Atlanta United got their fifth straight home win against a resilient San Jose Earthquakes on a rowdy Independence Day night at Bobby Dodd with goals from Josef Martinez, Carlos Carmona and Anton Walkes powering the team to a scintillating win in front of yet another sold out home crowd.
The first surprise of the night came an hour before kickoff, with goalkeeper Kyle Reynish making his first start for Atlanta United in place of the injured Alec Kann. The rest of Tata Martino’s starting lineup remained unchanged from Saturday’s matchup against Columbus: Kyle Reynish (GK), Anton Walkes (RB), Michael Parkhurst (CB), Leandro González Pirez (CB), Greg Garza (LB), Jeff Larentowicz (CM), Carlos Carmona (CM), Yamil Asad (LW), Miguel Almirón, Tito Villalba (RW), Josef Martinez (ST).