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Atlanta United at Columbus Crew preview: The playoffs are drifting out of sight. Now what? not in the face

"punting can be a good thing, actually"

-Kirk Ferentz
-Me

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Atlanta United at Columbus Crew preview: The playoffs are drifting out of sight. Now what? not in the face

It's time to start thinking about the rest of the season a little differently

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Joe and Rob (ok maybe not Rob) are wrong Dear Adonis,

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Atlanta United needs a roster turnover, which means tough decisions await With a roster that is clearly not good enough and a team that isn't competitive, Chris Henderson must swallow some bitter pills.

BLOG FIGHT.

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Atlanta United Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Defenders and Goalkeeper among Eastern Conference teams, only D.C. United have allowed more goals

Our mid-season review series wraps up with a look at Atlanta United's defense

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Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Midfielders technically better than in recent seasons!

Our latest midseason evaluation is up. The general verdict: Weirdly kind of good actually? But also maybe bad? Midfield is a strange place.

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Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Midfielders technically better than in recent seasons!

There's a weird thing here where Atlanta's personnel in midfield is probably better than it has been in the last few years but all the other problems are so rough that it hasn't really mattered

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Two Ronny Deila quotes might offer a glimpse of Atlanta United's future it's all about moxy, grit, hardscrabble determination, crab rangoon, things of that nature.

"All these things that win you football games. That’s what we are lacking as a team.”

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Two Ronny Deila quotes might offer a glimpse of Atlanta United's future it's all about moxy, grit, hardscrabble determination, crab rangoon, things of that nature.

Deila didn't mince words after the loss to NYCFC

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Uhhh...so who's going to play tomorrow? Atlanta United will be shorthanded (at best) at Yankee Stadium

There aren't a ton of folks available tomorrow

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Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Forwards and Wingers The watch feels a little broken

We already looked at Latte Lath and Miguel Almirón. Now, it's time for the rest of the attack.

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Maybe Miguel Almirón just needs the ball more His totals are down. Does that mean he's done?

i think he might actually still be pretty good at this

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Jay MFin Fortune

3 thoughts on Atlanta United’s first win in 57 days Thank you, Rita Hayworth.

3 thoughts on Atlanta United’s first win in 57 days
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Tactical Review: Jay Fortune and Atlanta United whomp FC Cincinnati A single pivot, passes into space and more

Jay Fortune is becoming a star, Atlanta remembered they're allowed to play passes in behind and everything feels kind of ok for at least a few more hours.

Here's the full breakdown (ft. clips, charts and more) of a much-needed win.

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Tactical Review: Jay Fortune and Atlanta United whomp FC Cincinnati A single pivot, passes into space and more

2500 words (plus charts and video). Here's everything you need to know about Atlanta United's 4-2 win over FC Cincinnati.

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Atlanta United could actually get a point against FC Cincinnati Dare to dream

Maybe it could happen?

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Atlanta United's chances aren't created equal Atlanta United aren't generating the right kinds of chances

Atlanta United is generating chances. But what if they're not the right kinds of chances?

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Atlanta United's chances aren't created equal Atlanta United aren't generating the right kinds of chances

Atlanta United is generating chances. But what if they're not the right kinds of chances?

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Howdy,

Just a friendly reminder that 10% of what we make goes to Soccer In The Streets.

Fall through

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Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Latte Lath Good player. Bad team.

Dug deep into Latte Lath's time in Atlanta so far.

TL;DR: Tough to be a good striker on a bad team

(Also: I make charts now.)

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Mid-season Performance Evaluations: Latte Lath Good player. Bad team.

Latte Lath hasn't quite lived up to his record-setting price tag yet. It's (probably) not his fault.

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(A brief) Preview: Atlanta United vs. New England Revolution Don't overthink it

just...like...don't lose at home?

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We're not doing a lot of social coverage these days but we are talking about the game in real-time on our Discord channel

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Rewatch: Atlanta United played pretty well against FC Dallas and it didn't matter Probably gotta stop doing bad things to win more games

The Rewatch Notes are up and they're equal parts encouraging and a bummer

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Preview: Atlanta United vs. FC Dallas I remember the last time a team from Texas played a red and black team in MBS

All Atlanta has to do is slow down Lucho Acosta...

What? Why is everyone looking at us like that?

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Did Atlanta United's second half versus NYCFC show the way forward? Is Betteridge's Law of Headlines real?

It absolutely looked better. But is it the answer?

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4 thoughts on Atlanta United’s wild comeback win vs. NYCFC Are you not entertained?

4 thoughts on Atlanta United’s wild comeback win vs. NYCFC

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Did Atlanta United's second half versus NYCFC show the way forward? Is Betteridge's Law of Headlines real?

Videos, footnotes, Smash Mouth football and more as we keep trying to decode what Atlanta's second half comeback actually meant for the future

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A thorough tactical breakdown of Atlanta United at FC CinciLOL, just kidding, we’re going to talk about Alexey Miranchuk You must choose a side. It's the only way.

Sam had different thoughts than Joe on Alexey Miranchuk's current form

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