Will Athens United Compete in USL League Two in 2025?
Recent information casts some doubt about where Athens will compete in 2025.
Recent information obtained by Southeast Soccer Report indicates that Athens United could possibly not be competing in USL League Two in 2025. This comes after Athens joined USL League Two and W League in 2024, where the League Two side competed in the South Central Division. They finished the season 2-3-7.
Athens United started their offseason with a fresh rebrand, foregoing the green and gold for a more traditional red and black, and with the fresh look came new changes. Over the next few weeks, Athens would announce staff hires and organizational changes. Some of the hires would be familiar faces, such as Martin Suiza, while some would be entirely new to the Athens organization. What was also apparent was their lack of discussion around the upcoming USL2 season.
As of writing this article, Athens has still not published their USL2 schedule, and they have been scrubbed from League Two’s website. They do not show up in standings for the South Central Division, and they do not show up in the list of clubs for the 2025 season. It supports what our sources have told us and begs the question, will they compete in League Two in 2025?
Have there been other examples of USL2 teams that take a year hiatus, and then come back? I would be very curious what the yearly budgets of USL2 teams are like, and how they are financed.... I imagine there are regional, and even team to team differences....