2020 Home Opener : Atlanta United and Conquered FC Cincinnati 2-1

Photo courtesy of Atlanta United

In the 2020 home opener, the Five Stripes’ Ezequiel Barco and Emerson Hyndman scored and Atlanta beat FC Cincinnati 2-1 in front of a crowd of +69,000 at Mercedes Benz Stadium on Saturday night.

All the goals, all the glory.

Highlights from our match vs FC Cincinnati. pic.twitter.com/3bXpGJe21X

— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) March 8, 2020

Atlanta United now owns each of the Top 10 most attended matches in MLS Regular Season history.

Soccer in the South ⚽️ Over 69K in attendance for Atlanta United’s home opener… It’s the 10th largest crowd all time in the MLS (69,301) #ATLUTD pic.twitter.com/wVuL6wwCRg

— Emily Gagnon (@Emily_Gagnon) March 8, 2020

With the win Atlanta has also gained it’s second consecutive win to begin the MLS Regular Season and has sustained the club unbeaten across all competitions in 2020 with a 3-0-1 record.

“Yes, of course. You cannot replace Josef so other players need to step in. Winning two times in a row, Emerson Hyndman and Ezequiel Barco, you know did a good job to replace those goals so that’s very positive.” said Atlanta United Head Coach Frank de Boer.

Atlanta (2-0-0, 6 points) returns to action Wednesday, March 11 to face Club América in the Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City before heading home for the MLS regular season play Saturday, March 14 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium against Sporting Kansas City.