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D.C. United vs. Atlanta United FC staff and reader predictions

So, it’s still a little bonkers to me that Atlanta has an MLS team, because I grew up there and MLS never seemed like it was really in the cards. And now Atlanta is actually doing pretty well in its first season, while DCU has started 2017 a little bit on the struggle bus.

Unfortunately, we’re not optimistic that the Black-and-Red are about to get off that struggle bus.

Ryan Keefer

In before the tragedy! Seriously though, with Steve Birnbaum questionable at best to return Sunday, and the back line being older and/or slow, even if Patrick Nyarko returns to help test the Atlanta mids and backline, basically Luciano Acosta is going to not have to get murdered in central midfield somehow.