It was all sunshine and smiles Tuesday morning at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground as Atlanta United prepared to play New York City FC on Wednesday.
Coming off the heels of an international break that saw six key players called up, the group that stepped on the training pitch was missing several important players. Thiago Almada, Luis Abram, Derrick Etienne Jr, Miles Robinson and Giorgos Giakoumakis were away on national team duty. Of those, only Almada has any chance of being available for Wednesday’s match according to head coach Gonzalo Pineda. The team availability report lists him as questionable.