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Atlanta United 2 adds four more players

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Feb 6, 2018

Atlanta United 2 announced the addition of four more players on Tuesday for its inaugural USL season.

The team added goalkeeper Nicolas Caraux, midfielder Gaston Cardozo, winger Brian Gambarte and defender Shawn Nicklaw.

That quartet joins defender AJ Cochran, forward Diego Lopez, defender Jack Metcalf and midfielder Yosef Samuel as the team’s first signings.

Atlanta United 2 will open training camp on Monday. It will open its season on March 24 at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville against New York Red Bulls II.

Caraux, 26, has experience playing in France and Scotland. Nicklaw, 28, has played professionally in Iceland, Denmark and the U.S. in the NASL and USL. Cardozo and Gambarte played for Newell’s Old Boys, which is the team Atlanta United manager Gerardo Martino played for and later managed.

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