Atlanta United’s 2026 season ended with the club missing the playoffs for the second straight year. Now, change is reportedly in store, as Mauricio Culebro is set to move on from two longtime members of the front office.
According to Tom Bogert, vice president of soccer operations Dimitrios Efstahiou and head of international player recruitment Jonathan Spector have been fired. Efstahiou joined in August 2021 and Spector in August 2019.
As of Monday night, Efstahiou’s name and headshot had been removed from the front office section of Atlanta’s website.
There’s no word yet on what this means for CSO Chris Henderson. As for Tata Martino, based on his remarks to the media over the final few weeks of the season, all signs are pointing to his return through at least the sprint season.
For now, though, Culebro, who officially joined in June, has begun to make his mark on the front office. Joe Patrick from 92-9 The Game and Five Stripe Final posted on X on Monday that “changes in the organization” were in the works. We’ll see if more are around the corner.
Good moves if you ask me