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Atlanta United Falls 3-1 to Philadelphia Union

August 31, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


CHESTER, Penn. - Atlanta United lost 3-1 to Philadelphia Union Saturday night at Talen Energy Stadium. Josef Martinez scored his 23rd goal of the season while extending his MLS record goalscoring streak to 13 consecutive matches. Atlanta United enters the international break having concluded the month of August with a 7-1-0 record across all competitions.

For the 11th consecutive match across all competitions, and the fourth straight on the road, Atlanta opened the scoring. After assembling a dominant first half, Atlanta capped it off with a goal from a beautiful passing sequence in the first minute of stoppage time. Darlington Nagbe drove the ball through the midfield and laid it off for Josef Martinez. He passed to Pity Martinez on the right side where the Argentine returned the ball to Martinez. Josef quickly found Nagbe on the edge of the penalty area where the midfielder one-timed a pass over Philadelphia's backline. Racing in behind, Martinez brought the ball down, took a touch around goalkeeper Andre Blake and passed the ball into an empty net.

Philadelphia equalized in the 61st minute through Brenden Aaronson. Haris Medunjanin played a long ball behind Atlanta's defense where Aaronson was able to track it down and score with a low shot.

Atlanta had a pair of chances late to regain the lead but came up short of putting it in the back of the net. Emerson Hyndman forced a diving save from Blake in the 78th minute while Josef Martinez intercepted an errant pass from Blake inside the six-yard box and had a shot from a tight angle rattle off the left upright.

Philadelphia responded with a pair of goals in quick succession. Kacper Przybylko finished off a cross from Sergio Santos in the 86th minute and two minutes later Santos scored from close range after a cross from Przybylko.

Atlanta United (15-10-3, 48 points) returns to action Saturday, Sept. 14 against Columbus Crew SC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (7:00 p.m. EST, FOX Sports Southeast, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game).

MATCH INFO

Atlanta United 1, Philadelphia Union 3

Talen Energy Stadium

Chester, Pennsylvania

STATS

Shots: 14-11 Atlanta

Shots on Target: 6-4 Philadelphia

Corner kicks: 4-1 Atlanta

Fouls committed: 14-13 Philadelphia

Clearances: 18-9 Philadelphia

Offside: 4-1 Philadelphia

Possession: 55-45 Atlanta

Passing Accuracy: 83-79 Atlanta

SCORING SUMMARY

ATL - Josef Martinez (Darlington Nagbe) 45+1' [HIGHLIGHT]

PHI - Brenden Aaronson (Haris Medunjanin) 61' [HIGHLIGHT]

PHI - Kacper Przybylko (Sergio Santos, Kai Wagner) 86' [HIGHLIGHT]

PHI - Sergio Santos (Kacper Przybylko, Ilsinho) 88' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

ATL - Eric Remedi (yellow) 12'

PHI - Marco Fabián (yellow) 78'

PHI - Sergio Santos (yellow) 89'

ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (yellow) 90+3'

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Brad Guzan; Jeff Larentowicz ©, Miles Robinson, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Julian Gressel (Franco Escobar - 57'); Eric Remedi, Darlington Nagbe, Emerson Hyndman, Dion Pereira (Justin Meram - 45'), Pity Martinez (Hector Villalba - 84'); Josef MartÃ-nez.

Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Mo Adams, Florentin Pogba, Brandon Vazquez.

PHILADELPHIA UNION STARTING LINEUP

Andre Blake; Mark McKenzie, Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Raymon Gaddis; Jamiro Monteiro, Haris Medunjanin ©; Marco Fabián (Anthony Fontana - 85'), Fabrice-Jean Picault (Ilsinho - 58'), Brenden Aaronson (Sergio Santos - 77'); Kacper Przybylko.

Substitutes not used: Robert James Allen, Joe Bendik, Aurélien Collin, Andrew Wooten

ATTENDANCE

18,510

OFFICIALS

Robert Sibiga (referee), Matthew Nelson (assistant), Kevin Klinger (assistant), Eric Tattersall (fourth), Jorge Gonzalez (VAR), Cory Richardson (assistant VAR)

TEAM NOTES

Josef Martinez scored his 23rd goal of the season and extended his MLS record goalscoring streak to 13 consecutive matches

Nagbe recorded his third assist of the season

Jeff Larentowicz started his 384th career match. That ranks third in MLS history among field players, trailing Kyle Beckerman (451) and Chad Marshall (404).

Larentowicz also made his 416th career appearance. That ranks second in MLS history among field players, trailing Kyle Beckerman (483).

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