Atlanta United 2 dropped a back and forth match 3-2 at Charleston Battery on Saturday night. Amadou Macky Diop scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season, while Efrain Morales tallied a goal in his professional debut.
Atlanta started on the front foot and were rewarded in the sixth minute. Coleman Gannon dribbled past two defenders on the right and laid the ball off to Macky Diop. The striker took a touch and launched a low left-footed strike into the bottom right corner from 23 yards out to give ATL UTD 2 the 1-0 lead. In the 22nd minute, 16-year-old Morales made his professional debut coming on for the injured Patrick Nielsen.