If this thought is making you shake with rage, I don’t blame you, but please wait because I will get to the glass-half-empty take next.
But Atlanta United went on the road for the second consecutive game on short rest with a depleted squad midway through the transfer window to one of the better teams in MLS and created enough chances to win. I agree that game state matters, but New England wasn’t trying to sit back and give up the five “big chances” (shots of .20 xG or more) to Atlanta. That wasn’t the plan, but it’s what Atlanta created in the game.