ATLANTA — The grind of a season can test a team’s depth, but when it comes to a professional soccer club’s youth academy, there’s an incentive — and a reality — in not rushing the developmental players.
“As a 16-year-old, a player is closer to having his mother’s milk than debuting as a pro,” Atlanta United head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said.
AtlantaUnited’s youth academy is nearly as old as this newly established franchise, so there needs to be a sense of patience with the progress of some of these players. With the Lamar Hunt U.