Frank de Boer was officially announced today as Atlanta United’s next manager. As a player, the Dutchman won a Champions League trophy with AFC Ajax. More recently, he coached the famed Eredivisie club to four consecutive titles as manager.



Detractors will point to de Boer’s recent failures at Inter Milan and Crystal Palace as red flags. Yet a failure to win big at previous stops also plagued Tata Martino before the Argentine became Atlanta United’s first manager in 2016. And so, like his predecessor, De Boer will arrive in Atlanta in search of stability and a new opportunity to prove himself as a head coach.



“I found it really interesting during the whole process because it felt like he had a chip on his shoulder,” Atlanta United technical director Carlos Bocanegra said of his team’s new coach. “It feels like he has something to prove. And I like that. I like that he’s had some success, he’s had some...