On the road against the top team in MLS. Was there any question that this match wasn’t going to drop our way? No. Not really. That’s not to say that it couldn’t have, but there’s no surprise it didn’t. With Atlanta’s strength and RSL’s struggles on the road, this was a fingers-crossed match.
I think Petke’s game plan was spot on for this one. We didn’t try to park the bus and hope for one point. We didn’t change our game going into Atlanta. We played the way we like to play and it almost—almost—payed off; however, things dropped Atlanta’s way, not ours.