For the second time this offseason, Atlanta United has acquired an international roster spot via trade, this time with the Colorado Rapids in exchange for $225k in General Allocation Money.
Atlanta traded with Nashville SC in December to acquire an international slot in exchange for $175k of GAM. The Five Stripes had traded last year’s co-scoring leader Jon Gallagher to Austin FC.
By the current public count, Atlanta is over its threshold of available internationals, which we outlined here in a post earlier this month. This acquisition will obviously help, but it still seems that Atlanta would need to clear an international player from the roster or acquire a green card (Anton Walkes and Jurgen Damm seemingly being most likely to be a candidate).