Atlanta United have apparently found their next permanent manager in Seattle Sounders assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda. Several reports emerged on Wednesday night stating that the two sides have come to an agreement. Sounder at Heart’s Niko Moreno was the first, followed by Paul Tenorio of The Athletic.
This potential hire is quite the change of direction for Atlanta’s top decision makers. After hiring world-renowned names such as Tata Martino, Frank de Boer and Gabriel Heinze, putting faith in an extremely young and inexperience MLS assistant is quite the different approach.