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Seattle Sounders assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda, who was filling in for coach Brian Schmetzer, walks on the pitch before the team's exhibition soccer match against Eintracht Frankfurt, Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

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Seattle Sounders assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda, who was filling in for coach Brian Schmetzer, walks on the pitch before the team's exhibition soccer match against Eintracht Frankfurt, Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
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Updated Aug 23, 2021

In this very quick episode of the podcast “Southern Fried Soccer,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Doug Roberson shares his first impressions of new Atlanta United manager Gonzalo Pineda ahead of his first training session with the MLS club on Tuesday.

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