Atlanta United Draws New York Red Bulls 3-3
July 7, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release
ATLANTA - Atlanta United drew the New York Red Bulls 3-3 Sunday in front of 68,077 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Josef Martinez registered a second-half brace and Justin Meram scored his third goal of the season, but a late goal from Bradley Wright-Philips leveled the score as the teams split points. With the draw, Atlanta extended its home unbeaten streak to seven matches.
Atlanta took the lead in the 10th minute on a counter attack. A Red Bulls free kick was headed away by Miles Robinson and found Julian Gressel, who headed it on to Pity MartÃ-nez near the midfield stripe. MartÃ-nez quickly found Justin Meram on the left wing where he took his first touch around Kyle Duncan. In alone on goal, Meram buried a shot into the bottom left corner for the 1-0 lead. It was Meram's third goal since joining Atlanta United.
New York leveled the match in the 37th minute. Alex Muyl won the ball on the right wing and played Marc Rzatkowski at the top of the box. Rzatkowski found Daniel Royer on the left side of the penalty area where he scored with a shot into the top right corner.
The Red Bulls took the lead in the 60th minute when Muyl crossed a ball from the right wing where Brian White tapped it in at the back post.
Atlanta was awarded a penalty in the 78th after Josef Martinez drew a foul in the box. Gressel took a corner kick that was partially cleared by New York and headed back toward the box by Mikey Ambrose. Franco Escobar again headed the ball toward Martinez who was pulled down by Duncan while trying to win possession. The Venezuelan calmly slotted home his 11th goal of the season with a shot to the bottom left corner while sending goalkeeper Luis Robles the other way.
Josef Martinez then gave Atlanta the lead in stoppage time, scoring a remarkable header from a tough angle. Escobar played a cross into the box where Martinez, in between two defenders, rose up and headed a ball to the far post that beat a diving Luis Robles, clanked off the crossbar and across the line.
But, less than two minutes later, Red Bulls equalized as Wright-Phillips slotted home a loose ball from the edge of the six-yard box. Cristian Cásseres Jr. sent a cross that appeared to have been for Derrick Etienne, but the ball ominously bounced through the box before Wright-Phillips slammed it home.
Atlanta United (9-7-3, 30 points) returns to action Wednesday, July 10 against Saint Louis FC in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup at Fifth Third Bank Stadium (7:30 p.m. EST, ESPN+). Atlanta's next MLS match is Sunday, July 14 against Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field (3:55 p.m. EST, ESPN, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game).
MATCH INFO
Atlanta United 3, New York Red Bulls 3
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
STATS
Shots: 12-11 New York
Shots on Target: 6-4 New York
Corner kicks: 4-2 New York
Fouls committed: 19-19
Clearances: 29-15 Atlanta
Offside: 2-1 Atlanta
Possession: 54-46 Atlanta
Passing Accuracy: 72-67 Atlanta
SCORING SUMMARY
ATL - Justin Meram 10' (Pity MartÃ-nez) [HIGHLIGHT]
NY - Daniel Royer 37' (Marc Rzatkowski, Alex Muyl) [HIGHLIGHT]
NY - Brian White 60' (Alex Muyl, Daniel Royer) [HIGHLIGHT]
ATL - Josef Martinez 79' (penalty) [HIGHLIGHT]
ATL - Josef MartÃ-nez 90+2 (Franco Escobar) [HIGHLIGHT]
NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips [HIGHLIGHT]
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
NY - Amro Tarek 45+3' (yellow)
ATL - Franco Escobar 45+3' (yellow)
NY - Kyle Duncan 51' (yellow)
ATL - Josef MartÃ-nez 90+2 (yellow)
ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP
Brad Guzan ©; Mikey Ambrose, Florentin Pogba (Michael Parkhurst - 29'), Miles Robinson, Franco Escobar; Darlington Nagbe, Eric Remedi (Jeff Larentowicz - 74'); Justin Meram, Pity MartÃ-nez (Brandon Vázquez - 63'), Julian Gressel; Josef Martinez.
Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Andrew Carleton, Brek Shea, Dion Pereira.
NEW YORK RED BULLS STARTING LINEUP
Luis Robles ©; Sean Nealis, Kemar Lawrence, Kyle Duncan, Amro Tarek; Cristian Cásseres Jr, Sean Davis; Daniel Royer (Derrick Etienne - 72'), Alex Muyl, Marc Rzatkowski (Omir Fernandez - 90'); Brian White (Bradley Wright-Phillips - 77').
Substitutes not used: Connor Lade, Mathias Jørgensen, Ryan Meara, Tom Barlow.
ATTENDANCE
68,077
OFFICIALS
Kevin Stott (referee), Brian Poeschel (assistant), Adam Wienckowski (assistant), Elijio Arreguin (fourth), Alex Chilowicz (VAR), Jozef Batko (assistant VAR)
TEAM NOTES
Justin Meram scored his third goal of the season.
Josef MartÃ-nez now has 12 goals this season. He has five goals in his last three MLS matches.
Martinez now has 16 multi-goal games since the start of 2017, the most in MLS.
Pity MartÃ-nez recorded his fourth assist of the season.
Jeff Larentowicz appeared in his 409th MLS Regular Season game, tying him for second place on the all-time list with Chad Marshall.
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