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Atlanta United Falls 2-1 to New York Red Bulls

August 17, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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ATLANTA - Atlanta United fell 2-1 to New York Red Bulls Wednesday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Josef Martínez scored in second-half stoppage time for his 100th goal across both the MLS regular season and playoffs, but Atlanta couldn't overcome a two-goal deficit conceded in the first half.

The Red Bulls opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Kyle Duncan delivered a cross from the right side to the center of the box where Cristian Casseres Jr. laid the ball off for Lewis Morgan, who struck it into the left side of the goal.

New York doubled its lead in the 15th minute. John Tolkin took a short corner to Casseres Jr., who immediately returned the ball to the Red Bulls' Homegrown defender. Tolkin drove a curling a ball into the box that snuck into the bottom left corner.

Atlanta made a pair of changes at halftime, bringing on fullbacks Brooks Lennon and Andrew Gutman in an effort to turn the tides. The home side maintained nearly 80% possession in the second half and continued to pressure New York's goal.

Martínez eventually found a breakthrough in stoppage time. Thiago Almada dribbled by a defender and threaded a ball between a pair of Red Bulls players to find Luiz Araújo at the edge of the half circle. The Brazilian took one touch before sending Martínez into the box where he finished with a low shot to the bottom right corner. However, time ran out before Atlanta could find the equalizer.

Atlanta (7-10-8, 29 points) travels to face Columbus Crew at Lower.com Field on Sunday, Aug. 21 (5:30 p.m., FS1, FOX Deportes, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game, La Mejor).

STATS

Shots: 13-12 New York

Shots on target: 5-5

Corner kicks: 6-5 New York

Fouls committed: 15-11 New York

Offside: 2-2

Possession: 73-27 Atlanta

Passing accuracy: 83-60 Atlanta

SCORING SUMMARY

RBNY - Lewis Morgan (Cristian Casseres Jr, Kyle Duncan) 11' [HIGHLIGHT]

RBNY - John Tolkin (Cristian Casseres Jr) 15' [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Josef Martínez (Luiz Araújo, Thiago Almada) 90+4' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

RBNY - Kyle Duncan (yellow) 45+4'

RBNY - Patryk Klimala (yellow) 66'

ATL - Andrew Gutman (yellow) 80'

RBNY - Carlos Coronel (yellow) 87'

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Rocco Ríos Novo; Caleb Wiley (Edwin Mosquera - 64'), Alan Franco, Juanjo Purata, Ronald Hernandez (Andrew Gutman - HT); Santiago Sosa (Amar Sejdić - 85'), Marcelino Moreno (Brooks Lennon - HT), Thiago Almada; Luiz Araújo, Ronaldo Cisneros (Dom Dwyer - 64'), Josef Martínez ©.

Substitutes not used: Raul Gudiño, Alex De John, Franco Ibarra, Machop Chol.

NEW YORK RED BULLS STARTING LINEUP

Carlos Coronel; Kyle Duncan, Sean Nealis, Aaron Long © (Dylan Nealis - 81'), John Tolkin; Lewis Morgan, Dru Yearwood (Andres Reyes - 53'), Cristian Casseres Jr., Daniel Edelman; Patryk Klimala (Tom Barlow - 81'), Luquinhas (Cameron Harper - 68').

Substitutes not used: Frankie Amaya, Tyler Pasher, Ryan Meara, Wikelman Carmona, Caden Clark.

OFFICIALS

Ted Unkel (referee), Corey Rockwell (assistant), Ryan Graves (assistant), Silviu Petrescu (fourth), Chris Penso (VAR), Nick Uranga (AVAR).

NOTES

Josef Martínez scored his 100th goal across the MLS regular season and playoffs

Martínez was the fastest to 100 goals, doing it in 136 matches, with Bradley Wright-Phillips holding the previous best mark at 160 matches.

Thiago Almada recorded his eighth assist of the season

Luiz Araújo recorded his fifth assist of the season

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