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Organization: Major League Soccer
Conference: Eastern Conference
Location: Atlanta
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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Atlanta United FC is one of the premier soccer/football clubs of the southeastern United States. Since it first joined MLS in 2017, the club stormed onto the soccer landscape by capturing the
MLS Cup
championship in only its second year of existence. It is also the winner of the prestigious 2019 US Open Cup tournament. Known for its fan base and electric atmosphere, the club has set the MLS single-game attendance record with 72,548. It also holds the record for single-season average with 53,002 and the season-long home attendance record with 901,033. In international competition, Atlanta United beat Club America in the 2019
Campeones Cup
— an annual matchup between the winners of MLS and Liga MX — by a score of 3-2. The club is owned and operated by Arthur M. Blank, the co-founder of The Home Depot. If you want to experience the thrill of high-quality soccer, then you should purchase Atlanta United FC tickets at StubHub.
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Atlanta United opens up the official 2020 MLS season with an away game against the newest MLS team,
Nashville SC
, on Saturday, February 29. This is followed by the first home game against
FC Cincinnati
on March 7. Atlanta United then plays
New York City FC
at home on August 1. During the MLS rivalry week, the club will match up for a home game with
Orlando City
on August 23. The season concludes with a road match against
DC United
on October 4, followed by the start of the playoffs. In non-MLS play, Atlanta United draws the Honduran club FC Motagua in the opening round of the
Concacaf Champions League
on February 18 and 25. The winner of the series advances to the quarterfinals in March.
''Atlanta United FC finished the 2019 season with 58 points and an 18-12-4 record, which earned a second seed in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta United advanced through the first round of the MLS playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the seventh seed New England. This was followed by a 2-0 victory over three seed Philadelphia, 2-0. However, the club eventually fell to Toronto 2-1 in the conference finals to finish the season.'
'Since Atlanta United is so new to MLS, it has yet to establish any permanent rivals. However, simply due to geographical proximity and the efforts by MLS to promote the matchup, the annual Atlanta United and Orlando City series does have the intensity of a rivalry game.'
'Frank de Boer has been the head coach for Atlanta United FC games since December 2018. A former professional player who retired in 2006, de Boer had previously coached for Crystal Palace, Inter Milan and, between 2010 and 2016, Ajax — the team with which he spent the majority of his playing career. He inherited the team from Gerardo Martino months after Atlanta FC won the MLS Cup.'
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium
, which opened in 2017, has an official seating capacity of 71,000, including 7,600 club seats and 190 suites.
''Due to the size of the crowds and the success of the team, Atlanta United FC features some of the most intense matches in all of MLS. The club frequently plays in front of packed stadiums of soccer fans. And since the venue was built specifically to accommodate an NFL team, fans can certainly expect to enjoy one of the most sophisticated stadiums in all of the United States.'
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