Atlanta United Falls 2-1 to New England Revolution
October 1, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Atlanta United FC News Release
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Atlanta United fell 2-1 to New England Revolution Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. Josef Martínez scored a second half equalizer, but it wasn’t enough to get a result in its last road match of the season.
After hitting the woodwork once in the 12th minute and again in the 16th, New England was awarded a penalty by referee Armando Villareal in the 31st minute after Giacomo Vrioni was brought down in the Atlanta box. The Albanian international stepped up to take the spot kick and tucked his shot to Raúl Gudiño’s left for his first MLS goal.
After nearly 50 minutes of trying to find a response, it came in extravagant fashion through Martínez. Marcelino Moreno found Brooks Lennon in space on the right edge of the New England penalty area. The cross came in from Lennon, which the Venezuelan hit sweetly on a bicycle kick past Djordje Petrovic for his ninth goal of the MLS season.
Gustavo Bou and the Revolution answered back quickly in the 85th minute. Carles Gil found the Argentine isolated with a pass toward the back post. Bou took a touch before passing the ball into the back of the net.
Atlanta (10-13-10, 40 points) returns to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia for the final match of the regular season against New York City FC on Decision Day, Sunday, Oct. 9 (3:30 p.m., TBD, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game, La Mejor).
MATCH INFO
New England Revolution 2, Atlanta United 1
Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
STATS
Shots: 19-16 Atlanta
Shots on target: 5-4 New England
Corner kicks: 6-5 Atlanta
Fouls committed: 9-8 Atlanta
Offside: 1-0 Atlanta
Possession: 62-38 Atlanta
Passing accuracy: 88-82 Atlanta
SCORING SUMMARY
NER – Giacomo Vrioni 32′ (penalty)
ATL – Josef Martínez 81′ (Brooks Lennon, Marcelino Moreno)
NER – Gustavo Bou 85′ (Carles Gil, Dylan Borrero)
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
ATL – Santiago Sosa 5′ (yellow)
NER – Nacho Gil 22′ (yellow)
NER – Tommy McNamara 43′ (yellow)
ATL – Andrew Gutman 45+1 (yellow)
ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP
Raúl Gudiño; Ronald Hernández (Edwin Mosquera – 56′), Juanjo Purata, Alan Franco ©, Andrew Gutman; Santiago Sosa (Marcelino Moreno – 76′), Amar Sejdic (Matheus Rossetto – 55′), Thiago Almada; Brooks Lennon, Ronaldo Cisneros (Josef Martínez – 54′), Luiz Araújo (Caleb Wiley – 76′).
Substitutes not used: Rocco Ríos Novo, George Campbell, Machop Chol, Franco Ibarra.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION STARTING LINEUP
Djordje Petrovic; Brandon Bye, Andrew Farrell, Henry Kessler, Ryan Spaulding (Christian Makoun – HT); Tommy McNamara, Matt Polster (Wilfrid Kaptoum – 58′); Nacho Gil (Dylan Borrero – 76′), Carles Gil ©, Gustavo Bou (Omar Gonzalez – 87′); Giacomo Vrioni (Justin Rennicks – 76′).
Substitutes not used: Earl Edwards Jr., Emmanuel Boateng, Noel Buck, Damian Rivera.
OFFICIALS
Armando Villareal (referee), Ian Anderson (assistant), Jeffrey Greeson (assistant), Tori Penso (fourth), Fotis Bazakos (VAR), Robert Schaap (AVAR).
NOTES
Atlanta United out-possessed New England Revolution 62 percent to 38 percent.
Josef Martínez scored on a bicycle kick for his ninth MLS goal of the season.
Brooks Lennon recorded his sixth MLS assist of the season
Marcelino Moreno recorded his eighth MLS assist of the season
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