Atlanta United: Predicting starting 11 vs. Chicago

After scoring six goals in last week’s demolition of Minnesota United, I anticipate Atlanta United manager Gerardo Martino rolling out the same starting 11 for Saturday’s game against Chicago at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

The only change he made from Week 1 to Week 2 was sliding Jeff Larentowicz into the holding midfielder role in place of Carlos Carmona, who was serving a one-game suspension after receiving a red card in the 2-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls in the inaugural game.

I thought that Martino may move Chris McCann into a starting spot in place of rookie Julian Gressel at Minnesota United, but he kept his place against Minnesota United and contributed a very nice assist on Miguel Almiron’s first goal against the Loons.

The matchup to watch in this game will be how Jeff Larentowicz, Gressel and Almiron deal with the professional player that is Chicago's Dax McCarty.

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