediately, head coach Steve Cooke would be leaving Atlanta to become the new head coach of Birmingham Legion FC. Assistant coach Jose Silva then took over as interim head coach.^[1]

Club

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Contracted Players
33	Patrick Weah	FW	(2003-12-15) December 15, 2003	Minnesota United	15	3
36	Ryan Carmichael	FW	(2001-08-03) August 3, 2001	Inter Miami II	19	1
38	Ronan Wynne	DF	(2001-05-28) May 28, 2001	University of Denver	19	1
39	Arif Kovac	FW	(2006-09-08) September 8, 2006	Academy	1	0
40	Santiago Pita	MF	(2007-06-01) June 1, 2007	Academy	3	0
41	Toto Majub	DF	(2005-12-19) December 19, 2005	Amusi Football Club	4	0
55	Salvatore Mazzaferro	DF	(2001-10-11) October 11, 2001	Austin FC II	18	1
56	Ignacio Suarez	MF	(2009-04-03) April 3, 2009	Academy	2	0
77	Rodrigo Neri	FW	(2005-05-12) May 12, 2005	Valencia Academy	31	9
80	Moises Tablante	MF	(2001-07-04) July 4, 2001	FC Cincinnati 2	18	4
86	Javier Armas	MF	(2000-01-13) January 13, 2000	Oregon State University	45	10
95	Kaiden Moore	DF	(2007-05-11) May 11, 2007	Academy	23	1
Players Loaned From Atlanta United
2	Ronald Hernández	DF	(1997-09-21) September 21, 1997	Aberdeen	6	0
20	Luke Brennan	MF	(2005-02-24) February 24, 2005	Academy	71	12
21	Efrain Morales^[a]	DF	(2004-03-04) March 4, 2004	Academy	74	3
22	Josh Cohen	GK	(1992-08-18) August 18, 1992	Maccabi Haifa	5	0
23	Adyn Torres	MF	(2007-11-13) November 13, 2007	Academy	45	0
24	Noah Cobb^[b]	DF	(2005-07-20) July 20, 2005	Academy	61	3
27	Ashton Gordon	FW	(2007-04-14) April 14, 2007	Academy	19	2
28	Will Reilly	MF	(2002-12-03) December 3, 2002	Stanford University	41	0
30	Cayman Togashi	FW	(1993-08-10) August 10, 1993	Sagan Tosu	7	3
42	Jayden Hibbert	GK	(2004-08-05) August 5, 2004	UConn	29	0
48	Cooper Sanchez	MF	(2008-03-26) March 26, 2008	Academy	23	0
50	Dominik Chong-Qui	DF	(2007-12-29) December 29, 2007	Academy	28	2
66	Nyk Sessock	DF	(2000-06-17) June 17, 2000	Inter Miami II	14	0
Academy Call-Ups
51	Jonathan Ransom	GK	(2008-01-08) January 8, 2008	Academy	8	0
61	Braden Dunham	DF	(2004-03-04) March 4, 2004	Academy	9	0
71	Seamus Streelman	DF	(2006-12-27) December 27, 2006	Academy	1	0
73	Ayo Akintobi	DF	(2007-08-16) August 16, 2007	Academy	1	0
78	Isaiah Vicentti	DF	(2008-03-28) March 28, 2008	Academy	3	0
81	David Sibrian	MF	(2009-11-05) November 5, 2009	Academy	3	0
83	Gabriel Wesseh	MF	(2008-05-06) May 6, 2008	Academy	14	3
87	Reuben Clarson	GK	18	Academy	1	0

^ transferred to CF Montréal during the season.
^ Loaned to Colorado Rapids during the season.

Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred From	Type	Notes	Date	Source
50	DF	17	Dominik Chong-Qui	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		January 1, 2025	^[2]
36	FW	24	Ryan Carmichael	Inter Miami II	Transfer	Free	January 24, 2025	^[3]
33	FW	21	Patrick Weah	Minnesota United	Transfer	Free	January 24, 2025	^[3]
80	MF	24	Moises Tablante	FC Cincinnati 2	Transfer	Free	January 24, 2025	^[3]
55	DF	23	Salvatore Mazzaferro	Austin FC II	Transfer	Free	January 24, 2025	^[3]
47	DF	19	Toto Majub	Amusi Football Club	Transfer	Free	January 24, 2025	^[3]
39	FW	18	Arif Kovac	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		January 24, 2025	^[3]
40	MF	18	Santiago Pita	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		January 24, 2025	^[3]
66	DF	25	Nykolas Sessock	Inter Miami II	Transfer	Free	February 25, 2025	^[4]
38	DF	24	Ronan Wynne	University of Denver	Transfer	SuperDraft Pick	February 25, 2025	^[4]
56	MF	16	Ignacio Suarez	Atlanta United Academy	Transfer		April 15, 2025	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	Transferred To	Type	Notes	Date	Source
36	DF	25	Ramzi Qawasmy	Philadelphia Union II	Option Declined		January 1, 2025	^[6]
75	DF	25	Jacob Williams	Free Agent	Option Declined		January 1, 2025	^[6]
38	DF	25	Ethan Dudley	Chattanooga FC	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]^[7]
41	MF	20	Alan Carleton	Huntsville City	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]^[8]
45	MF	25	Noble Okello	Phoenix Rising	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]^[9]
55	MF	21	Matías Gallardo	Instituto	Out of Contract	Free	January 1, 2025	^[6]^[10]
88	GK	34	John Berner	FC Tulsa	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]
96	DF	23	Daniel Russo	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]
99	FW	29	Karim Tmimi	Free Agent	Out of Contract		January 1, 2025	^[6]
42	GK	21	Jayden Hibbert	Atlanta United	Transfer	Free	January 1, 2025	^[6]
62	MF	18	Ashton Gordon	Atlanta United	Transfer	Homegrown Contract	January 1, 2025	^[6]
50	DF	17	Dominik Chong-Qui	Atlanta United	Transfer	Homegrown Contract	April 4, 2025	^[11]
48	MF	17	Cooper Sanchez	Atlanta United	Transfer	Homegrown Contract	August 5, 2025	^[12]
66	DF	25	Nyk Sessock	Atlanta United	Transfer	Free	August 5, 2025	^[13]

Academy Departures

Denotes departed players from the Academy who have made at least one appearance for Atlanta United 2.

No.	Pos.	Age	Player	College/Club
64	DF	19	Miles Hadley	Army
77	MF	19	Pavel Romero	Georgia State
—	GK	19	Nash Skoglund	South Carolina

Competitions

MLS Next Pro

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	SE	Carolina Core FC	22	5	4	4	9	28	31	−3	27
12	SE	Crown Legacy FC	22	5	3	5	9	33	44	−11	26
13	SE	Atlanta United 2	20	5	2	6	7	28	32	−4	25
14	SE	Inter Miami CF II	21	6	0	4	11	34	47	−13	22
15	NE	Columbus Crew 2	21	4	1	3	13	24	44	−20	17

Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2025. Source: MLSNP Eastern Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
24	Crown Legacy FC (E)	22	5	3	5	9	33	44	−11	26
25	Portland Timbers 2 (E)	20	6	2	3	9	32	38	−6	25
26	Atlanta United 2 (E)	20	5	2	6	7	28	32	−4	25
27	Inter Miami CF II (E)	21	6	0	4	11	34	47	−13	22
28	Columbus Crew 2 (E)	21	4	1	3	13	24	44	−20	17

Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2025. Source: MLSNP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(E) Eliminated

Results summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Stadium	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A
Result	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W
Position (East)	15	12	11	9	11	11	10	9	11	9	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

March 7 1	Atlanta United 2	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT		Report	Rojas 51'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

March 16 2	Orlando City B	2–2 (4–1 p)	Atlanta United 2	Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Ellis 44' Mohammed 56'	Report	Brennan 30' Wynne 78'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Alejo Calume
	Penalties
	Guske Solís Platts Clapier		Carmichael Mazzaferro Neri

March 30 3	Atlanta United 2	2–2 (3–4 p)	Chattanooga FC	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Neri 78', 90+4'	Report	Morales 64' (o.g.) Ancelin 86'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 297
	Penalties
	Armas Togashi Neri Cobb Brennan		Naglestad Sar-Sar Screen Mendonça Mangarov

April 6 4	Atlanta United 2	3–2	Inter Miami II	Kennesaw, Georgia
12:00 PM EDT	Tablante 6', 54' Brennan 39'	Report	Saja 3' Plambeck 89'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Benjamin Meyer
Note: Game was suspended in the 24th minute due to inclement weather and then resumed on April 7 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

April 10 5	Philadelphia Union II	5–1	Atlanta United 2	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Kornzeniowski 21' Pierre 45+1' Olney 70' Pariano 75' (pen.) LeBlanc 76'	Report	Armas 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: Luis Diego Arroyo

April 23 6	Atlanta United 2	2–2 (5–4 p)	Carolina Core	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Tablante 21' Wesseh 48'	Report	Hadeed 29' Leonardi 81'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Jeremy Scheer
	Penalties
	Armas Tablante Mazzaferro Torres Moore Weah		Evans Sutton Covi Polanco Canete Leonardi

April 27 7	FC Cincinnati 2	0–0 (5–3 p)	Atlanta United 2	Highland Heights, Kentucky
2:00 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium Referee: Thomas Snyder
	Penalties
	Chirilă Mangione Schaefer Manyana Augee		Armas Mazzaferro Carmichael Pita

May 3 8	Huntsville City	2–2 (4–5 p)	Atlanta United 2	Huntsville, Alabama
8:00 PM EDT	Knight 20' Carleton 42'	Report	Wesseh 45' Mazzaferro 61'	Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium Referee: Kaitlyn Trowbridge
	Penalties
	Koffi Gill O'Brien Barrett Bowen		Armas Mazzaferro Neri Tablante Sessock

May 19 9	Atlanta United 2	2–2 (3–5 p)	Crown Legacy	Matthews, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Togashi 10' Armas 90'	Report	John 35' Subotić 66'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Referee: John Rush
	Penalties
	Armas Wesseh Mazzaferro Neri		John Romero Smith Mendoza Sing
Note: Match rescheduled to be played in Matthews, NC due to stadium availability.

May 25 10	Atlanta United 2	3–0	Orlando City B	Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Wesseh 4' Togashi 45', 68'	Report		Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Servando Berna
Note: Match rescheduled to be played in Kissimmee, FL due to stadium availability.

May 30 11	New York Red Bulls II	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Montclair, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT	Benedetti 80'	Report		Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Referee: Jeremy Scheer

June 6 12	Atlanta United 2	2–3	New York City II	Athens, Georgia
1:00 PM EDT	Neri 2', 73'	Report	Cavallo 29' Reid 55' (pen.), 65'	Stadium: Turner Soccer Complex Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Note: Match rescheduled to be played in Athens GA due to stadium availability.

June 11 13	Atlanta United 2	0–1	Huntsville City	Athens, Georgia
5:00 PM EDT		Report	Koffi 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Turner Soccer Complex Referee: Kyle Johnston
Note: Match rescheduled to be played in Athens GA due to stadium availability.

July 9 14	Atlanta United 2	0–0 (3–4 p)	FC Cincinnati 2	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Shawn Tehini
	Penalties
	Armas Mazzaferro Neri Chong-Qui Moore		Ikoba Mangione Chávez Adnan Daley

July 13 15	Atlanta United 2	3–2	Columbus Crew 2	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Neri 57' Weah 77' (pen.), 88'	Report	Elliot 62' Adu-Gyamfi 57'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Josiah Parke

July 19 16	Carolina Core	1–1 (5–4 p)	Atlanta United 2	High Point, North Carolina
6:00 PM EDT	Canete 4'	Report	Armas 90'	Stadium: Truist Point Referee: Gary Gutierrez
	Penalties
	Sutton Bazaes Thomas J.P. Rodriguez Covi Rodriguez Chica		Armas Mazzaferro Tablante Chong-Qui Neri Wynne Torres

July 30 17	New England Revolution II	3–0	Atlanta United 2	Foxborough, Massachusetts
11:00 AM EDT	Dias 4' (pen.) Fry 11' Butts 25'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Andrew Porada

August 3 18	Inter Miami II	2–1	Atlanta United 2	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Pintér 44' Delinois 88'	Report	Tablante 18'	Stadium: Chase Stadium Referee: Habeeb Hooshmand

August 8 19	Toronto FC II	1–3	Atlanta United 2	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT	Cimermancic 69'	Report	Weah 7' Carmichael 20' Neri 61'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium

August 17 20	Atlanta United 2	v	Crown Legacy	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium

August 23 21	Orlando City B	v	Atlanta United 2	Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Osceola County Stadium

August 27 22	Atlanta United 2	v	Inter Miami II	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium

August 30 23	Atlanta United 2	v	Huntsville City	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium

Statistics

Top Scorers

As of August 10, 2025

Place	Position	Name	MLS Next Pro	Total
1	FW	Rodrigo Neri	6	6
2	MF	Moises Tablante	4	4
3	MF	Javier Armas	3	3
	FW	Cayman Togashi	3	3
	FW	Patrick Weah	3	3
	MF	Gabriel Wesseh	3	3
7	MF	Luke Brennan	2	2
8	MF	Ryan Carmichael	1	1
	MF	Salvatore Mazzaferro	1	1
	DF	Ronan Wynne	1	1
Total			27	27

References

^ "Head Coach Steve Cooke to Depart Club". ATLUTD.com. July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Academy Defender Dominik Chong Qui". ATLUTD.com. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Atlanta United 2 Announces New Signings for 2025". ATLUTD.com. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Atlanta United 2 Announces Two New Defense Signings". ATLUTD.com. February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Academy Midfielder Ignacio Suarez". ATLUTD.com. April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Atlanta United 2 Announces Year-End Roster Moves". ATLUTD.com. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
^ "Chattanooga Football Club signs defender Ethan Dudley". MLSNextPro.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
^ "Huntsville City FC signs Alan Carleton". ATLUTD.com. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Phoenix Rising Signs Canadian Midfielder Noble Okello". ATLUTD.com. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
^ "Matías Gallardo vuelve al fútbol argentino: es refuerzo de Instituto". ESPNDeportes.com. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
^ "Dominik Chong Qui signs Homegrown deal with Atlanta United". ATLUTD.com. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
^ "Atlanta United signs Cooper Sanchez to Homegrown contract". ATLUTD.com. August 5, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
^ "Atlanta United Signs Defender Nyk Sessock". ATLUTD.com. August 5, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

[2] transferred to CF Montréal during the season.

[fn2-3] Loaned to Colorado Rapids during the season.

[1] "Head Coach Steve Cooke to Depart Club". ATLUTD.com. July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.

[4] "Atlanta United 2 Signs Academy Defender Dominik Chong Qui". ATLUTD.com. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[newsignings-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Atlanta United 2 Announces New Signings for 2025". ATLUTD.com. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.

[twonewdefensesignings-6] "Atlanta United 2 Announces Two New Defense Signings". ATLUTD.com. February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

[7] "Atlanta United 2 Signs Academy Midfielder Ignacio Suarez". ATLUTD.com. April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

[2025rostermoves-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Atlanta United 2 Announces Year-End Roster Moves". ATLUTD.com. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

[9] "Chattanooga Football Club signs defender Ethan Dudley". MLSNextPro.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

[10] "Huntsville City FC signs Alan Carleton". ATLUTD.com. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[11] "Phoenix Rising Signs Canadian Midfielder Noble Okello". ATLUTD.com. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[12] "Matías Gallardo vuelve al fútbol argentino: es refuerzo de Instituto". ESPNDeportes.com. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

[13] "Dominik Chong Qui signs Homegrown deal with Atlanta United". ATLUTD.com. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[14] "Atlanta United signs Cooper Sanchez to Homegrown contract". ATLUTD.com. August 5, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

[15] "Atlanta United Signs Defender Nyk Sessock". ATLUTD.com. August 5, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

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2025 MLS Next Pro season by team
Playoffs Championship All-Star Game
Eastern	Carolina Core FC Chattanooga FC Chicago Fire FC II FC Cincinnati 2 Columbus Crew 2 Crown Legacy FC Huntsville City FC Inter Miami CF II New England Revolution II New York City FC II New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Philadelphia Union II Toronto FC II
Western	Austin FC II Colorado Rapids 2 Houston Dynamo 2 Los Angeles FC 2 Ventura County FC Minnesota United FC 2 North Texas SC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs San Jose Earthquakes II Sporting Kansas City II St. Louis City SC 2 Tacoma Defiance Whitecaps FC 2