Atlanta United 2 falls 2-0 to Miami FC
Atlanta United 2 fell 2-0 to Miami FC Saturday night at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
Miami opened the scoring in the eighth minute through Mark Segbers. French midfielder Florian Valot controlled a Romeo Parkes pass and laid off a ball into the path of Segbers, who ran into the box and tucked a finish into right-side netting of Justin Garces’ goal.
Atlanta was reduced to 10 men in the 31st minute, as Noah Cobb was sent off for bringing down Romeo Parkes as the last man.
After assisting the first goal, Valot scored one of his own in stoppage time. Adonijah Reid drove at the Atlanta defense on a two-on-one opportunity before squaring a pass for the Frenchman to curl around Garces.
ATL UTD 2 (4-19-4, 16 points) travels to Segra Field in Leesburg, Virginia to take on Loudoun United on Saturday, Aug. 20 (7:30 p.m., ESPN+).
Shots on Target: 2-1 Miami
Fouls committed: 18-13 Atlanta
Passing Accuracy: 89-88 Miami
MIA – Mark Segbers 8’ (Florian Valot)
MIA – Florian Valot 90+3’ (Adonijah Reid)
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
MIA – Callum Chapman-Page 12’ (yellow)
ATL – Noah Cobb 31’ (red)
ATL – Nick Firmino 35’ (yellow)
ATL – Ajani Fortune 42’ (yellow)
MIA – Mark Segbers 48’ (yellow)
ATL – Mikey Ambrose 75’ (yellow)
MIA – Bolu Akinyode 77’ (yellow)
ATL UTD 2 STARTING LINEUP
Justin Garces, Bryce Washington (Darwin Matheus – 85’), Noah Cobb, Nelson Orji, Mikey Ambrose; Efrain Morales, Ajani Fortune ©, Alan Carleton; Machop Chol (Tristan Trager – 63’), Nick Firmino (Erik Centeno – 74’), Raimar (Luke Brennan – HT).
Substitutes not used: Vicente Reyes, Andrew De Gannes, Toni Tiente.
Connor Sparrow; Callum Chapman-Page, Aedan Stanley, Paco Craig ©, Mark Segbers; Bolu Akinyode, Devon Williams, Florian Valot; Christian Sorto (Joaquin Rivas – HT), Lamar Walker, Romeo Parkes.
Substitutes not used: Jake McGuire, Junior Palacios, Dennis Dowouna, Rich Ballard, Kyle Murphy.
Gabriele Giusti (referee), Fritz Barberousse (assistant), Logan Reeves (assistant) Aleksandar Zhelyazkov (fourth official)
