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Atlanta City FC hopes to build team identity with USWNT players, new chief soccer officer says

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Atlanta City FC hopes to build team identity with USWNT players, new chief soccer officer says
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Atlanta City FC hopes to build team identity with USWNT players, new chief soccer officer says

Atlanta City FC, a new NWSL expansion side beginning play in 2028, hopes to build its identity with U.S. women’s national team players. Chief Soccer Officer Richard Gunney told reporters Monday that the national team has always been part of the league’s identity and that successful NWSL teams know how to tap into that mentality. “The successful teams in this league have always had a core U.S. women’s national team presence on those rosters,” Gunney said. “We aspire to have that same core, that s