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USWNT loses to Canada at Olympics, Atlanta United pursues Gonzalo Pineda, and more: Freedom Kicks for 8/3/2021

Good morning! I’ll try to move through what we’ve got to talk about quickly, which is to say I’ll try to not get bogged down in the USWNT news. Let’s get right into it:

Crew’s Artur out 10-12 weeks after sports hernia surgery | Massive Report
D.C. United won’t be seeing Artur tomorrow, as the Columbus Crew midfielder is officially out after sports hernia surgery.

Audi Field will be playing host to an El Salvador friendly against Venezuela later this month:

Report: Atlanta United requests permission to interview Sounders assistant Gonzalo Pineda for head coach job | Dirty South Soccer
The big MLS news yesterday saw Atlanta apparently approach Seattle about the possibility of having a chat with Gonzalo Pineda.