Our live blog for Atlanta United's first preseason game is up and running in our Discord channel. Fall through www.fivestripefinal.com/about

How do you add tactical context to football data? For futi, it starts with a phase of play model.

VIZHUB 2.0 IS HERE ‼️ A culmination of VizMas + recent improvements, VizHub 2.0 brings the following features: - revamped league tab with player & team stats - more granularity across entire app - new graphics - mobile support 2.0 only broadens VizHub to cover more of your dataviz needs.

Really excited to get this project in the public eye. Our mandate at U.S. Soccer is to Grow the Game: lowering the barrier to entry for analysis is the best way we can do that!

Some personal news: I’ve joined @us.theguardian.com as a soccer correspondent! Thrilled to join a newsroom I’ve long admired from afar. Still proudly based in Saint Paul, MN. Still covering the sport from all angles, on-field and off. Truly a dream job: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

WE GOT A 6 RUMOR, Y'ALL www.fivestripefinal.com/p/transfer-r...

The people in the industry that helped develop, introduce, and popularise this stuff are now being priced out of it.

Utterly disastrous news for public access to soccer data and statistics. www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/01...

I don't thank them enough www.americansocceranalysis.com

Bears ran Gravedigger

I remain...unconvinced but this is good stuff from Joe here

Tata Martino finally spoke about his roster in depth today as training camp begins this week. Tata lavished Alexey Miranchuk with praise and says he see no reason he can't be successful alongside Miguel Almiron. www.fivestripefinal.com/p/tata-marti...

Notes from the first day of Atlanta United preseason from @revenueminuscosts.bsky.social including some interesting quotes from Latte Lath on the difference Tata Martino makes (For Subscribers) www.fivestripefinal.com/p/training-n...

Atlanta United seems set to move on from Edwin Mosquera. open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

With the 2026 MLS season just over a month away, we've put together a list of outlets covering the league and all 30 teams. Check them out for all the news and info you'll need this season!

Jay Fortune not in training, still working his way back

Atlanta United is back for whoever is interested

We've taken a look at (nearly) every returning contributor Our last group of performance reviews includes some center backs with a lot to prove and a goalkeeper fighting for a starting job open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

One last set of reviews before the new season starts on Saturday open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

Don't think he ever lived up to his budget charge but he kept his foot on the gas on a bad team open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

Sources: Brøndby is set to sign Polish midfielder Bartosz Sliz from Atlanta United. Fee in region of $3m. Significant cap relief for Atlanta.

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uhhhhh well good morning I guess multiple reports out of Europe that Bartosz Slisz to Brondby is a done deal if real, that's a huge shift for Atlanta United will work to verify when, ya know, people actually wake up

Probably don't play him as a right winger the whole year again open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

If Miguel Almirón and Alexey Miranchuk are going to coexist, Tata Martino has a tough task ahead. @revenueminuscosts.bsky.social thinks he should start by making sure Almirón can operate in the spaces he's most comfortable in. open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

Probably don't play him as a right winger the whole year again open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

Dr. @tombogert.bsky.social is reporting that Atlanta is close to bringing in Elias Baez. U22s are back. Will Pedro Amador be? www.fivestripefinal.com/p/atlanta-un...

Have I mentioned I don't get this move? Maybe it becomes clearer down the line, but, idk man www.fivestripefinal.com/p/peformance...

just in time to ride the wave www.fivestripefinal.com/p/happy-new-...

of course you will, bud

looks like Botafogo is getting a three-window transfer ban they still haven't paid Atlanta United roughly $31 million for Thiago Almada (fee went up after Almada hit certain incentives and moved to Atleti)

give them your money www.backheeled.com/thank-you-fo...

folks giving FiveStripeFinal.com subscriptions for Christmas warms my heart

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started laughing and couldn't stop for a bit

yeah, sure, cool open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

finally, an organization got together and agreed that bloggers needed more power, it's about time

did...we not beat bama by enough ?

Atlanta takes Enzo Dovlo from UNCG. An attacker from Strasbourg, France.

quickly digging through the archives (i am on wikipedia) and it seems like there's a good chance $400k in GAM is tied for the largest allocation money return for a draft pick ever first pick in 2023 went for $400k as well but not seeing anything higher or really even all that close

Sources: FC Dallas has acquired the No. 2 overall SuperDraft selection from Atlanta United for $400k GAM + No. 12 pick

don't have to bring back the whole superdraft show but we should at least do hold music with MLS bloopers running on loop in between formal announcements have someone in a suit come on to announce a pick and then boom right back into xande silva missing the open net by 40 feet against Columbus

would be surprised if Atlanta does anything but trade this pick

I mean is Dayne St. Clair really even all that better than Rocco Rios Novo?

sped home, ran some lights, people honked and it's like they didn't even realize it was almost time for Stage II of the MLS Re-entry Draft ?

I think I've got a decent idea of where this is probably going open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

I don't get it open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

man, if this has legs..... I didn't look at Atlanta United last year and think at any point that what they were missing was a $4 million, U22 deal left back...