ATLANTA — Josef Martínez scored two goals to reach 15 for the season and Atlanta United beat the 10-man Houston Dynamo 5-0 on Wednesday night.
Atlanta (10-8-3) snapped a three-game winless run. Houston (8-9-3) has just one win on the road this season.
Atlanta scored two minutes apart to take a 2-0 lead in the 29th minute. Darlington Nagbe scored his first goal for Atlanta by redirecting Julian Gressel's cross at the penalty spot. Brandon Vázquez added his second goal of the year by heading in a deflected pass.
Martínez made it 3-0 in the 60th, netting a goal in six straight games.