2025 Schedule
- First game/home opener: Feb. 22 - 7:30 pm ET vs. CF Montréal
 - Full schedule
 - Watch on MLS Season Pass
 - Buy the 2025 jersey
 
Armchair Analyst's Breakdown
- Strength: They reportedly spent over $40 million on three new DPs across the past two windows, and added a fourth (kind of – Mateusz Klich plays for Atlanta, but is still a DP on D.C. United’s books!) for pennies on the dollar. So you’d hope the top-end talent is there to run most teams off the field.
 - Weakness: Can they stay healthy and can they build chemistry? We’ve seen lots of super-talented teams, including some in Atlanta, become less than the sum of their parts.
 
Key Departures
- Dax McCarty: The midfielder retired after making 523 appearances (third-most in MLS history) across 19 seasons. He has since joined the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV crew.
 - Daniel Ríos: The Mexican striker's loan from Chivas Guadalajara expired. He's now with Vancouver.
 - Tyler Wolff: The homegrown winger was traded to Real Salt Lake, getting a new start in the Western Conference.
 
Key Signings
- Miguel Almirón: The club legend is back from Newcastle United, arriving for a reported $10 million fee and add-ons. Expect the Paraguayan star to feature on the wings opposite Saba Lobjanidze.
 - Mateusz Klich: Arriving via a trade with D.C., Klich adds punch to the Five Stripes midfield alongside fellow Polish international Bartosz Slisz.
 - Emmanuel Latte Lath: The Ivory Coast international is Atlanta's new No. 9, arriving from EFL Championship side Middlesbrough FC for a reported MLS-record $22 million transfer fee plus add-ons.
 - Full roster
 
Projected Starting XI

Predictions
- Osvaldo Alonso: 1st in Eastern Conference
 - Matt Doyle: 6th in Eastern Conference
 - Miguel Gallardo: 1st in Eastern Conference
 - Michele Giannone: 1st in Eastern Conference
 - Antonella Gonzalez: 2nd in Eastern Conference
 - Sacha Kljestan: 6th in Eastern Conference
 - Kaylyn Kyle: 2nd in Eastern Conference
 - Dax McCarty: 2nd in Eastern Conference
 - Bradley Wright-Phillips: 5th in Eastern Conference
 
Odds & Ends
- Head coach: Ronny Deila
 - Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
 - Last year: 10W-14L-10T, 40 points, 9th in Eastern Conference
 - Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals
 

              


