Too bad expansion teams don’t get to play two 40-minute halves. Both Minnesota United and Atlanta United would have probably settled for the scorelines of their openers after 80 minutes. But arespectable 2-1 deficit turned into a 5-1 defeat for Minnesota at Portland, while Atlanta, which led for most of its game, lost to the New York Red Bulls, 2-1, before 55,297 fans at sold-out BobbyDodd Stadium.
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