Atlanta United heads into their fifth regular season match of the 2019 Major League Soccer season against the New England Revolution in Week 7, and while the defending champions find themselves at the bottom of the Eastern Conference looking for their first win, the trip to Boston seems much more important than initially expected.
The Five Stripes were plagued with one of the most intense schedules possible to begin the Frank de Boer era in Atlanta, with trips to Mexico and Costa Rica midweek while also starting the MLS title defense on weekends.