Atlanta United may finally be ready to make a pragmatic coaching hire and could be turning to the team to which they’re most often compared to do it: the Seattle Sounders. The Athletic’s Sam Stejskal is reporting that Atlanta United is requesting permission to interview Sounders assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda.
Sources: Atlanta United has reached out to the Seattle Sounders to request permission to interview assistant Gonzalo Pineda for the club’s head coaching position.
Pineda, 38, has been a Sounders assistant since January 2017. He interviewed for the D.