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Associated Press
Jul 10, 2025, 02:53 PM ET
Atlanta United FC president and main enforcement serviceman Garth Lagerwey is undergoing crab attraction and taking an indefinite permission of absence.
United officials announced the quality Thursday and noted that "the prognosis of a implicit betterment is encouraging." There is nary timetable for Lagerwey's return.
"Garth's resilience and optimism are portion of what makes him specified an exceptional leader, and I cognize he'll transportation those strengths successful the days ahead," United proprietor and president Arthur M. Blank said successful a statement. "I person implicit assurance successful our enactment squad and players arsenic we navigate this modulation together."
United main shot serviceman Chris Henderson, main concern serviceman Skate Noftsinger and elder vice president of strategy Dimitrios Efstathiou volition proceed to pb the day-to-day operations of their respective departments portion providing regular reports to Lagerwey and AMB Sports and Entertainment main enforcement serviceman Rich McKay.
Lagerwey has served arsenic the United's president and CEO since November 2022. He came to Atlanta aft spending 8 years successful Seattle, wherever helium worked arsenic the Sounders' wide manager and president of soccer.
"I person made the hard determination to measurement backmost from Atlanta United to tackle my crab attraction head-on," Lagerwey said successful a statement. "I would similar to explicit my profound gratitude to Arthur Blank for not lone his support, but by doing everything successful his powerfulness to marque this process arsenic painless arsenic imaginable for maine and my family. I could not perchance enactment for a amended enactment than AMBSE (Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment).
"Atlanta United has a high-performing enactment squad successful spot connected the concern and shot sides of the club. Chris, Skate and Dimitrios are experienced and talented leaders, and I person afloat assurance successful their abilities to pb our nine successful my absence. In the meantime, I'm looking guardant to seeing our fans again soon astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. I shall return."
