Philadelphia Union played Atlanta United FC on Sunday afternoon at Mercedes Benz Stadium, falling 2-0Â . With the loss, the Union are tied for fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 34 points. Thiago Almada opened the scoring for Atlanta in the seventh minute following a set piece. Brooks Lennon doubled the lead in the 79th minute to make it 2-0.
The Union travel to Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, July 8th (10:30 p.m. ET / Apple TV), where they will face LA Galaxy.
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Atlanta United FC 2 – Philadelphia Union 0Â
Mercedes Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Sunday, July 2, 2023
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant Referees: Jeremy Hanson, Justin Howard
Fourth Official: Alexis Da Silva
VAR: Kevin Stott
Ast. VAR: Craig Lowry
Weather: 92 degrees and cloudy.
GOALS/ASSISTS
ATL – Thiago Almada (unassisted) 7’
ATL – Brooks Lennon (Almada) 79’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
PHI – Nathan Harriel (caution) 4’
PHI – Julian Carranza (caution) 48’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (caution) 65’
ATL – Amar Sejdic (caution) 70’
ATL – Franco Ibarra (caution) 75’
PHI – Joaquin Torres (caution) 90+3’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Joe Bendik; Leon Flach, Nathan Harriel, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Olivier Mbaizo; Jose Martinez ( Joaquin Torres 77’) , Alejandro Bedoya (Jack McGlynn 73’) , Daniel Gazdag; Mikael Uhre (Quinn Sullivan 72’) , Julian Carranza.
Substitutes not used: Holden Trent, Matt Real, Brandan Craig, Jesus Bueno, Andres Perea, Chris Donovan.
Atlanta United FC: Brad Guzan, Luis Abram, Juan José Purata, Franco Ibarra (Santiago Sosa 86’), Ronald Hernández, Brooks Lennon, Amar Sejdic (Osvaldo Alonso 86’), Thiago Almada, Caleb Wile (Andrew Gutmany 86’) , Machop Chol (Tyler Wolff 63’), Georgios Giakoumakis (Miguel Berry 30’).
Substitutes not used: Quentin Westberg, Matheus Rossetto, Aiden Mcfadden, Noah Cobb .
The Union travel to Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, July 8th (10:30 p.m. ET / Apple TV), where they will face LA Galaxy
