Atlanta United is just six weeks into competitive matches under Gabriel Heinze’s tutelage. The results have been fairly mixed. The team dominated a lesser side to open Concacaf Champions League, took draws from Philly, Orlando and Miami, beat the Philadelphia Union for 45 minutes, actually won against the Chicago Fire at home, and lost to New England.
It’s been promising and exciting at times, fun even. There are clear issues to work out like learning how to create passing triangles rather than passing straight lines, and figuring out how to get the ball to Josef Martinez in dangerous areas.