The MLS offseason hit its quietest stretch over the holiday break. Rumors bounced around Spanish-language tabloids and MLS transaction Twitter accounts (the usual suspects), but legit news was hard to come by. Each team’s individual situations differ greatly at this point in the offseason with the SuperDraft festivities less than two weeks away.
This week’s notebook goes team-by-team looking at what they’ve done, what they need to do and how they project for 2018.
Atlanta United: big news, and more to come
This team is on it.
While most clubs in MLS are hanging around and trying to gradually slide into the cold pool to get used to the water, Atlanta are doing flips off the diving board and splashing water on squeamish Minnesota United-types, who think the water is too cold and just want to put their feet in.