First off, sorry for the late release of the Atlanta United-Columbus Crew player ratings. It’s always tough to do these after a loss like this because you have to really dig in to think about who Atlanta’s top performer was. To be honest, outside of maybe one or two players, no one truly covered themselves with glory. That’s especially true of the first half, which was as lifeless as I’ve seen at the Benz since covering the team. And that’s saying something.
The bottom line is that it might not get much better for a while. The core of this roster is broken, the DPs aren’t performing, and any positive momentum shown vanishes as quickly as it appears. The most frustrating part? Atlanta’s lack of results at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which was once practically impenetrable. As fearful it was to face Atlanta United during its first few years of existence, it’s anything but in 2026.
On to the player ratings. As a reminder, here’s the ratings scale:
- 10 – world-class performance
- 9 – elite performance
- 6 – average
- 5 – slightly below average
- 3 – well below average
- 1 – poor in every level
Lucas Hoyos
Staff rating: 5.5 | Community rating: 3.9
Tomás Jacob
Staff rating: 4.75 | Community rating: 4.5
Elías Báez
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 4.4
Stian Gregersen
Staff rating: 5.25 | Community rating: 4.76
Enea Mihaj
Staff rating: 4.75 | Community rating: 4.27
Will Reilly
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 3.9
Tristan Muyumba
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 4.2
Steven Alzate
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 3.9
Alexey Miranchuk (Man of the Match)
Staff rating: 5.75 | Community rating: 5.5
Miguel Almirón
Staff rating: 5.25 | Community rating: 4.1
Emmanuel Latte Lath
Staff rating: 4 | Community rating: 2.1
Jay Fortune (58’)
Staff rating: 5.5 | Community rating: 4.5
Cooper Sanchez (58’)
Staff rating: 5.5 | Community rating: 4.75
Matt Edwards (74’)
Staff rating: 5.5 | Community rating: 4.3
Saba Lobjanidze (74’)
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 4.3
Tata Martino
Staff rating: 5 | Community rating: 3.8
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ELL with the CR of 2.1!!! Is that a record? Anyway, glad I didn’t watch, I knew there was trouble ahead.
Not much else to say when your “player of the game” is rated in the 5s.
Also curious how much of Tata’s rating is inflated by taking on the Crew staff.
And that rating is solely for the goal – because for the rest of the match he (along with several others) was essentially invisible.