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Roll the Tape: How Atlanta United crumbled defensively against Columbus Crew

We knew from the outset that Atlanta United would struggle against the Columbus Crew given the absences of several key players, but we weren’t expecting… that.

On the back of their best performance in years the Five Stripes had their worst game of all time as they fell 6-1 to a Columbus side that was missing its two main attacking threats.

So let’s see what made this game so… bad.

Columbus Crew Goal - Aidan Morris 13’

The opening goal of the game may have seemed to be a case of Columbus finding a very lucky header, but Atlanta made several defensive mistakes before the goal that made it easy for the Crew to score.