April 10, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Atlanta United FC News Release
ATLANTA – Atlanta United fell to Charlotte FC Sunday afternoon 1-0 at Bank of America Stadium. Despite out-shooting Charlotte and registering a season-high 16 shot attempts, Atlanta was unable to find an equalizer and saw its three-match unbeaten streak come to an end.
Charlotte FC opened the scoring in the 11th minute directly off a corner. Jordy Alcívar played an in-swinging ball that curled into the top corner of the far post to give Charlotte the lead.
Atlanta responded well over the final 30 minutes of the first half. In the 23rd minute, Thiago Almada played Dom Dwyer behind the Charlotte defense that forced Kristijan Kahlina off his line to deny Dwyer. Three minutes later, Almada quickly played a free kick to Andrew Gutman down the left flank where the defender got in on goal and forced Kahlina to make a stop. Then in the 33rd minute, a quick combination of passes freed Marcelino Moreno inside the box with his shot forcing Kahlina to make a diving save.
After controlling much of the second half Atlanta started to pour on pressure over the final 15 minutes in search of an equalizer. It registered five shot attempts in those final minutes with arguably its best opportunity coming from Caleb Wiley in the 88th minute. Overall in the second half, Atlanta out-shot Charlotte 10-5 in the second half and didn’t allow a single shot on target.
Atlanta (3-2-1, 10 points) returns to action Saturday, April 16 when it hosts FC Cincinnati FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (6:00 p.m., Peachtree TV, Sports Radio 92-9 The Game, La Mejor).
MATCH INFO
Charlotte FC 1, Atlanta United 0
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
STATS
Shots: 16-15 Atlanta
Shots on target: 6-4 Atlanta
Corner kicks: 6-5 Charlotte
Fouls committed: 17-9 Charlotte
Offside: 0-0
Possession: 51-49 Charlotte
Passing accuracy: 85-82 Atlanta
SCORING SUMMARY
CLT – Jordy Alcívar 11′
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
CLT – Brandt Bronico (yellow) 74′
CLT – Christian Fuchs (yellow) 74′
ATL – Franco Ibarra (yellow) 83′
CLT – Jaylin Lindsay (yellow) 86′
ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP
Brad Guzan©; George Campbell, Alan Franco (Jake Mulraney – 60′), Miles Robinson; Andrew Gutman, Santiago Sosa (Caleb Wiley – 81′), Amar Sejdić (Franco Ibarra – 60′), Brooks Lennon; Thiago Almada, Marcelino Moreno; Dom Dwyer (Ronaldo Cisneros – 65′).
Substitutes not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Ronald Hernandez, Alex De John, Tyler Wolff, Jackson Conway.
CHARLOTTE FC STARTING LINEUP
Kristijan Kahlina; Guzmán Corujo, Christian Fuchs ©, Jaylin Lindsey, Joseph Mora; Jordy Alcívar (Adam Armour – 84′) Brandt Bronico, Ben Bender (Sergio Ruiz – 84′), Alan Franco; Karol Swiderski (Cristian Ortiz – 89′), Daniel Rios (McKinze Gaines – 78′).
Substitutes not used: George Marks, Jan Sobocinski, Anton Walkes, Harrison Afful, Derrick Jones.
OFFICIALS
Allen Chapman (referee), Cameron Blanchard (assistant), Jeremy Kieso (assistant), Fotis Bazakos (fourth), Drew Fischer (VAR), Mike Kampmeinert (AVAR).
ATTENDANCE
32,496
TEAM NOTES
Atlanta attempted a season-high 16 shot attempts. Its previous high was 14 against Charlotte (March 13) and D.C. United (April 2).
The 6 shots on target were the second most this season for Atlanta United and the most since the team registered 8 against Charlotte FC on March 13.
Ronaldo Cisneros made his club debut, subbing on for Dom Dwyer in the 65th minute.
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