The Daily Dirt, September 9: Working for the Weekend

It’s been a big week here at Dirty South Soccer. Let’s take a look back at what’s active in the Atlanta soccer world:

• Yesterday, Aston Villa’s out of favor striker Gabriel Agbonlahor was linked to a “MLS expansion team”
• Another member of Atlanta United’s academy is called into a U.S. youth national team camp
• Andrew Carleton made his Charleston Battery debut Wednesday afternoon
• Kenwyne Jones played against the U.S. Tuesday night in Jacksonville
• We took a look back at Phil Woosnam’s impact on soccer in Atlanta

We also started our Expansion Draft Wish List series. We’ll be going through the MLS teams in alphabetical order over the coming weeks, looking at who we think might be on their protected lists and who could be targets for Atlanta United. The Chicago Fire kicked us off.

The Peachtree Post’s new edition dropped earlier this morning, check it out if you haven’t already.

Thanks for reading Dirty South Soccer!

Domestic

Can Landon Donovan pull off the storybook comeback? (LAG Confidential)

Benny Feilhaber might be wrapping up his Kansas City career (The Blue Testament)

Former U.S. youth international Ben Spencer signs a USL contract with Toronto (Waking the Red)

Minnesota United hires their academy director (FiftyFive.One)

Big plans from the new owner of the Orange County Blues in the USL (Angels on Parade)

Reports state that the Canadian Premier League could kickoff in 2018 (Waking the Red)

Reports out of Nashville indicate that the new USL team will not use the Nashville FC brand, will start a PDL team in 2017, and that Nashville FC will fold. (Reddit)

International

Leicester, as defending champions, are trying to keep that underdog spirit going (Liverpool Offside)

The Benteke brothers could start for Crystal Palace on Saturday (Guardian)

Xabi Alonso breaks down Guardiola and Mourinho’s tactics (Sky Sports)

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