Atlanta United 2 couldn’t overcome a first half offensive explosion from North Carolina FC as the visitors defeated ATL UTD 2 by the score of 6-1 in front of 1,923 fans at Coolray Field. Alessandro Castro scored the lone goal for Atlanta, his first professional goal.
“Of course, we are not happy with how things turned out tonight,” said ATL UTD 2 head coach Scott Donnelly. “As a team and as a group we learned a really hard lesson.”
North Carolina FC grabbed the early lead off the first set piece in the match. Kyle Bekker delivered a corner that was met by Donovan Ewolo, who guided the cross passed Mitch Hildebrandt for the 1-0 lead in the third minute.