That was fun.
With momentum, an away goal and an MLS playoff-record crowd of 70,000+ all in its corner, Atlanta United punched its ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals with a fairly straightforward win over NYCFC on Sunday. Next up: nemesis New York Red Bulls, a team Atlanta’s never beaten (and may not have to beat to move to MLS Cup...we’ll see).
It was a little bit tough to come up with clear cut winners and losers from this one - there were several of them to choose from in either column - so this is far from an exhaustive list.