Almost everything has gone perfectly for Atlanta United during a very important offseason re-tooling as the club attempts to rebound from The Season That Shall Not Be Named. The club locked down the manager they wanted in Gabriel Heinze, a hiring widely considered a stunning accomplishment for any MLS club. And with that very important managerial appointment followed a slew of seemingly smart players acquisitions headlined by by midfielders Santiago Sosa and Franco Ibarra.
Everything was shaping up well and the two-deeps being created on Twitter, Reddit and spare scraps of paper just had one final hole at center back with a clear expectation of being filled.