Match Preview: Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls
July 10, 2020 - Major League Soccer (MLS) - Atlanta United FC News Release
ATLANTA - Atlanta United will face New York Red Bulls Saturday night at Orlando's ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in the club's opening match of the MLS is Back Tournament. The match will be nationally televised on FOX and TUDN at 8 p.m. EST and transmitted on Sports Radio 92.9 The Game.
Atlanta is in Group E and after facing Red Bulls will play FC Cincinnati on Thursday, July 16 (9 a.m. EST, ESPN) and Columbus Crew SC on Tuesday, July 21 (8 p.m. EST, TUDN).
Atlanta returns to play four months to the day of its last competitive match on March 11 against Club América at Estadio Azteca in Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League play.
Atlanta's last league match was a 2-1 win against FC Cincinnati at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 7 in its MLS home opener, with goals from Emerson Hyndman and Ezequiel Barco.
Each of Hyndman's three goals for Atlanta in MLS play have been game-winning goals: Week 1 against Nashville SC, Week 2 against FC Cincinnati and against San Jose in 2019 (3-1).
Barco scored his 10th career MLS goal against FC Cincinnati. Atlanta holds a 7-1-1 record when the Argentine scores.
Atlanta has a 1-5-2 all-time record against Red Bulls (including playoffs), and a 0-4-2 record in regular season matches. The previous match ended in a 3-3 draw at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 7, 2019.
Red Bulls enters the match with a 1-0-1 record this season after starting the season with a 3-2 win over Group E opponent FC Cincinnati and then playing Real Salt Lake to a 1-1 draw.
Atlanta ranks fourth in MLS this season in passing accuracy (83.48) and has attempted the most passes (1102).
Through two league matches, Pity Martinez and Barco rank second and third in fouls drawn with nine and eight, respectively. Since Atlanta joined the league in 2017, Barco has drawn more fouls per 90 minutes (3.59) than all current MLS players with a minimum of 50 games played.
MATCH INFORMATION
Saturday, July 11 | ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, FL|8 p.m. (ET)
Atlanta United (2-0-0, 6 points) vs. New York Red Bulls (1-0-1, 4 points)
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
TV | FOX, TUDN
English Radio | 92.9 The Game
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