Atlanta United’s goalkeeper Brad Guzan undergoes surgery

Atlanta United goalkeeper Brad Guzan underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured cheekbone that occurred in a collision with teammate Luis Abram in last week’s draw at D.C. United.

Guzan is expected to be available for Saturday’s match at Toronto.

Guzan has made 19 starts this season and is the team’s all-time leader in appearances (254). He is in the last year of his contract. Jayden Hibbert is his backup.

Back, sort of. Centerback Stian Gregersen walked out with his teammates as they started training Tuesday.

Gregersen then went over to the end of one of the pitches and began working with a trainer. He has made eight appearances this season.

Not there. Winger Edwin Mosquera didn’t train with Atlanta United on Tuesday. He reportedly is on the verge of being loaned to Millonarios in his native Colombia.

Mosquera, 24, has made 56 appearances, with 10 starts, five goals and two assists since being signed as an Under-22 Initiative player.

Mosquera is the only U-22 player on Atlanta United’s roster. That is not a roster-building mechanism that president Garth Lagerwey and sporting director Chris Henderson seem to like because of the outlay to acquire unproven players. Mosquera cost a reported $1 million when he was purchased from Medellín in Colombia.

The transfer window is scheduled to open July 24.

No shots. Atlanta United’s inability to put more shots on targets is partially why it has lost three of its past four. It was shut out in three of the four. It put 10 shots on target total in the four matches. It put only one shot on target in last week’s 0-0 draw at D.C. United.

“The game, it was not what we wanted,” said winger Saba Lobjanidze, who had the shot on goal. “We didn’t create too much in the third zone, and that was the biggest problem.”

The team has put three shots on goal or fewer 11 times this season with 14 matches remaining. It has already surpassed the totals from the 34 matches played in the 2017, ’18, ’19 and ’22 seasons.

“That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” midfielder Will Reilly said. “I think it’s a bunch of small little details that we’ve got to iron out. That starts all the way from the back, building out detail on the passes, the speed of play, so that we’re getting the ball to the right guys in the right spaces higher up the field, with more time and space, and then they can create and make things happen.”