Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground boasted perhaps the fairest weather of the season on Thursday as Atlanta United hit the pitch to prepare for their upcoming home match against Toronto FC. A gentle wind meandered across the fields as players trickled from the facility, including Matheus Rossetto, who returned to training for the first time since suffering an ankle injury against Seattle back on August 6th.
One player not on the pitch, however, was Josef Martinez. As widely reported by Felipe Cardenas of The Athletic, Josef was suspended for a week by the club for what will forever be known as “the rice and chicken” or “arroz con pollo” incident.