Comments on: Speed of Sound: How Atlanta United’s Rise is Ushering in the Modern MLS Fan https://www.footballparadise.com/atlanta-united-mls-major-league-soccer/ Football Literature Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: goodwillhinton https://www.footballparadise.com/atlanta-united-mls-major-league-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:17:00 +0000 http://www.footballparadise.com/?p=13576#comment-525 Good article but some of the details are wrong.
1. Atlanta is a city of over 5 million people not 400k (that’s just the minute city limits).
2. Atlanta United is NOT mid table. They have clinched a playoff spot, are currently third, and have a chance to finish 2nd in the division.
3. Atlanta does have a soccer history. The Atlanta Chiefs of the old NASL played here for almost a decade.
4. By and large, fans in Atlanta do not have allegiances to other teams. The comparison to MK Dons is not accurate.

]]> By: Trump Zombies https://www.footballparadise.com/atlanta-united-mls-major-league-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.footballparadise.com/?p=13576#comment-523 Thank you for writing this article about Atlanta United. It doesn’t though capture the passion and excitement that we are feeling here in Atlanta. I wasn’t even a soccer fan 12 months ago. I didn’t have a club, I didn’t watch matches. I am one of those College Football passionate supporters (Go Dawgs).

Then Atlanta United came along and completely swept me away. The key here is that they aren’t really taking fans from other clubs (I have to think some are but not most). All of this attendance is coming from NEW fans to the game. We did have a minor league club here before ATLUTD but what you’re seeing in our attendance records are new fans coming into the team and the sport. Atlanta is a diverse and transplant filled city yes, but at over 6 million people in the surrounding area, it also is filled to capacity with soccer teams at the youth and high school level. Most of us have no alliances period. We are an untapped market…and ATLUTD filled it.

The result: An absolute lovefest with our Owner, Management team, Head Coach and players. These guys are rock stars here. We have no understanding of players being sold so the first time one of our new local heroes is sold, we will be crushed…but we will learn that the passion is with the club first.

We welcome everyone to Atlanta to come see an ATLUTD game and see what a 1st love is all about.

]]> By: How Atlanta United's Rise is Ushering in the Modern MLS Fan https://www.footballparadise.com/atlanta-united-mls-major-league-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 22:38:48 +0000 http://www.footballparadise.com/?p=13576#comment-522 […] Read The Story Here […]

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