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Atlanta United Advances to 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final

August 6, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


ORLANDO, Fla. - Behind goals from Eric Remedi and Emerson Hyndman, Atlanta United defeated Orlando City SC 2-0 Tuesday night to advance to the 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. The club will host the winner of the semifinal match between Portland Timbers and Minnesota United (Wednesday night) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Atlanta owned play for much of the first half hour and earned the opening goal in the 37th minute from Remedi. Ezequiel Barco found Remedi in space near the edge of the 18 and the midfielder uncorked a hard shot aimed for the bottom right corner that forced a diving save from Adam Grinwis. But he could only parry toward the corner where Julian Gressel immediately pumped the ball back into the box, where Remedi had continued his run and one-touched past Grinwis for the lead.

After a tense, back-and-forth second half, Atlanta iced the game from Hyndman in the 78th minute. Again, it was Remedi in the middle of the field creating the play. He sent a long diagonal ball for Franco Escobar who one-touched a cross into the center of the box for Hyndman. Holding off Lamine Sane, Hyndman redirected the ball into the far corner to give Atlanta an insurmountable 2-0 lead. It was Hyndman's first goal for Atlanta United.

Brad Guzan made two saves and Atlanta ran its U.S. Open Cup shutout streak to 199 minutes.

Atlanta United (12-9-3, 39 points) returns to MLS action Sunday, Aug. 11 against New York City FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (4:00 p.m. EST, ESPN, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game).

MATCH INFO

Atlanta United 2, Orlando City SC 0

Exploria Stadium

Orlando, Florida

STATS

Shots: 15-12 Atlanta

Shots on Target: 7-2 Atlanta

Corner kicks: 6-4 Atlanta

Fouls committed: 15-10 Orlando

Clearances: 18-8 Atlanta

Offside: 3-2 Orlando

Possession: 51-49 Atlanta

Passing Accuracy: 79-77 Atlanta

SCORING SUMMARY

ATL - Eric Remedi (Julian Gressel) 37' [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Emerson Hyndman (Franco Escobar, Eric Remedi) 78' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (yellow) 59'

ORL - Tesho Akindele (yellow) 68'

ATL - Franco Escobar (yellow) 85'

ATL - Florentin Pogba (yellow) 90'

ATL - Brad Guzan (yellow) 90+2'

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Brad Guzan ©; Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Miles Robinson, Franco Escobar; Justin Meram (Florentin Pogba - 66'), Eric Remedi, Darlington Nagbe, Emerson Hyndman, Julian Gressel; Ezequiel Barco (Andrew Carleton - 50'), Pity MartÃ-nez (Hector Villalba - 81').

Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Mo Adams, Michael Parkhurst, Jeff Larentowicz,

ORLANDO CITY SC STARTING LINEUP

Adam Grinwis; João Moutinho Alex De John - 78'), Robin Jansson, Lamine Sane, Ruan; Will Johnson, Sacha Kljestan (Chris Mueller - 58'), Sebastián Méndez; Nani ©, Dom Dwyer (Benji Michel - 58'), Tesho Akindele.

Substitutes not used: Brian Rowe, Shane O'Neill, Dillon Powers, Oriol Rosell.

ATTENDANCE

18,461

OFFICIALS

Rubiel Vazquez (referee), Ian McKay (assistant), Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein (assistant), Matthew Miscannon (fourth)

TEAM NOTES

Eric Remedi scored his first goal of the 2019 season in all competitions.

Emerson Hyndman scored his first goal for the club.

Atlanta has allowed just three goals in four matches in U.S. Open Cup play.

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