Atlanta United has bold ambitions. The club wants to win domestic and international competitions, compete in the transfer market for top South American prospects, propel talented players to major European leagues, and build a domestic player identification and development system that churns out valuable contributors to the MLS team and for sale abroad. The club wants all of this while also building a brand that is renowned both domestically and abroad for winning and for producing waves of top talent. Unfortunately, the club may soon run out of room for all of those players.
As the academy infrastructure becomes more robust in its talent output and as our scouting network and ability to draw young talent from South America grows, the club may find itself with a real problem.