Five Takes On The Five Stripes

1: Columbus game 1. Bring it on.  2: Still no Austin away fixture 3: Early kickoff in Nashville 4: OFYO on St Paddy's 5: The heat is on and thankfully we're missing it in the summer. 

It's the season of giving and Glenn Cristen and Jennifer are gifting 5 things!

1: Sin bins and other rule changes 2: Silva man here to stay 3: MLS conference finals 4: College Football Playoff mess 5: Big Ange ball

1: Sergiño Dest not at his best & the USMNT team still lacks an identity  2: Hey! We got Hayes!! Emma Haye's & the USWNT 3: Bruce Arena to Charlotte???? 4: Braves still adding arms  5: Everton deduced 10 points. Is Chelsea and City next?

On this special episode of the 5 Aside we're doing it for the culture!  This is one of a 4 part series where we dive into the history of the beautiful game and the beautiful people who support it. We'll be featuring each of our 6 Atlanta United supporter groups and the newly formed SG council, The Gulch. In part one we discuss the history of Supporters and we welcome in Abby Shiffman and Curtis (d...

Join the Atlanta United FanTV Discord! https://discord.gg/sAxdtAhN   Thank you to our long time sponsors Mason Mill Chiropractic. Check them out at MasonMillChiro.com   1: It was such a strong start and then we conceded because we insisted on playing out the back and out of EVERY pressure. Sometimes it’s better to just let a ball go out, or just clear your lines and boot it. But that’s the risks w...

Join the Atlanta United FanTV Discord y'all! Great community.  https://discord.gg/SKx8UWYf   1: In the first 20 minutes we would, on occasion, win the ball back. We could have done with a little more emphasis on what comes directly after winning the ball back. I’d like to see us be more direct in those moments.  2: We got started when we stopped and started. We’re not really a team that enjoys a s...

1: Saudi Arabia set to host World Cup 2034 2: Modric, Suarez and Giroud. A good thing for MLS? 3: MLS end of year Awards 4: Random reoccurring thoughts 5: MLS NEXT PRO's experimental rules

Much love to Victor and Elsewhere Brewing for having us over to record this episode. Some really cool collaborations coming in the future including an Atlanta United Fan TV beer Colab! Y'all head over to Elsewhere in Grant Park and their Greenhouse Taproom in West Midtown. They're big footie people and big supporters of the Five Stripes and us, so let's support them!  Join the ATLUTD fan discord....

1: Atlanta has a Michelin star (it looks nothing like a star) 2: USWNT still struggling 3: The Braves need starting pitching 4: The Hawks not starting out great 5: Last minute ATL themed Halloween costume ideas

Five things to to know for the week ahead.  1: A new Station Soccer mini pitch is opening 2: Nick Firmino's first team contract 3: One of Atlanta United's staff lost their apartment in a house fire. Here is the go-fund me link if you'd like to contribute. https://shorturl.at/aqxKN 4: San Diego FC rereleased their crest and it's definitely a crest 5: Josef will not be staying at Miami.

1: In the first half we accosted Acosta. I lost count of how many times he had the ball taken off his feet. But then we back off of one challenge & he finds Powell who finds Badji for the goal. In the post season we have to be better at closing down high quality threats like that   2: For all his offensive prowess Caleb can be a defensive liability. Sort of a problem for a defender. He’s still...

Caleb and USA U23's Olympic Pursuit USMNT 3-1 Loss to Germany  Playoff Scenarios for Atlanta on Decision Day The Unified Team Franco Ibarra's return

1: I get why Caleb took the position he did to cut off incoming balls to Gressel but when those balls find Jullian, good grief. Gressel only needs half a yard to cross in a quality ball and Caleb gave him more than that.    2: We attempted to apply pressures in Columbus’ half we just didn’t win the ball off of them nearly enough and the few times we did, we didn’t launch into a meaningful attack a...

1: That was a handball. The game changed from there.    2: I’m honestly surprised Philly didn’t score on us earlier in the first half via taking advantage of us not being switched on. We looked reactive to everything. The very definition of not being switched on. Philly figured us out. Play quick against the slower team.    3: We transitioned into our old form of having no transition, either direc...

1: Those whipped in balls from Saba are really difficult to bring under control but if you can do it, you’re probably going to score.    2: Didn’t much care for the manner in which we conceded but I did like our response. The goal looked like we were looking for a call from the ref. Hamdi just had so much time and space, I’ve got no other explanation. But we went right back to work. Couldn’t find...

1: A really poor start to the first half. Pepto Bismol FC came out hot and were relentless with their pressure and physicality. Credit to them, it worked. They did exactly what I think WE wanted to do. They played on the front foot and counter pressured their way to success. We got rocked.    2: There’s flipping a switch and then there’s ripping the switch off the damn wall. I don’t believe we’ve...

1: I cannot believe Miles got beat like that. Seeing the ball out is the right decision And yes we see that called a foul at times but for me, it wasn’t.  I can’t be mad at the decision to try and see the ball out. It’s the right one for me. He just got beat. It did look like maybe the ball was out of play, but there was probably a small piece of it that was still on the line.   2: We had a decent...

1: Forget dripping in finesse Silva is drenched in it. Yeah he gets a little fortunate with the deflection on the pass to Mosquera but that controlled touch to set up the chance? The boy has real technically ability. If I have any criticism of him it’s that the boy wants to play with ball all the time and sometimes, you just need to boot it long or clear your lines rather than constantly trying to...

Check out Enso Super Greens! Use the link below for 10% off https://ensosuperfoods.refr.cc/glennp   1: Do we have a midfield? I think we have a midfield. Amazing what 1-2 players can do for a team. Miami is probably the case study for this but still, we look all the way different. I said last week that I felt that maybe it was more Seattle being poor than it was us being good. This game helped to...

1: Getting 3 points on any occasion is always a good thing. Even more so on the road against quality opposition. That being said, I think we were a little fortunate in how poor and how unlucky Seattle was. If we are going to make a run in these last games of the season, we have got to be more clinical in the final third. This game could have and should have been put away much sooner. Home or away,...

An hour discussion on Messi and his impact on the league, for better, for worse or for nothing. 

1: 3 in the back hasn’t quite worked. 4 in the back hasn’t quite worked. Have we thought combining and going with 7? Ronald struggled in the first 45. Azul overloaded him and he was often caught in a tough spot having to almost mark two at once. I’d like to see us be able to adjust go to 4 in the back on the fly if need be before a half time talk but we also don’t quite have the personnel with the...

1: Heavy legs sums up this game. The contrast in energy was pretty stark and that was the quietest I’ve ever heard the Benz. Orlando definitely looked like the team with a full week between matches. We just weren’t making enough runs in behind or closing down space in our own third quickly enough. Very static all around.    2: Losing Chol so early really f’d things up. He looked really good until...

1: The prevailing take from most is that our recent defensive success was been strictly down to having 3 CB’s. I contest that that individual performances were of more consequence than the systems itself. New England’s first two goals come from a mistake from Brooks (who honestly just got a little unlucky) and Sosa. Our last two matches were largely devoid of those mistakes. It’s not just the form...