Promising signs for the future for the Five Stripes as a young Atlanta United side showed its potential in a tight 0-0 draw with the Charleston Battery.
With the regular season on the horizon, Tata Martino made wholesale changes to the lineup to give opportunities to players who are returning from injury or have showed they’ve deserved first-team opportunities in the preseason. It was a first start of the preseason for everyone in the starting lineup: Alec Kann (GK), José Hernández (LB), Miles Robinson (CB), Michael Parkhurst (CB), Franco Escobar (RB), Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu (CM), Kevin Kratz (CM), Brandon Vazquez (LW), Andrew Carleton (CAM), Tito Vilalba (RW), Romario Williams (ST).