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Atlanta United Falls 2-1 against FC Dallas

April 20, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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ATLANTA - Atlanta United lost 2-1 against FC Dallas Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in front of 43,351 fans. Josef Martinez scored his second goal of the season, converting a penalty in second-half stoppage time, but the club was unable to find an equalizer despite posting a season-high in shot attempts (22).

Jesus Ferreira started the scoring for FC Dallas in the sixth minute. Michael Barrios launched a counterattack by himself, making a 40-yard run from midfield before sending a cross in from the right side that Ferreira calmly finished. Atlanta fared well throughout the remainder of the half and thought it had an equalizer from Ezequiel Barco in the 26th minute, but his shot rang off the post.

Atlanta piled on more pressure in the second half by dominating possession that resulted in a flurry of chances. Barco again hit the cross bar from a free kick in the 61st minute. Then Martinez was denied in the 79th minute with a diving stop from FC Dallas goalkeeper Jose Luis Gonzalez, who made seven saves on the night. Shortly after that, in the 84th minute, FC Dallas doubled the lead from Bryan Acosta, who finished off another counterattack for a 2-0 lead.

Brek Shea drew a penalty in second-half stoppage time with the decision coming from video review. Martinez stepped up and put his attempt into the right corner for his second goal of the season.

Atlanta United (1-3-2, 5 points) returns to action Saturday, April 27 against Colorado Rapids at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (6:00 p.m. EST, FOX Sports Southeast, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game).

MATCH INFO

FC Dallas 2, Atlanta United 1

Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Atlanta, Georgia

STATS

Shots: 22-8 Atlanta

Shots on Target: 8-6 Atlanta

Corner kicks: 10-2 Atlanta

Fouls committed: 18-12 FC Dallas

Clearances: 36-8 FC Dallas

Offside: 3-1 FC Dallas

Saves: 7-4 FC Dallas

Possession: 71-29 Atlanta

Passing Accuracy: 86-70 Atlanta

SCORING SUMMARY

DAL - Jesus Ferreira 6' (Michael Barrios) [HIGHLIGHT]

DAL - Bryan Acosta 84' (Michael Barrios, Edwin Cerrillo) [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Josef Martinez 90+7' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez 40' (yellow)

DAL - Matt Hedges 59' (yellow)

ATL - Jeff Larentowicz 61' (yellow)

DAL - Michael Barrios 63' (yellow)

DAL - Jesse Gonzalez 74' (yellow)

DAL - Jacori Hayes 90+6' (yellow)

DAL - Bryan Acosta 90+7' (yellow)

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Brad Guzan; Leandro González Pirez, Michael Parkhurst ©, Miles Robinson, Brek Shea; Julian Gressel (Dion Pereira - 80'), Darlington Nagbe, Jeff Larentowicz; Ezequiel Barco, Héctor Villalba (Gonzalo Martinez - 65'), Josef Martinez.

Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Romario Williams, Franco Escobar, Andrew Carleton, Florentin Pogba.

FC DALLAS STARTING LINEUP

Jesse Gonzalez; Bressan (John Nelson - 61'), Reto Ziegler ©, Matt Hedges; Edwin Cerrillo, Carlos Gruezo, Ryan Hollingshead, Reggie Cannon; Michael Barrios, Jesús Ferreira (Bryan Acosta - 72'), Paxton Pomykal (Jacori Hayes - 86').

Substitutes not used: Jimmy Maurer, Santiago Mosquera, Pablo Aránguiz, Zdenek Ondrasek.

ATTENDANCE

43,351

OFFICIALS

Armando Villareal (referee), Jason White (assistant), Jose J. Da Silva (assistant), Alejandro Mariscal (fourth), Jorge Gonzalez (VAR), Jonathan Johnson (assistant VAR)

TEAM NOTES

Jeff Larentowicz appeared in his 396th career game, good for third place all-time in league history among field players. He's 11 behind Chad Marshall for second place.

Jeff Larentowicz started his 375th career game, also good for third place all-time in league history among field players. He's 27 behind Marshall for second.

Atlanta posted a season-high 22 shot attempts against FC Dallas. It was the highest in a regular season game since Sept. 2, 2018 against D.C. United (22). It was tied for third-most all-time in club history, behind Philadelphia (6/2/18 - 31) and D.C. United (4/30/17 - 26).

It was the second-highest possession for Atlanta this season, posting 71.2% possession. The season-high came against Philadelphia (71.4%). It was the ninth-best performance by possession in club history.

Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was fouled a career-high seven times. His previous high was four - (5/7/17 at NYCFC and 10/6/18 vs. New England).

Ezequiel Barco was fouled six times, one shy of his career high (5/30/18 at New England).

Dion Pereira made his club debut.

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