After another loss at home over the weekend, Atlanta United traveled back north of the border to battle a similarly floundering Montreal squad. The ensuing 90 minutes actually turned out quite well for the Five Stripes, which is almost more infuriating considering their inability to actually win in front of their own fans. Either way, they’ve held off the playoff grim reaper for another week (or so) and left CF Montreal firmly in Wooden Spork territory. I want to be more excited than I am, I just need to see this much more often before my heart beats again. Anyway…here are the final whistle thoughts from the northern lands!
-kicks Powerade bottles- WHERE HAS THIS BEEN
I don’t even care that Montreal sucks, too. As a rabid and unbalanced sports fan, I expect Atlanta United Football Club, of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, to play like this against both Manchester City and Ibis Sport Club (look it up). There were some intriguing interchanges and patterns of play, and the passing was actually both performed and received well. Miguel Almiron hit possibly the slowest goal in the history of mankind and got involved on Embolo’s goal, while actually cooking a few defenders at times. Alexey Miranchuk moved laterally more in the buildup to the first goal than he has since arriving in Atlanta. Galoppo continued his streak of being unafraid to take shots, and was aptly rewarded. Do this more often, please.
Miami next
Hopefully the celebration is not short-lived, because despite the next match being in three days against Miami, we can always hang our hats on Atlanta vs Miami being anyone’s game. That being said, I can’t say I have a lot of hope that tonight’s 3-0 thrashing of the next worst team in the league gives Atlanta United much momentum against Lionel Messi. All I want is to see Atlanta’s squad put up a hell of a fight, whether it’s win, lose, or draw. The fans need something from this team as they go into the offseason, and the team displaying to the fans a newfound attitude would go a long way.
There’s not much else to say for this team, winning is the only thing that matters at this point. Doing less than that is just proving to yourself what the fans already know.