ATLANTA, GEORGIA—The Atlanta United FC will focus on fitness and attacks in their scheduled training camp in Guadalajara, Mexico which begins on Tuesday.
United FC head coach Gonzalo Pineda said the team will have a lot of work to do in Mexico.
“We’re going to work a lot in Mexico, on how to unbalance positions, how to play out in the back, how to disrupt the midfield and how to attack in the final third,” Pineda said.
Pineda said while training in Mexico, the team will have three more friendlies against Celaya on Feb. 6, against LIGA MX power Chivas on Feb. 13, and against Tepatitlan, also on Feb. 13. The games will be streamed on atlutd.com/live. Times haven’t been announced.
“I think the three teams are going to be competitive and something different,” Pineda said.
“So I want to see the reaction on the mental aspects of adapting to different situations in a game,” Pineda added.
To develop chemistry, Pineda said he has some fun things planned for the players, including paintball and soccer golf to build camaraderie.
United FC veteran goalkeeper Brad Guzan is hopeful they can do a lot of things in Mexico.
“As every day comes with every training session, there will be more that’s being asked of us from the coaching staff, and it’s our job to try and pick that up as quick as possible and then implement that in games,” Guzan said.
“And obviously, we’ve got some some friendlies lined up down there. And there’ll be opportunities, like I said, to get better day in and day out,” Guzan added.
