Darlington made a total of 74 appearances for The Five Stripes, scoring 2 goals, providing 7 assists, and getting 2 yellows.
While he played for Atlanta, he provided a regular season xG of .8 in 2018, and 1.2 in 2019. His expected assists were 2.1 and 3.7. Meaning, when he played, the team was expected to get goals.
He has widely acknowledged as a player who is needed by the USMNT, but has chosen not to participate. He is a family man, who doesn’t want to give up the time away from his wife and kids.
Atlanta attempted to keep him on several occasions but it was not to be. Darlington made the decision himself to go to Columbus prior to the 2020 season.
