How’s y’all’s necks? Atlanta United has gone through some serious whiplash the past couple weeks, and is now primed to test those “back” claims in the best way possible: against Supporters’ Shield leading FC Cincinnati.
The Five Stripes are rocketing back to relevance— and being characterized as a legit threat in the East— in their post-Leagues Cup glow up. The arrivals of Xande Silva, Saba Lobjanidze, and the settling in of Tristan Muyumba, the exponential growth of Thiago Almada, as well all the good a three week reset can do have propelled Atlanta’s form to the highest it’s been in a good while, with a combined scoreline of 6-0 through two matches against some legit teams in Seattle and Nashville.