Excited to see the news about Atlanta United II. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about second teams but I love it. It’s perfect when you want to keep players close yet they still have work to do before the senior team. It should be the initiative of ALL teams in the league. What will this team look like? I’ve got GK Garces DF Bello, Robinson, Ambrose, Asensio MF Goslin, Wheeler-Ominiu FW Carleton, Kunga, Williams, Vasquez, Okonkwo That’s a pretty good USL side.
I think they will go out of their way to try to find minutes for Carlton and Goslin with the first team this year. I'd expect them to at least be among the group of subs activated for a fair number of games in 2018. So, they may only be part-time participants with the USL team. Same goes for Ambrose who saw a decent number of minutes with the first team in 2017. He had 7 appearances with AUFC and only 3 with Charleston for example. Even Robinson could fall into that category. He was taken higher than Gressell in last year's draft which says they see a lot of value in him and may want to start incorporating him a bit. That said, I'm not sure about the rules of moving players back and forth between the senior and reserve or supplemental rosters. I know there are minimum salaries, but not sure if there are limits on how frequently players can move between the two. For example, if Andrew Carlton isn't used in a MLS game, can he play for AUFC II the very next day?