AJC: Atlanta Getting a Major League Soccer Team
Decatur Metro | April 7, 2014From the AJC yesterday…
A Major League Soccer expansion franchise is coming to Atlanta.
An announcement is scheduled for April 16 in Atlanta, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday. The Atlanta team would become the 22nd franchise in MLS and would open play in 2017, which is also when the new $1 billion downtown stadium is scheduled to open.