Atlanta United FC

14th · 7-6-14 · 27 pts · -13

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Atlanta United FC beat Sporting Kansas City

6-3-18 1 – 2

6-3-12

FT · Sun, Aug 23

Match Details

Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) · Apple TV

Recap

Almirón has assists on goals by Jacob and Picault as Atlanta beats Sporting KC

Tomás Jacob and Fafà Picault both scored goals with an assist from Miguel Almirón and Atlanta United beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday night for its first three-match MLS win streak in five years.

Recap via ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
90'+6'Second Half ends, Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
90'+5'Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
90'+5'Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'Attempt missed. Moisés Mosquera (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Shapi Suleymanov with a cross following a corner.
90'+1'Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Júnior Alonso.
90'+1'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+1'Attempt blocked. Calvin Harris (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shapi Suleymanov with a cross.
87'Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87'Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
87'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Capita.
86'Foul by Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United).

Line Score

	1	2	T
SKC	0	1	1
ATL	2	0	2

Match Leaders

Sporting Kansas City

SA Stephen Afrifa · 1Goals
Calvin Harris · 2Total Shots
Stefan Cleveland · 1Saves
MM Moisés Mosquera · 16Defensive Interventions
LB Lasse Berg Johnsen · 84Accurate Passes

Atlanta United FC

TJ Tomás Jacob · 1Goals
EB Elías Baez · 2Total Shots
TJ Tomás Jacob · 12Defensive Interventions
JA Júnior Alonso · 74Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026 MLS

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville	27	18	6	3	+34	60
2	New England	27	14	4	9	+9	46
3	Miami	27	12	10	5	+14	46
4	Charlotte	27	12	7	8	+9	43
5	Chicago	26	12	6	8	+8	42
6	Philadelphia	27	11	6	10	+10	39
7	Orlando	27	10	4	13	-16	34
8	Red Bull NY	27	9	6	12	-17	33
9	NYCFC	27	8	9	10	+5	33
10	Cincinnati	26	8	9	9	-9	33
11	D.C. United	26	6	12	8	-8	30
12	Columbus	27	8	5	14	-4	29
13	Toronto	27	6	11	10	-12	29
14	Atlanta	27	7	6	14	-13	27
15	CF Montréal	27	6	6	15	-20	24

Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

87'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Capita.

78'Substitution, Atlanta United. Matt Edwards replaces Luke Brennan because of an injury.

77'Substitution, Atlanta United. Steven Alzate replaces Cooper Sanchez.

76'Elías Báez (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.

73'Substitution, Atlanta United. Stian Gregersen replaces Paulo Díaz.

72'Luke Brennan (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

70'Goal! Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

62'Substitution, Atlanta United. Luke Brennan replaces Adrian Gill.

62'Substitution, Atlanta United. Will Reilly replaces Fafà Picault.

62'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Taylor Calheira.

62'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid replaces Emir Karic.

45'+2'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Justin Reynolds replaces Jake Davis because of an injury.

24'Goal! Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Fafà Picault (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elías Báez following a corner.

22'Emir Karic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

13'Goal! Atlanta United 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.