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Atlanta United Falls to New York City FC 4-1

September 25, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


BRONX, N Y. - Atlanta United fell to New York City FC 4-1 Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. Pity Martinez scored his fifth goal of the season, but Alexandru Mitrita's first-half hat-trick was too much to overcome.

NYCFC took the lead in the 14th minute as Mitrita fired in the first of his three goals. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi played a diagonal to the left wing for Mitrita, who dribbled toward goal, cut back to his right, took a couple of touches across the edge of the box and unleashed a shot into the upper right corner for the lead.

Mitrita doubled the lead less than 10 minutes later. Maxi Moralez played a long ball for Mitrita again on the left wing, where the Romanian put the ball back on his right foot and created just enough space to unleash a shot, this time to the left corner that hit off the woodwork and in for a 2-0 lead.

He finished his first-half hat-trick in the 34th minute. Off a turnover, Tajouri-Shradi dribbled inside the box and fired a shot that forced Brad Guzan to make a diving save. But the ball fell to Mitrita, who was alone near the far post, and he made no mistake with a wide-open net to take a 3-0 lead.

Increased pressure from Atlanta out of halftime led to a penalty. Martinez played a through ball for Brandon Vazquez, who tried to play the ball back on his left foot, but he was taken down by a sliding Maxime Chanot. Martinez stepped to the spot and drilled his shot past Sean Johnson.

Despite sustained pressure from Atlanta over the final 15 minutes, Héber sealed the match in the 87th minute. Off a turnover, he got in alone on Guzan and beat him 1v1 before slotting into an empty net with his left foot.

Atlanta United (17-12-3, 54 points) returns to action Sunday, Sept. 29 against Montreal Impact (5:00 p.m., FOX Sports Southeast, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game).

MATCH INFO

NYCFC 4, Atlanta United 1

Yankee Stadium

The Bronx, New York

STATS

Shots: 16-10 NYCFC

Shots on Target: 8-4 NYCFC

Corner kicks: 3-3

Fouls committed: 10-6 NYCFC

Clearances: 10-7 NYCFC

Offside: 2-0 NYCFC

Possession: 55-45 NYCFC

Passing Accuracy: 77-70 NYCFC

SCORING SUMMARY

NYC - Alexandru Mitrita (Ismael Tajouri-Shradi) 14' [HIGHLIGHT]

NYC - Alexandru Mitrita (Maxi Moralez) 23' [HIGHLIGHT]

NYC - Alexandru Mitrita 34' [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Pity Martinez (penalty) 53' [HIGHLIGHT]

NYC - Héber (penalty) 87' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

ATL - Florentin Pogba (yellow) 27'

NYC - Alexander Ring (yellow) 33'

NYC - Tony Rocha (yellow) 36'

ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (yellow) 45+2'

NYC - Maxime Chanot (yellow) 52'

ATL - Eric Remedi (yellow) 56'

NYC - ValentÃ-n Castellanos (yellow) 71'

ATL - Mo Adams (yellow) 89'

NYC - Ronald Matarrita (yellow) 90+3'

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Brad Guzan ©; Florentin Pogba, Leandro González Pirez, Miles Robinson; Tito Villalba (Justin Meram - 71'), Eric Remedi (Mo Adams - 69'), Darlington Nagbe, Emerson Hyndman, Franco Escobar (Dion Pereira - 82'); Gonzalo Martinez, Brandon Vazquez.

Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Michael Parkhurst, Jeff Larentowicz, Julian Gressel.

NEW YORK CITY FC STARTING LINEUP

Sean Johnson; Sebastien Ibeagha, Maxime Chanot, Alexander Callens; Ronald Matarrita, Alex Ring ©, Tony Rocha, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (Jesús Medina - 87'); Maxi Moralez, ValentÃ-n Castellanos (Justin Haak - 90+1'), Alexandru Mitrita (Héber - 63').

Substitutes not used: Brad Stuver, Ben Sweat, Eric Miller, Torres.

ATTENDANCE

24,290

OFFICIALS

Allen Chapman (referee), Adam Wienckowski (assistant), Brian Dunn (assistant), Pierre-Luc Lauziere (fourth), Robert Sibiga (VAR).

TEAM NOTES

Alexandru Mitrita's hat-trick was the first-ever against Atlanta United.

The loss eliminated Atlanta from the possibility of claiming the No. 1 Eastern Conference seed in the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Maxi Moralez mis-fired on a penalty attempt in the 41st minute.

Eric Remedi picked up his sixth yellow card of the season and will miss the Montreal match on Sunday.

Mo Adams picked up his fifth yellow card of the season and will miss the Montreal match as well.

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