ATLiens around the world
How players with ties to Georgia performed for their new clubs during the past week
How some players with ties to Atlanta, Georgia and/or Atlanta United performed last week. If the player didn’t appear, they won’t be in the week’s list:
PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
● Emily Sonnett (Marietta), Seattle, U.S. women’s national team.
90 minutes in the U.S. 1-0 win against Canada on Wednesday.
90 minutes in the U.S. 1-0 win against Colombia to clinch the SheBelieves Cup on Saturday. It was her eighth SheBelieves title.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
● Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Atletico Madrid.
54 minutes in a 3-2 win against Real Sociedad on Saturday.
This season: Nineteen appearances with three goals and one assist.
● Ezequiel Barco (Atlanta United), Spartak Moscow.
80 minutes with a goal in a 3-2 win against Sochi on Monday, and 75 minutes in a 5-2 loss against Dinamo in a Cup match on Thursday.
This season: Nineteen appearances with five goals and three assists.
● George Bello (Douglasville, Atlanta United), LASK.
90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with Austria Wien on Sunday.
This season: Nineteen appearances with one goal and three assists.
● George Campbell, (Atlanta United), West Bromwich Albion.
90 minutes, had an own goal and scored this screamer in a 1-1 draw with Sheffield United on Saturday.
This season: Twenty-nine appearances, three goals and two assists.
● Franco Escobar (Atlanta United), Penarol.
90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Danubio on Saturday.
This season: Three appearances.
● Derrick Etienne (Atlanta United), Toronto.
25 minutes in a 1-0 win against Cincinnati on Sunday.
This season: Two appearances with one goal.
● Jon Gallagher, (Atlanta United), Austin.
90 minutes in a 3-1 loss to Charlotte on Saturday.
This season: Three appearances with one assist.
● Julian Gressel (Atlanta United), Minnesota United.
24 minutes in a 3-1 loss to Nashville.
This season: Three appearances.
● Franco Ibarra (Atlanta United), Rosario Central.
84 minutes in a 2-0 win over Newell’s Old Boys on Sunday.
This season: Seven appearances.
● Sean Johnson (Lilburn), D.C. United.
90 minutes and allowed two goals in a 2-1 loss to Inter Miami on Saturday.
This season: Three appearances with one shutout.
● Josef Martinez (Atlanta United), Tijuana.
61 minutes in a 2-1 win against Atlas on Wednesday.
● Shaq Moore (Powder Springs), Dallas.
90 minutes in a 1-0 loss against LAFC.
This season: Three appearances.
● Efrain Morales (Decatur, Atlanta United), Montreal.
90 minutes in a 3-0 win against New York Red Bulls on Sunday.
This season: Three appearances.
● Santiago Sosa (Atlanta United), Racing Club.
90 minutes in a 3-0 win to Atletico Tucuman on Tuesday.
This season: Eight appearances in the Apertura.
● Hector Villalba (Atlanta United), Barcelona SC.
58 minutes and a goal in a 1-1 draw with Botafogo on Tuesday.
66 minutes in Sunday’s 1-0 win against Emelec.
This season: Two appearances.
● Walker Zimmerman (Lawrenceville), Toronto.
73 minutes in a 1-0 win against Cincinnati on Sunday.
This season: Two appearances.



I always love checking in on our old players! Great post.