If you’re a longtime reader of this column, or at least going back to last season, you will know that it used to be called “What We Learned.” Thank God we changed the name, because after a game like Atlanta United’s 3-0 win over a (with all due respect) wretched Colorado Rapids team Saturday, I’m not sure what we learned. Atlanta, quite simply, took care of business as they expected to do with ruthless efficiency. Outside of some personnel decisions, nothing we saw from the team surprised us Saturday, and that’s a good thing.
One of the few surprises Saturday happened an hour before the game kicked off when the starting lineup released.