Before Mitch Hildebrandt ever joined the goalkeeping fleet of Atlanta United, he could envision himself between the ATL UTD sticks. The club’s inaugural year made quite the first impression both on and off the field, and its character drew him in immediately.
“Obviously, [I saw] what everybody around the world saw,” said the 29-year-old, “the crowd, the support and then the thing that I noticed that made me really excited about it – when Carlos, Paul, Aron and Tata wanted to bring me here – was the style of play.
Hildebrandt signed with the Five Stripes in December after spending two strong seasons with FC Cincinnati in the USL.