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Atlanta United Wins Fourth Straight on Road, Defeats Orlando City SC 2-1

May 13, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


ORLANDO, Fla. - Atlanta United defeated Orlando City SC 2-1 Sunday night behind goals from Josef Martinez and Ezequiel Barco. Atlanta has now won four straight matches on the road, tying the 10th longest streak in MLS history and has jumped to the top of the league's table with 25 points. Alec Kann made his 2018 debut in goal and made five saves.

Martinez struck from the penalty spot in the 11th minute to give Atlanta the early lead. It was the eighth time Atlanta opened the scoring this season, improving to 7-0-1 in those contests. Miguel AlmirÃ"n split a pair of defenders to find Greg Garza inside of the penalty area, who was promptly fouled by Cristian Higuita. Martinez beat Bendik by slotting into the left corner.

Atlanta had quite a few opportunities in the first half, eventually scoring in the 31st minute. Barco connected on his second career goal, brilliantly connecting with the outside of foot to send a rocket into the top left corner, ricocheting off the crossbar for a 2-0 lead. Barco started the play right down the middle of the field before playing Garza into the left corner. Garza immediately returned the pass for Barco who had continued his run into the penalty area before one-touching his shot attempt.

Orlando applied early pressure in the second half and got a goal back in the 57th minute from Justin Meram. Will Johnson fired a shot from about 35 yards out that forced Kann to punch the ball out, but it went right to Meram whose first touch got him on goal before slotting it to the far corner.

Atlanta United (8-2-1, 25 points) returns to action when it hosts New York Red Bulls at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, May 20 (7:00 p.m., FS1).

LINE SCORE

Atlanta United 2, Orlando City SC 1

Orlando City Stadium

Orlando, Florida

STATS

Shots: 11-8 Orlando

Shots on Target: 6-4 Orlando

Corner kicks: 9-1 Orlando

Fouls committed: 12-10 Orlando

Saves: 5-1 Atlanta

Clearances: 28-8 Atlanta

Offside: 1-0 Orlando

Possession: 55-45 Orlando

Passing Accuracy: 83-81 Orlando

SCORING SUMMARY

ATL - Josef Martinez (penalty) 11' [HIGHLIGHT]

ATL - Ezequiel Barco (Greg Garza) 31' [HIGHLIGHT]

ORL - Justin Meram 57' [HIGHLIGHT]

DISCLIPINARY SUMMARY

ORL - Cristian Higuita (yellow) 20'

ORL - Joe Bendik (yellow) 32'

ATL - Tito Villalba (yellow) 84'

ORL - Yoshi Yotun (yellow) 84'

ORL - Oriol Rosell (yellow) 88'

ORL - Will Johnson (yellow) 90+4'

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

Brad Guzan; Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Michael Parkhurst ©, Miles Robinson; Greg Garza, Jeff Larentowicz, Darlington Nagbe (Kevin Kratz - 87'), Julian Gressel; Josef Martinez (Romario Williams - 79'), Miguel AlmirÃ"n, Ezequiel Barco (Tito Villalba - 68').

Substitutes not used: Mitch Hildebrandt, Mikey Ambrose, Sal Zizzo, Brandon Vazquez.

ORLANDO CITY SC STARTING LINEUP

Joe Bendik; Mohamed El-Munir, Amro Tarek, Lamine Sane, Will Johnson; Yoshimar Yotun, Cristian Higuita (Oriol Rosell - HT); Justin Meram (Stefano Pinho - 74'), Sacha Kljestan ©, Chris Mueller (Josue Colman - 66'); Dom Dwyer.

Substitutes not used: Earl Edwards Jr., Chris Schuler, Richie Laryea, RJ Allen.

ATTENDANCE

24,232

OFFICIALS

Alan Kelly (referee), Matthew Nelson (assistant), Ian Anderson (assistant), Guido Gonzales Jr. (fourth), David Gantar (VAR).

TEAM NOTES

Jeff Larentowicz started his 349th career MLS game, good for sixth place all-time in league history by a field player.

Larentowicz also appeared in his 368th career game, also good for sixth place all-time in league history by a field player.

Alec Kann made his 2018 season debut. Kann started 18 games last season, going 8-7-3 with four clean sheets.

Kann also entered the match with a 210-minute scoreless streak in MLS play.

Kann's five saves were the second most by an Atlanta United goalkeeper this season.

Josef Martinez is now 4-for-5 in his MLS career on penalty attempts.

It was the eight time this season that Atlanta scored the first goal of the game. They're now 7-0-1 when doing so.

With its fourth consecutive road win, Atlanta is now tied for the 10th longest road winning streak in MLS history.

It was the 27th time in league history a team has won four straight road matches. Only nine teams have ever won five straight road matches.

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