Atlanta United’s 2019 season, which began with an early exit from the Concacaf Champions League and a slow start in MLS under new head coach Frank de Boer, has certainly turned around in August.
On Tuesday, Atlanta United won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, defeating Minnesota United, 2-1, in the final to won its second trophy of the month and extend its record since the MLS All-Star Game to seven wins in seven games.
The Five Stripes jumped to a 2-0 lead over their 2017 MLS expansion partner, Minnesota United, and held on to win after Minnesota cut into the deficit two minutes into the second half and played the last 16 minutes with an extra man following Atlanta defender Leandro Gonzalez Pirez‘s red card.
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