Atlanta United are downed by an energized New York Red Bulls
Atlanta United are thoroughly man-handled by an energized New York Red Bull squad. New York came out from the opening whistle and challenged every pass and played their style of high press to perfection. Atlanta never looked comfortable and struggled to mount much of a threat.
The match may have played out differently had the early chance on counter by Miguel Almirón had gone in, however New York goalkeeper Luis Robles came up big for the save. As the first half wore on, New York continued to press and finally broke through on a penalty when Chris McCann was called for handling the ball in the box.
Atlanta had nine shots but could only mustered two of those shots on goal. They were flustered all match by the press and ended up with a terrible 75% passing accuracy.
Atlanta was fortunate the score was not worse. Eric Remedi was called for a hand ball in the box late in the second half. Atlanta keeper Brad Guzan was able to block the PK to keep the score 2-0.
Squad Details
Line-ups
Atlanta United
- GK: Brad Guzan
- Defenders (3): Chris McCann, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Michael Parkhurst, Julian Gressel
- Midfielders (3): Jeff Larentowicz, Eric Remedi, Darlington Nagbe (Ezequiel Barco 68’)
- Forwards (3): Tito Villalba, Miguel Almirón, Josef Martinez (Brandon Vazquez 76’)
Unused Substitutes
- Alec Kann, George Bello, Kevin Kratz, Andrew Carleton, Franco Escobar
New York Red Bulls
- GK: Luis Robles
- Defenders (4): Kemar Lawrence, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Michael Murillo
- Midfielders (5): Sean Davis, Alex Muyl (Derrick Etienne 79’), Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Marc Rzatkowski, Daniel Royer (Andreas Ivan 80’)
- Forward (1): Brian White
Unused Substitutes
- Fidel Escobar, Anatole Bertrand-Abang, Ryan Meara, Connor Lade, Cristian Casseres Jr
Up Next
Atlanta United return home to host the New England Revolution at Mercedes-Benz Stadium October 6th, kick off is at 3:30 p.m.
Record Tracking
Goal Differential
Atlanta is currently sitting on a +27-goal differential. This is sixth-best in MLS history.
Road Wins
Altanta has ten road wins, the most in the MLS in the post shoot-out era. Four teams are tied with nine wins.
Total Wins
Atlanta currently has 19 wins. In the post-shootout era since 2000, the record is 20 wins held by the 2014 Seattle Sounders and 2018 Toronto FC.
Total Points
Currently Atlanta has 63 points. Toronto FC holds the all-time points record with 69.
To surpass 69 points, the team will need at least two wins and a draw in their final four matches.
