Breaking down Atlanta United’s schedule: July

Breaking down Atlanta United’s schedule, continuing with July:

Here are:

March.

April.

May.

June.

July 4, Wednesday, at FC Dallas, 8 p.m., FSS

Last year's record: 11-10-13, seventh place in the Western Conference.

Last year's meetings: Atlanta United won 3-0 on Sept. 10 in the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez scored the first goal, Josef Martinez the second and Greg Garza the third.

Coach: Oscar Pareja.

Designated Players:

Cristian Colman: The 23-year-old forward scored two goals in 26 appearances last season.

Carlos Gruezo: The 22-year-old midfielder has 58 appearances in the past two seasons.

Notable new additions:

Anton Nedyalkov: The 24-year-old defender made 53 appearances for CSKA Moscow the past two seasons.

Reto Ziegler: The 31-year-old defender has played all over Europe.

Notable players gone: Lawrenceville's Walker Zimmerman was traded to LAFC.

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July 7, Saturday, at Philadelphia Union, TBD, FSS

Last year's record: 11-14-9, eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

Last year's meetings: The teams tied 2-2 on Aug. 26 at Talen Energy Stadium and Atlanta United won 3-0 Sept. 27 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Coach: Jim Curtin.

Designated Players:

Alejandro Bedoya: The 30-year-old midfielder had two goals and four assists in 28 games last season.

Notable new additions: None.

Notable players gone: Contract options were declined on Oguchi Onyewu, Giliano Wijnaldum, Roland Alberg, Maurice Edu, Chris Pontius and Charlie Davies.

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July 15, Sunday, vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 2 p.m., FOX

Last year's record: 11-14-9, eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

Last year's meetings: The teams tied 0-0 on March 31 at CenturyLink Field.

Coach: Brian Schmetzer.

Designated Players:

Clint Dempsey: The 34-year-old forward has scored 46 goals for Seattle since 2013.

Nicolas Lodeiro: The 28-year-old midfielder has 11 goals and 20 assists the past two seasons.

Osvaldo Alonso: The 32-year-old midfielder has 252 appearances for Seattle since 2009.

Notable new additions:

Waylon Francis: The 27-year-old defender made 83 appearances for Columbus from 2014-17.

Notable players gone: Defenders Joevin Jones and Brad Evans are out of contract, and goalkeeper Tyler Miller was selected in the expansion draft.

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July 21, Saturday vs. D.C United, 3:30 p.m., Univision

Last year's record: 9-20-5, 11th in the Eastern Conference.

Last year's meetings: Atlanta United lost 3-1 at Bobby Dodd Stadium on April 30. A goal from Kenwyne Jones was offset by goals from an own goal by Michael Parkhurst and strikes from Luciano Acosta and Sebastian Le Toux.

D.C. United won again 2-1 on June 21 at RFK Stadium. Julian Gressel’s goal was offset by Luciano Acosta and Patrick Nyarko.

D.C. United completed its hat-trick with a 1-0 win on August 23 at RFK Stadium on an own-goal by Michael Parkhurst.

Coach: Ben Olsen, since 2010.

Designated Players:

Paul Arriola: The 22-year-old midfielder had a goal and two assists in 11 games last season.

Notable new additions:

Frederic Brillant: The 32-year-old defender started 16 games in 23 appearances for NYCFC last season.

Darren Mattocks: The 27-year-old forward scored four goals and had two assists in 24 games for Portland last season.

Ulises Segura: The 24-year-old midfielder\forward came from Saprissa.

Junior Moreno: The 24-year-old defensive midfielder came from Venezuela.

David Ousted: The 32-year-old goalkeeper had six shutouts with Vancouver last season.

Notable players gone: Goalkeeper Bill Hamid and midfielders Patrick Nyarko and Lloyd Sam.

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July 28, Saturday, at Montreal Impact, 7:30 p.m., FSS

Last year's record: 11-7-6, ninth in Eastern Conference.

Last year's meetings: Montreal won 2-1 on April 15 at Stade Saputo on goals by Ignacio Piatti and Anthony Jackson-Hamel. Kenwyne Jones scored for Atlanta United.