Atlanta United is back on the road and back in the national spotlight (can someone turn it off please?) once again this afternoon as they travel to the Windy City to take on the 11th in the East Chicago Fire.
Both sides come into the match in woeful form, the Five Stripes winless in five while the Fire are winless though six games in league play. Atlanta, fresh off of a 1-1 draw with Nashville that saw them end a record setting goal drought before immediately trying, and failing, to hold that one goal lead. Chicago, meanwhile, put a starter filled lineup out in U.S. Open Cup play against Detroit City and won in a convincing 4-0 rout. With their 7-2 loss to Nashville in the rear view, the Fire will be looking to capitalize on home turf against the struggling Five Stripes.
Atlanta will still be without Stian Gregersen, and Pedro Amador is listed as questionable for this afternoon. It’s not great news for a defense conceding nearly two goals per match thus far, but the return of Tristan Muyumba at least gives Ronny Deila another option in midfield.
After last weekend’s change in tactics led to not a loss, but not a feel-good result either, will Deila continue to adjust his side in search for the best combination and setup he can find? Or will this Atlanta squad try yet again to play a complete match for the first time this year in the unfriendly confines of Soldier Field?
Another afternoon kickoff involving Atlanta kicks the MLS weekend off at 2:40 PM, with streaming found on Apple TV with a subscription to MLS Season Pass. Radio coverage is provided in English on 92.9 The Game and in Spanish on La Mejor.
As you wrestle to convince yourself that this time might just be different, make sure to check out our match preview, then join the match thread using the comments below for free therapy if you choose to partake.
Atlanta United’s Lineup:
Chicago Fire’s Lineup:
How to Watch:
Venue: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
Kickoff Time: Saturday, May 10th, 2:40 PM ET
Available TV/Streaming: Apple TV (with MLS Season Pass Subscription)
Available Radio: 92.9 The Game, La Mejor 1600/1460/1130 AM
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#deilaout
Wow. I don’t even know where to start.
“underwhelming results and a disappointing level of play.” Reason our coach was fired from his last job. Sound familiar?
I’ve yet to see any redeeming quality of RD
A 2-1 defeat and all goals scored by Chicago
I dont want to overreact because it seems like we have some personnel issues in terms of finding balance but it felt like Muyumba placed more line breaking passes in 20 minutes than the rest of the team combined over 90, sans Fortune.
Garth and the front office has whiffed bad on this roster. It is so awful that I can almost miss Bocanegra.
And of course we give them their first home win. We seem to be the team that people end their curses against.
Abram is a traffic cone. We are so bad.
So where is Owen Gol on the team leader list now?
By my count, legitimately tied for 2nd with Almiron at 3
That’s why you put the ball in the box
Is Saba not 90 min fit?
And why do we refuse to play him on the right where he is better
Because we have to play Miranchuk for some reason.
It keeps getting worse.
I just had this exact same thought. It all needs to be redone at this point. Very painful.
When Gutman looks like a very dangerous player against you then you know it’s bad. Really bad.
I understand more each passing week why DC was willing to take any relief they could get with Klich.
Under no circumstance should he be penciled into any lineup over Fortune.
At what point do we think about Cobb there as an experiment?
Klich doesnt tackle well, doesnt cover much ground, isnt physical, and isnt good enough with the ball to be a release valve or control tempo.
Someone must have read “Art of the Deal” before deciding to sign him.
Agree. But it’s either him or Sliz, who is also unimpressive.
All of that, 100% agree. He looks genuinely uninterested in winning the ball.
Aside from Fortune, our midfield is putrid. Nobody tries to win the ball.
On offense, we look like a U-14 team. No creativity, no off ball movement. Our strategy is to push it down the side and play low percentage crosses. We cannot work through the middle or break lines. We paid all that money for Lath, and can’t get him the ball to save our lives.
This is pathetic.
What the actual heck happened to Lennon. His crosses used to be on point but the problem was that we had nobody to consistently turn them in. Now that we have someone to turn them in, his crosses are just awful.
Said this 5 games ago. #59, Abram, hernandez, Lennon, #43 and Guzan, are shit players…miggy is showing wht the premier league got rid of him. All these players are useless and need to be gone. Get the young players on the field and allow they to grow…I am tired of watch this sorry, rythmless, skilless, team
Guzan is hardly the problem on this team
he is a shit player regardless….. that needs to not start..he is slow, holds the ball to long, never triggers a counter…and cannot pass well.
Guz is past his prime, but agree with Matt5931—he’s the least of our problems. This roster has lots of holes, and the coaching staff does not seem to be able to overcome them.
Idk why your Guzan comment got down voted, everything you said was right. He’s become a liability, has never had good distribution, and is slowed by age. It’s time to start Cohen.
The is terrible. Like everyone is bad other than Fortune. Really poor effort
We’ve sucked the joy out of watching soccer
Miranchuk is the worst signing we’ve ever made. No question about. He’s worthless.
At least the worst “big” signing for sure
Hard to argue when a highly paid professional makes such a boneheaded play.
Remember when he was signed, our “genius” said, “we are back, BABY”!,,,,,
Can we please get rid of alexei
The empty stadium is giving me Sunday league vibes.
We playing a 4-4-2?
Is Mosq hurt? Why is Jay on LW again?
@tyler: you mentioned on the pod that you had a theory about the many afternoon games…what is it?
I think this is it for afternoon games.