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Atlanta United Plays Toronto FC to 2-2 Draw

April 15, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


TORONTO - Atlanta United played Toronto FC to a 2-2 draw Saturday night at BMO Field behind goals from Giorgos Giakoumakis and Machop Chol. Giakoumakis scored in his fourth consecutive game, while Chol scored his first MLS goal.

Atlanta jumped ahead in the fourth minute when Giakoumakis scored off a Brooks Lennon corner kick. Lennon played an in-swinging ball that Giakoumakis headed from the corner of the six-yard box. His redirection was perfectly placed, just past the outstretched arm of Sean Johnson and underneath the crossbar to give Atlanta a 1-0 lead.

The rest of the first half played out even with neither team generating a big chance until Toronto equalized in the 43rd minute. Richie Laryea picked up a pass from Federico Bernardeschi nearly 40 yards out and barreled through midfield before firing a right-footed shot into the right corner of the goal.

Toronto made a pair of attacking substitutions at halftime with Ayo Akinola and Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty coming on for Jordan Perruzza and Alonso Coello. Then in the 49th minute, Atlanta was forced to sub off Giakoumakis due to an apparent injury and the Greek striker was replaced by Miguel Berry.

Chol gave Atlanta the lead in the 76th minute. Second-half substitute Andrew Gutman started the play by finding a wide-open Luiz Araújo near the corner. Araújo settled the ball down and crossed into the middle of the box, where Chol rose above everyone and headed to the far post to make it 2-1.

Toronto leveled the match in the 94th minute as Brandon Servania hit a low shot to the far post past a diving Quentin Westberg.

Atlanta United (4-1-3, 15 points) returns to action when it hosts Chicago Fire at Mercedes-Benz stadium on Sunday, April 23 (4:30 p.m., MLS Season Pass/FS1, 92.9 The Game, La Mejor). All Atlanta United matches are available with an MLS Season Pass subscription, located on the Apple TV app.

Match Summary

Stats

Shots: 11-10 Toronto

Shots on target: 5-4 Atlanta

Corner kicks: 7-3 Toronto

Fouls Committed: 11-4 Atlanta

xG: 0.6 - 0.5 Toronto

Possession: 53-47 Toronto

Passing accuracy: 86-85 Atlanta

Scoring

ATL - Giorgos Giakoumakis (Lennon) 6'

TOR - Richie Laryea (Bernardeschi) 43'

ATL - Machop Chol (Araujo, Gutman) 76'

TOR - Brandon Servania (Marshall-Rutty, Osorio) 90+4'

Disciplinary

TOR - Federico Bernardeschi 63'

ATL - Machop Chol 77' Notes

Giorgos Giakoumakis scored in his fourth consecutive game, which is the third longest streak in club history and the longest since Josef Martinez scored in 15 straight games in 2019.

Machop Chol scored his first career goal. It was his 18th MLS appearance.

Quentin Westberg made his club debut.

Westberg had previously made 25 MLS Regular Season starts at BMO Field during his four seasons with Toronto FC (11-8-6).

Clement Diop was included in the match day roster for the first time with the club.

Attendance: 27,892

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

GK: Quentin Westberg

D: Brooks Lennon

D: Miles Robinson (c)

D: Juanjo Purata

D: Caleb Wiley (Andrew Gutman - 65')

M: Santiago Sosa

M: Amar Sejdic (Machop Chol - 65')

M: Matheus Rossetto

M: Luiz Araújo

M: Derrick Etienne Jr. (Luis Abram - 83')

F: Giorgos Giakoumakis (Miguel Berry - 50')

Substitutes not used:

Clement Diop

Ronald Hernandez

Aiden McFadden

Ajani Fortune

Tyler Wolff TORONTO FC STARTING LINEUP

GK: Sean Johnson

D: Lukas MacNaughton

D: Sigurd Rosted

D: Richie Laryea

D: Raoul Petretta (Lorenzo Insigne - 77')

M: Mark-Anthony Kaye

M: Jonathan Osorio (c)

M: Brandon Servania

M: Alonso Coello (Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty - HT)

F: Federico Bernardeschi

F: Jordan Perruzza (Ayo Akinola - HT)

Substitutes not used:

Tomas Romero

Kobe Franklin

Shane O'Neill

Michael Bradley

Deandre Kerr

Kosi Thompson

OFFICIALS

Ted Unkel (referee), Corey Rockwell (assistant), Jeffrey Greeson (assistant), Filip Dujic (fourth), Jair Marrufo (VAR), Rene Parra (AVAR).

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