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Atlanta United Draws Columbus Crew 2-2

August 21, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


COLUMBUS, Ohio - Atlanta United drew Columbus Crew 2-2 at Lower.com Field after a weather delay on Sunday night. A Santiago Sosa wondergoal highlighted what was a dominant first-half performance from Atlanta. The rain returned at halftime, setting up a wild second half between the two Eastern Conference teams.

Sosa opened the scoring with his first career MLS goal in the 21st minute. Caleb Wiley headed a Brooks Lennon cross back into the Atlanta midfield. The Argentinian midfielder was first to the ball, taking a touch and freezing Eloy Room with a rocket into the top corner from 25 yards out.

Atlanta believed it scored a second after Sosa headed in from a corner but the goal was waved off due to a foul committed in the box.

Columbus leveled the scoreline at 1-1 in the 66th minute through Cucho Hernández. A team move saw Kevin Molino send Luis Díaz on a run on the right side. The Costa Rican sent a ball to the edge of the Atlanta six-yard box for Hernández to curl past Rocco Ríos Novo.

Hernández snatched the lead for the hosts six minutes later. Will Sands slithered his way to the byline and put in a pass for the Colombian, who took two touches with his right foot before tucking in a shot under the bar with his left.

Juanjo Purata found an answer for Atlanta in the 77th minute. After the visitors looked dangerous all night from set pieces, Atlanta cashed in on a corner sent in by Edwin Mosquera. The 21-year-old earned his first MLS assist, as Purata headed a shot inside the far post and past Room.

Atlanta United recorded 10 shots on target on the night, the most by the team in a single game this season.

Atlanta (7-10-9, 30 points) returns to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 28 to face D.C. United (4:00 p.m., Univision, TUDN, Twitter, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game, La Mejor).

MATCH RESOURCES

Post-match interviews with head coach Gonzalo Pineda, Amar Sejdic and Santiago Sosa

Match photos

Full-time stats

Quote Sheet

MATCH INFO

Columbus Crew 2, Atlanta United 2

Lower.com Field

Columbus, Ohio

STATS

Shots: 24-12 Atlanta

Shots on target: 10-8 Atlanta

Corner kicks: 10-4 Atlanta

Fouls committed: 19-9 Atlanta

Offside: 4-1 Atlanta

Possession: 52-48 Atlanta

Passing accuracy: 82-82

SCORING SUMMARY

ATL - Santiago Sosa 21' (Caleb Wiley, Brooks Lennon) [HIGHLIGHT]

CLB - Cucho Hernández 66' (Luis Díaz, Kevin Molino) [HIGHLIGHT]

CLB - Cucho Hernández 72' (William Sands) [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Juanjo Purata 77' (Edwin Mosquera) [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

CLB - Artur 31' (yellow)

CLB - Derrick Etienne 51' (yellow)

ATL - Santiago Sosa 69' (yellow)

ATL - Edwin Mosquera 80' (yellow)

CLB - Jonathan Mensah 82' (yellow)

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Rocco Ríos Novo; Brooks Lennon, Juanjo Purata, Alan Franco ©, Andrew Gutman, Caleb Wiley (Edwin Mosquera - 71'); Santiago Sosa, Amar Sejdic (Franco Ibarra - 71'), Thiago Almada; Luiz Araújo (Dom Dwyer - 75'), Ronaldo Cisneros (Josef Martínez - 75').

Substitutes not used: Raúl Gudiño, Machop Chol, Marcelino Moreno, George Campbell, Ronald Hernández.

COLUMBUS CREW STARTING LINEUP

Eloy Room; Steven Moreira (Marlon Hairston - 87'), Jonathan Mensah ©, Milos Degenek, Pedro Santos (William Sands - 27'); Artur (Aidan Morris - 87'), Darlington Nagbe; Luis Díaz (Josh Williams - 87'), Lucas Zelarayán, Derrick Etienne (Kevin Molino - 61'); Cucho Hernández.

Substitutes not used: Evan Bush, Yaw Yeboah, Erik Hurtado, James Igbekeme.

OFFICIALS

Joe Dickerson (referee), Lyes Arfa (assistant), Gianni Fachini (assistant), Guido Gonzales Jr. (fourth), Tim Ford (VAR), Peter Balciunas (AVAR).

NOTES

Santiago Sosa scored his first career MLS goal

Edwin Mosquera recorded his first career MLS assist

Atlanta United recorded 10 shots on target, the most by the team this season

Juanjo Purata scored his second goal of the season

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