After a highly successful 2017 debut season in MLS, the minds behind the scenes at Atlanta United are well-versed in how to start a soccer team from scratch. This is a good thing, since they have to do it again in 2018. Atlanta United’s USL affiliate will be kicking off for the first time next March, playing its home games out of Coolray Field up in Lawrenceville. More details, such as names, colors and kits, are all still to come.
As a reserve squad, one of the main functions of the new Gwinnett team will be to give fringe first-teamers, particularly younger players, the playing time that they wouldn’t be getting with Atlanta.