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ATLUTD’s Bello, Robinson Make 26-Player USMNT Roster for September WCQs

Aug 27, 2021
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ATLUTD’s Bello, Robinson Make 26-Player USMNT Roster for September WCQs

by Bart Keeler It’s been 1,425 days since the U.S. men’s national team has released an official World Cup Qualifying roster. A combination of a qualification revamp, COVID-19 postponing the start of the cycle, and another revamp delayed the much-anticipated return of the USMNT. Head Coach Gregg Berhalter on Wednesday released a 26-player roster for the kickoff window in September. Miles Robinson and George Bello, defenders for Atlanta United FC, are on that roster. Either co

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Concacaf Announces New Women’s Competitions, Raise Level of Women’s Football in Region

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Aug 24, 2021
3 min

Concacaf Announces New Women’s Competitions, Raise Level of Women’s Football in Region

by Bart Keeler Concacaf announced Thursday that it will launch two new regional women’s competitions starting summer 2022. The Concacaf W Championship and W Gold Cup will take place in even-year summers with the goal to increase the number of competitive matches for women’s teams in the region. Previously, the confederation hosted two tournaments: one for Women’s World Cup Qualifying and one for Olympic Qualifying. This move will combine qualifying for the two international c

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Aug 22, 2021
1 min

August 22 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1969: The Chiefs demolished the St. Louis Stars 5-2 at Atlanta Stadium in front of 4,194 fans. Kaizer Motaung scored twice, taking his NASL total on the season to 14. Emment Kapengwe also added a brace, along with Nick Papadakis finding the back of the net. 1971: Henry Largie's goal earned the Chiefs a 1-1 draw against the Washington Darts in front of 3,420 at Atlanta Stadium. 1980: After losing 15 in a row on the road, the Chiefs went to Rochester and defeated the

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Aug 17, 2021
2 min

August 17 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1969: The Chiefs won 4-0 on the road in Baltimore against the Bays. Kaizer Motaung scored all four goals for Atlanta to take his season total to twelve. 1980: An intimate crowd of 2,662 saw a seven-goal thriller at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium as the Dallas Tornado defeated the Chiefs 4-3. Walker McCall scored twice for Atlanta, George Nanchoff added the other goal in a losing effort. 2002: The host Carolina Courage defeated the Atlanta Beat in the WUSA semifinal 2

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Aug 16, 2021
3 min

Darwin Matheus Is Finding His Feet

by Jarrett Smith Wheels down. Doors open. Grab your bag and step off the plane. Welcome to Atlanta. It is hot and muggy, but no big deal... so is your hometown and most people do not consider that to be a huge deal. But most people are not 19-year-old attackers from Venezuela making the jump to a new country. Most people are not Darwin Matheus. Matheus got his start at Zamora FC in his hometown of Barinas, Venezuela. He broke through during the Clausura in late 2018, bagging

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Aug 14, 2021
2 min

August 14 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1998: A-League Atlanta lost 2-1 in Pennsylvania to the Hershey Wildcats at Hershey Park Stadium after extra time. Jacenir Silva scored for Atlanta. 2019: Atlanta United became the first MLS club to win the Campeones Cup, defeating Club America 3-2 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Emerson Hyndman, Jeff Larentowicz, and Josef Martinez scored the Atlanta goals. News: 1968: The Williamsburg Chiefs won the first youth state soccer championship on record. They defeated the Red B

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Aug 11, 2021
3 min

August 11 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1967: The Chiefs went to Pittsburgh and lost 3-2 to the Phantoms at Forbes Field. The 2 goals for Atlanta were both own goals. 1979: The NASL outdoor season ended at Wrigley Field in Chicago as the host Sting defeated the Chiefs 2-0 in front of 8,011 fans. Future indoor legend Karl-Heinz Grantiza scored one of Chicago's goals. (photo credit: Chicago Tribune, nasljerseys.com) 1991: The Atlanta Attack indoor team hosted an outdoor exhibition against the U.S. U23 natio

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Aug 10, 2021
2 min

August 10 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1971: The Chiefs lost in an international friendly to Bangu of Brazil 2-0 in front of 3,480 at Atlanta Stadium. Barrie Lynch and Mike Hoban, on loan to Atlanta from Aston Villa, had to return to England after the match. 1973: In their final match as a club, the Apollos drew 2-2 at Grant Field to the Toronto Metros in front of 2,089. Paul Child scored his 8th goal of the season while Freddie Mwila added his 3rd for Atlanta. 1980: In front of 19,425 at Metropolitan St

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Atlanta United Academy players in college in 2021

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Aug 9, 2021
2 min

Atlanta United Academy players in college in 2021

Atlanta United's Academy continues to send graduates to top college programs all over the country. As seen this season with Machop Chol and Bryce Washington, a strong college career can earn that elusive Homegrown contract down the road for these players. Charlie Asensio, senior left back at Clemson James Brighton, redshirt junior forward at Clemson Sai Brown, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper at Georgia Southern Liam Butts, junior forward at Penn State Brandon Clagette, sophomor

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Aug 9, 2021
3 min

August 9 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1967: The Chiefs dropped a match at Atlanta Stadium to the St. Louis Stars. 5,583 turned up to see Atlanta goals from Emment Kapengwe and Howard Riley. Atlanta finished with 8 players after Peter McParland (first half), Roddy Pearce (74th minute), and Delroy Scott (84th minute) were sent off. The Chiefs were whistled for 29 fouls to Toronto's 4. From Charlie Roberts' article in the Atlanta Constitution: "by the time Peter McParland of the Chiefs was ushered to the sid

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Aug 8, 2021
2 min

August 8 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1970: The Chiefs defeated the Rochester Lancers 3-0 in NASL action at Tara Stadium. 1,318 fans saw Nick Papadakis score his 8th goal of the season, Henry Largie scored his 5th, and Rochester scored an own goal. Manfred Kammerer notched the clean sheet for Atlanta, making 9 saves. 1979: In the last home match of the NASL outdoor season, the Chiefs demolished the Washington Diplomats 4-0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in front of 6,231. Jeff Bourne scored his team-hi

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Aug 8, 2021
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Aug 7, 2021
1 min

August 7 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1981: The Chiefs lost 4-2 in Canada to the Calgary Boomers in front of 9,127 at McMahon Stadium. Paul Child and Keith Furphy scored for Atlanta in the loss. 1998: A-League Atlanta lost 2-0 on the road in North Carolina to the Raleigh Express at the WRAL Soccer Center. Atlanta outshot Raleigh 13-5. 2010: Sky Blue FC defeated the Atlanta Beat at the KSU Soccer Stadium 2-1 in WPS action. News: 1980: The DeKalb Extra section of the Atlanta Constitution discussed an upc

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Aug 4, 2021
2 min

August 4 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1982: The Georgia Generals defeated the Nashville Diamonds 3-1 in an exhibition American Soccer League match in Kingsport, Tennessee at J. Fred Johnson Stadium. The match was a money-maker for the Generals, to the tune of $4,000 according to the Kingsport News-Times, and drew around 5,000 fans. Kevin Fouser, Jose Neto, and Sonny Askew scored for the Generals while the money made likely had a hand in keeping the club alive for the remainder of the season. (Johnson City

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Aug 1, 2021
2 min

August 1 in Atlanta soccer history

Games: 1971: On a hot, muggy day in Washington, the Chiefs drew 0-0 with the Washington Whips in NASL play. Atlanta remained on top of the NASL standings after the match. 1979: The Chiefs won 3-2 at Schaefer Stadium (later Foxboro Stadium) against the New England Tea Men in NASL league play. Rookie Adrian Brooks scored 2 goals for Atlanta, George Nanchoff scored his second goal of the season as well. Watch the WTCG Channel 17 broadcast below: 1997: Adeola Ayegbaroju's goal wa

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