Atlanta United Falls, 3-2, at Philadelphia Union
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Atlanta United Falls, 3-2, at Philadelphia Union

Published on August 1, 2026 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


Atlanta United's Miguel Almirón versus Philadelphia Union's Neil Pierre
Atlanta United's Miguel Almirón versus Philadelphia Union's Neil Pierre
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CHESTER, PA - Atlanta United fell 3-2 to Philadelphia Union Saturday night at Subaru Park. Despite goals from Miguel Almirón and Tristan Muyumba, Philadelphia scored a pair of goals deep in second-half stoppage time to ultimately finish the comeback. Atlanta played down a man for 65-plus minutes and built a two-goal lead after Muyumba's 66th minute strike but was unable to see out the result.

After a tense opening 25 minute that saw few scoring opportunities, Atlanta was down a man when Enea Mihaj was given a straight red card for a foul near midfield. But minutes later, Atlanta struck on a counterattack for the opening goal. Near midfield, Alexey Miranchuk headed a ball forward that Fafa Picault got on the end of. The veteran forward one-touched a ball over the top of Philadelphia's back line that Almirón tracked down, fighting off two Union defenders to get in on goal before beating Andre Blake.

Philadelphia had a flurry of opportunities to end the first half, but Lucas Hoyos kept Atlanta ahead. His best save came against Cavan Sullivan in first half stoppage time. Philadelphia continued to apply pressure to start the second half, but Atlanta doubled the lead in the 66th minute. The play started from Atlanta applying pressure in Philadelphia's half that forced a turnover. Júnior Alonso found Miranchuk in a tight area and the midfielder turned away a Union defender and found Muyumba in space. Muyumba dribbled into a free pocket and bent a curling shot past Blake for a 2-0 lead.

Philadelphia responded quickly, scoring in the 73rd minute. An early cross was sent in from the left flank that took a slight deflection off Matt Edwards. However, it fell to an onrushing Milan Iloski, who flicked it past Hoyos to cut the deficit to one. The Union continued to apply pressure and scored goals through Neil Pierre and Ezekiel Alladoh deep into stoppage time to secure the three points.

Atlanta United (3-12-3, 12 points) returns to action Saturday, Aug. 15, when it returns home to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face New York Red Bulls (7:30 p.m. ET, Apple TV, 92.9 The Game, La Mejor). All Atlanta United MLS matches are available on Apple TV.

Match Summary

Stats

Shots: 26-4 Philadelphia

Shots on target: 7-2 Philadelphia

xG: 2.5 - 0.30 Philadelphia

Corner kicks: 12-2 Philadelphia

Fouls Committed: 15-6 Philadelphia

Possession: 64-36 Philadelphia

Passing Accuracy: 85-70 Philadelphia

Scoring

ATL - Miguel Almiron 30'

ATL - Tristan Muyumba 66' (Miranchuk, Alonso)

PHI - Milan Iloski 73'

PHI - Neil Pierre 90+6' (Wagner, Iloski)

PHI - Augustín Anello 90+7' (Wagner, Bueno)

Disciplinary

ATL - Enea Mihaj 26'

PHI - Milan Iloski 28'

PHI - Nathan Harriel 53'

ATL - Lucas Hoyos 59'

PHI - Bruno Damiani 68'

ATL - Elias Baez 90+2'

Notes:

Miguel Almiron scored in his third consecutive MLS match, marking a new career-high.

Tristan Muyumba scored his second goal of the season, and fourth MLS goal of his career.

Alexey Miranchuk picked up his fourth assist of the season. It was his ninth MLS assist.

Júnior Alonso was credited with his first assist of his MLS career.

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

GK: Lucas Hoyos

D: Elias Báez

D: Enea Mihaj

D: Júnior Alonso

D: Tomás Jacob

D: Matt Edwards

M: Tristan Muyumba (Ronald Hernandez 88')

M: Will Reilly

F: Alexey Miranchuk (Stian Gregersen - 78')

F: Miguel Almirón (c) (Arif Kovac - 84')

F: Fafa Picault (Luke Brennan - 78')

Substitutes not used:

Jayden Hibbert

Toto Majub

Adyn Torres

Adrian Gill

Cayman Togashi

PHILADELPHIA STARTING LINEUP

GK: Andre Blake

D: Kai Wagner

D: Nathan Harriel (Augustín Anello - 71')

D: Neil Pierre

D: Frankie Westfield

M: Indiana Vassilev (Quinn Sullivan - 56')

M: Danley Jean Jacques

M: Jovan Lukic (Jesús Bueno - 56')

M: Cavan Sullivan (Alejandro Bedoya - 90+8')

F: Bruno Damiani (Ezekiel Alladoh - 71')

F: Milan Iloski

Substitutes not used:

Andrew Rick

Geiner Martinez

Japhet Sery Larsen

Ben Bender

OFFICIALS

Allen Chapman (referee), Chris Elliott (assistant), Eric Weisbrod (assistant), Rosendo Mendoza (fourth), Alexandra Billeter (VAR), Mike Kampmeinert (AVAR)

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Atlanta United's Miguel Almirón versus Philadelphia Union's Neil Pierre
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