Atlanta United announced Saturday that it has signed Sal Mazzaferro, Rodrigo Neri and Patrick Weah to Short-Term Agreements, while Adyn Torres has been called up from roster slot 31 ahead of Saturday\u2019s match at Inter Miami CF (7:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, 92.9 The Game, La Mejor).<\/p>\n
Per 2025 MLS Roster Rules and Regulations, a club may sign a player, age 25 or younger during the league season, from its affiliate (MLS NEXT Pro) to a maximum of four Short-Term Agreements (up to four-day contracts) each season (maximum of 16 days). An individual player may be included on up to four MLS league season match rosters each season, however, that player may appear in no more than two MLS league season matches. An individual player may appear in any number of non-league games during the terms of his four Short-Term Agreements. <\/p>\n
Mazzaferro, 24, signed with Atlanta United 2 on Jan. 24, 2025 and made his First Team debut in Atlanta\u2019s Leagues Cup match against Atlas FC on Aug. 6. In his first season with ATL UTD 2, the center back started all 27 of his appearances and led the team in minutes with 2,430, scoring three goals and adding an assist while captaining the team. This is Mazzaferro\u2019s third STA of 2025.<\/p>\n
Neri, 20, signed with ATL UTD 2 on July 11, 2024. The Miami, Florida-native joined Atlanta from Valencia CF\u2019s Academy in Spain after spending time in multiple LaLiga and LaLiga 2 Academy systems. He began his professional career with Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid in 2021 where he worked his way through Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s Academy. Neri started 10 of his 25 appearances in MLS NEXT Pro in 2025 and scored six goals and recorded one assist. This is his second STA of the season.<\/p>\n
Torres, 17, signed with ATL UTD 2 on May 5, 2023 and became an Atlanta United Homegrown player effective Jan. 1, 2024. The midfielder is the first player in Atlanta United history to work his way through every level of the club\u2019s development pathway, beginning in the club\u2019s Regional Development School (RDS) before joining the Academy in 2020. Torres made his First Team debut on May 7, 2024 in a U.S. Open Cup match against Charlotte Independence. He is currently on a season-long loan with ATL UTD 2 and started six of his 23 appearances in MLS NEXT Pro in 2025, becoming ATL UTD 2\u2019s leader in career appearances with 54.<\/p>\n
Weah, 21, signed with ATL UTD 2 on Jan. 24, 2025. A product of Minnesota United\u2019s Academy, Weah signed a Homegrown contract with the club before the 2021 MLS season after playing two seasons at Saint Louis University. He made his MLS debut with Minnesota United in 2021 and has five career MLS appearances. The forward led ATL UTD 2 with nine goals and added two assists in 2025, starting 11 of his 24 appearances. This is his first STA of the season.<\/p>\n
Name: Salvatore Mazzaferro
Position: Defender
Birthdate: Oct. 11, 2001
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship: Canada
Transaction: Atlanta United signs Sal Mazzaferro to a Short-Term Agreement on Oct. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
Name: Rodrigo Neri
Position: Forward
Birthdate: May 12, 2005
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Citizenship: United States, Spain, Venezuela
Transaction: Atlanta United signs Rodrigo Neri to a Short-Term Agreement on Oct. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
Name: Adyn Torres
Position: Midfielder
Birthdate: Nov. 13, 2007
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland
Citizenship: United States
Transaction: Atlanta United signs Adyn Torres to a Short-Term Agreement on Oct. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
Name: Patrick Weah
Position: Forward
Birthdate: Dec. 15, 2003
Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia
Citizenship: United States, Liberia
Transaction: Atlanta United signs Patrick to a Short-Term Agreement on Oct. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta United announced Saturday that it has signed Sal Mazzaferro, Rodrigo Neri and Patrick Weah to Short-Term Agreements,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[123083,23,14864,123081,3,123082,1026,123080,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-217512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-adyn-torres","tag-america","tag-atlanta-united-fc","tag-miavsatl-10-11-2025","tag-news","tag-patrick-weah","tag-press-releases","tag-salvatore-mazzaferro","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}