Atlanta United today announced it has joined Major League Soccer’s eMLS platform and signed Hugo Hernandez, known as ratedhugo, as its first esports player. Hugo will represent the club in eMLS and FIFA 19 gaming events. A competitive EA SPORTS FIFA league, eMLS was launched in January of this year.
“Competing in eMLS has been an objective for our club for a while and we could not be more excited to welcome Hugo as our first eMLS competitor,” said Atlanta United’s vice president of business operations Catie Griggs. “We are excited about the opportunity to engage new and existing fans via esports and are thrilled to have Hugo representing our club.