In one of the most gut-wrenching losses in club history, Atlanta United took a 2-0 lead past the 70th minute mark despite playing with 10 men — then allowed three straight goals (two in stoppage time) to fall to the Philadelphia Union 3-2.
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Hoyos to me gets an ok score. He made a lot of great saves, but also you can’t get that high of a score for letting 3 in and losing.
Lowest scores for me go to Hernandez and Alonso for being the culprits of the failed defense on both stoppage time goals, and Miranchuk for being completely useless in attack to the point of actually being a detriment.
One actually good score for Muyumba for both creating in a way our team rarely sees anymore, as well as being very solid defensively.