Regardless of main for a lot of the sport at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta United fell 2-1 to FC Cincinnati.
Identical to their convincing wins over Seattle Sounders and Nashville SC, Atlanta received off to a robust begin at house vs Cincinnati with winger Edwin Mosquera discovering the opening aim and his first ever aim for the 5 Stripes.
However Atlanta rapidly went right into a lull late within the first half, one thing that has been an issue in 2023. As to no soccer fan’s shock, these missed probabilities got here again to hang-out Atlanta, as Cincy’s electrical duo of MLS MVP candidate Luciano ‘Lucho’ Acosta and Brandon Vazquez scored a pair of late targets to elevate their crew to victory.
The 5 Stripes had been with out their head coach Gonzalo Pineda for the sport as he was serving a suspension for yellow card accumulation with Diego de la Torre stepping in for the evening.
“… we performed an excellent sport and had management of the sport,” stated de la Torre. “I believe what occurred within the second half is we misplaced management of the sport. We had been taking part in in opposition to the first-place crew within the League, and so they had been chasing and competing. I’ve to present credit score to Cincinnati, as a result of they had been an excellent crew…”
The assistant coach reiterated that going ahead, Atlanta has to determine the right way to management video games higher and on a extra constant foundation if they’re to expertise success.
“It’s a part of our sport and we’ve got been taking part in like that each one season. Immediately, within the second half, you noticed it extra as a result of we misplaced the management, and that as a result of we began doing issues that we by no means do. For me, that was the true downside,” he added.
Atlanta, now in sixth place within the Jap Convention standings with 41 factors from 27 video games performed, will journey out west to tackle FC Dallas on September 2 at Toyota Stadium.
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