On Sunday, Atlanta United traveled to the Bronx to face New York City FC for the first-ever meeting between the two clubs, but it was the home side that would take the 3-1 victory. After a locked 1-1 score line at the half, a pair of NYCFC goals would surge New York City past the expansion side.
Tata Martino asjusted his lineup slightly from last week with winger Yamil Asad serving a suspension from the MLS Disciplinary Committee. The Atlanta United Starting XI at NYCFC: Alec Kann (GK), Greg Garza (LB), Leandro González Pirez (CB), Michael Parkhurst (CB), Tyrone Mears (RB), Jeff Larentowicz (CM), Carlos Carmona (CM), Julian Gressel (CAM), Tito Villalba (RW), Miguel Almirón (LW), and Kenwyne Jones (ST).