Atlanta United without its top three fullbacks after Ronald Hernandez ruled out
Atlanta United’s Ronald Hernandez was ruled out of Saturday’s match against Charlotte, the team announced Friday.
Hernandez’s absence, with a quadriceps injury leaves the team without its top three fullbacks. Pedro Amador (hamstring) and Brooks Lennon (shoulder) already were expected to miss the game because of injury and are listed as out for the game.
Manager Ronny Deila has three options to replace Hernandez, who is Lennon’s backup. The first would be to use Dominik Chong Qui, who signed a second consecutive short-term agreement for the Charlotte match, at left fullback to go with Matthew Edwards at right fullback. The second option is to use three centerbacks and two wingbacks. A third option could be Noah Cobb, but he was not used as a fullback in the preseason.
Complicating matters is that Atlanta United will face Charlotte’s Wilfried Zaha, a former Premier League winger who missed Charlotte’s first match of the season.
The Five Stripes are scheduled to play at Charlotte at 2:25 p.m. Saturday at Bank of America Stadium.
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