Not only will the new Atlanta United-owned USL team in Gwinnett County launch in 2018, but it will be one of a crop of existing and soon-to-launch USL teams in the South.
Probably the most notable one is Nashville SC, which might not be long for the league anyway and are all but a lock to be playing in MLS in 2020. North Carolina FC are leaving the tire fire that is the NASL and will play in the USL come spring. In 2019, the USL will expand by three more teams, two of them calling the South home (Memphis and Birmingham).