Major League Soccer today announced that Atlanta United midfielder Andrew Carleton was named to the 2017 MLS Homegrown Team. The 2017 Homegrown Game, presented by Energizer®, is the fourth annual edition of the event leading up to the MLS All-Star Game. The match will take place Aug. 1 at Chicago’s Toyota Park when a roster of MLS Homegrowns take on Chivas de Guadalajara’s Under-20 team.
Carleton, a 17-year-old native of Powder Springs, Ga., signed with Atlanta as the club’s first Homegrown Player on June 9, 2016. He made his MLS debut on May 20 in a 4-1 win over Houston Dynamo at Bobby Dodd Stadium.