Atlanta United added another piece to its roster puzzle Friday, acquiring U.S. national team left back Greg Garza on loan from Liga MX's Club Tijuana. In order to sign Garza, Atlanta traded a conditional 2018 second-round MLS SuperDraft pick to Columbus Crew SC for Garza's discovery rights, but the compensation will turn into allocation money if Garza starts in 12 games in 2017 or Atlanta exercises its option to buy in 2018.
Garza, 25, has nine caps with the U.S.–his last one came July 11, 2015, during the CONCACAF Gold Cup vs. Haiti–and he had been at Tijuana since 2011 as a part of Xolos's rise to prominence in Liga MX.