Speaker 1: Welcome to your twoes review for the last home match
Speaker 1: of the regular season for Atlanta United Too, enter Miami
Speaker 1: two comes to town. We'll have the highlights, have your
Speaker 1: post and lay everything out for you. As a Land
Speaker 1: United has just the one match remaining. We'll go over
Speaker 1: the standings in the MLS Next Pro as well in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference where at Land United too can be
Speaker 1: spoiler heading into the last week of the regular season.
Speaker 1: Last weekend of the regular season with the matchup coming
Speaker 1: up in Philadelphia. Officially no Delion Indlly zone as we
Speaker 1: always are when it comes to all of your so
Speaker 1: we're gonna dive right into it. Here's your first half highlights.
Speaker 1: Jason on the call here in the SDH network.
Speaker 2: Good low pass all the way across the Gayjardo overlap
Speaker 2: from Edwards. He receives it in the eighteen drives in across,
Speaker 2: it's deflected back to Armis, shot blocked and deflected still
Speaker 2: there in the six until Jensen grabs it.
Speaker 3: Nanny couldn't get on it.
Speaker 2: Armis tried to sidefoot that one through traffic, It got
Speaker 2: blocked and was bouncing around the top of the six
Speaker 2: until Cole Jensen claimed it. Drop back to Armis, through
Speaker 2: to Gayjardo turns it inside, Armis runs through an arm
Speaker 2: tackle Armis to the left side to Chongquei chu Quei
Speaker 2: low drive saved by Jensen, nearly found Fermino. Think chong
Speaker 2: Qui was going for the cross there. Jensen had to
Speaker 2: deal with it either way, as nick Ermino was on
Speaker 2: the doorstep cutting into the eighteen multiple stepovers cutting inside
Speaker 2: on the right foot. Carlton get the shot off, leaves
Speaker 2: it for Okello back to the left side to chown Quee.
Speaker 3: Chawn Quee to.
Speaker 2: The end line with the nutmeg and he's bodied off
Speaker 2: of it on the far side.
Speaker 3: No call. Goal kick.
Speaker 2: Zeltzer Zubita cuts in on the right foot, puts in
Speaker 2: a cross intended for Carmichael. That's gonna skip all the
Speaker 2: way out on the far side.
Speaker 3: Goal kick.
Speaker 2: In the twenty eighth minute for Atlanta, Barton Cessock long
Speaker 2: ball over the top to pick out Carmichael. Hibbert comes
Speaker 2: for it, doesn't get their goal. Goal goal Miami that quickly.
Speaker 2: It's a long ball down the right side from Cessock
Speaker 2: to Carmichael. Hibbert was a step slow to come for it,
Speaker 2: and Ryan Carmichael just pops it over the Atlanta goalkeeper
Speaker 2: and into the back of the net. Ninth goal of
Speaker 2: the season for Ryan Carmichael, seventh assist for Nick Cessock
Speaker 2: and after a great start for Atlanta United too, they
Speaker 2: can seed first. In the thirty second minute, Matt Edwards
Speaker 2: wants to go in line does puts in the cross
Speaker 2: back post overhit Jawn Queel run it down on the
Speaker 2: left side, Shawn que back to Guyjardo. He's on the
Speaker 2: left now cutting across to the right, has Carlton ahead
Speaker 2: of him. Carlton tried to scoop it through to Guy Jardo,
Speaker 2: it's blocked to Fermino Formino cutting across on.
Speaker 3: The right foot, takes the shot. Jensen pushes it.
Speaker 2: Wide corner Atlanta and Miami will try to clear with
Speaker 2: bisave and that will do it for the first forty.
Speaker 1: Five, So one mill at the break. What would happen
Speaker 1: in the second forty five? Here's your highlights once again
Speaker 1: courtesy of the SDH Network, with Jason on the call.
Speaker 1: At Laney ninety two, trying to chase after an equalizer
Speaker 1: and come away with points at home for the last
Speaker 1: time in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2: Barmichael put it right at Jade and Hibberty makes a
Speaker 2: comfortable save, throws it out to Fermino, taps it around Martinez.
Speaker 2: Nick Fermino, driving down the middle, cuts it around Carmichael.
Speaker 2: He's got Guyjardo to the left, Mattias top of the
Speaker 2: eighteen Mattias. Guy Jardo chips into the back side over
Speaker 2: the bar.
Speaker 3: Shawn Que.
Speaker 2: It slipped out of his hands on the throat, went
Speaker 2: behind Carlton. Miami saw it first. They try to play
Speaker 2: through Atlanta's pressure. Armis blocks it, but it's back to Ferreira.
Speaker 3: Atlanta.
Speaker 2: Kawasmi, he's just decked by Zeltzer Zubita, who's on a
Speaker 2: yellow card. Zeltzer Zubita goes down because he knows that
Speaker 2: he might be in some big trouble if he doesn't.
Speaker 2: Was an unnecessary challenge on Ramsey. Kawasmi. He's in a
Speaker 2: lot of pain all the way across to the left
Speaker 2: to f Thray Morales down on the left side for
Speaker 2: Chawn Que Gordon making a run. He'll receive it from
Speaker 2: dom Ashton. With the cross sliding effort from Nedri, he
Speaker 2: just can't quite.
Speaker 3: Get to it.
Speaker 2: It's put out on the far side VI the sab
Speaker 2: corner Atlanta. Brilliant play from the two few youngsters from
Speaker 2: the Atlanta Academy Chong Queen to Gordon nearly found Netri,
Speaker 2: all under the age of twenty.
Speaker 3: Atlanta can't find the combination.
Speaker 2: Gordon will leave it for Aiden Torris, who has the
Speaker 2: longer throw of the bunch. F Ray Morales going up
Speaker 2: into the eighteen. Dorris, he will launch this into the
Speaker 2: eighteen almost of the ninety minute mark played. Thrown in
Speaker 2: headed home by Okello, but caught by Jensen and he
Speaker 2: falls to the ground clutching it.
Speaker 3: Miami will play it long.
Speaker 2: Javier Armis wins it back, drop back to f Rain Morales,
Speaker 2: over to the left to Caden more Atlanta's got to
Speaker 2: get forward and they gotta go fast.
Speaker 3: Here's Dominic Chong Qui.
Speaker 2: He turns, walks the tightrope, carries it forward, pass inside
Speaker 2: behind Herlock almost got to Gordon. Miami's gonna clear. Caden
Speaker 2: Moore called for the foul. It's over the head of
Speaker 2: Cooper Sanchez. Javier Armis will bring it down forward to Cooper.
Speaker 2: Cooper hacked down and another nasty challenge from Miami. Show
Speaker 2: a yellow card and it means nothing at this point.
Speaker 2: Another just dirty challenge in the midfield from Miami. Hate
Speaker 2: to see that element of this game creeping in. That
Speaker 2: one's on Ledesma, a wild challenge, free kick Atlanta.
Speaker 3: The clock ticks away.
Speaker 2: If time is not that added back on, you should
Speaker 2: have an extra minute for the two yellow cards that
Speaker 2: have been shown. We'll see if that happens. Hibbert will
Speaker 2: run it down the middle third. We're still playing. We're
Speaker 2: past the five. Puts it down the middle. Ledesma finds it.
Speaker 2: He picks out a pass down the left, Santiago Morales
Speaker 2: breaking in Hibbert trying to get back to the eighteen
Speaker 2: Stephen Hurlock chases all the way back to prevent the
Speaker 2: shot and wins the ball back Aiden Taurus dispossessed on
Speaker 2: the far side. Miami put it out for a goal kick.
Speaker 2: Atlanta will take it. How much longer will they add?
Speaker 2: They are adding time. Full credit to the referee crew
Speaker 2: for doing that. We're into the ninety sixth minute. Hobbyer
Speaker 2: Armis breaking up the left side, his pass blocked by Ledesma.
Speaker 2: Hooper Sanchez willknock get back to Cayden Moore, back to
Speaker 2: Sanchez on the left, forward to Fermino.
Speaker 3: He turns he's.
Speaker 2: Got Chong Quee down the left, the cross into the
Speaker 2: six and cat by Jensen and that will do it.
Speaker 1: So that's your final score. We'll go over the standings
Speaker 1: coming up in just a little bit. But Maddie got
Speaker 1: to catch up with captain Hobby Armis and head coach
Speaker 1: Steve Cook after the match. Here's their conversations after the
Speaker 1: loss to Enter Miami too.
Speaker 4: All right, I guess the first question overall thoughts on
Speaker 4: how the game went and everything with the result.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think it was much better than
Speaker 5: the last games, especially at home. He's very important for us.
Speaker 5: No garis Coron, especially early on. I think they did
Speaker 5: half a lot of chances and the executory well that
Speaker 5: times that they had. I think we followed in the
Speaker 5: whole game. I man, we didn't give up, and we
Speaker 5: show like, Okay, we wanted to show the fans that
Speaker 5: even though we're not gonna get in the playoffs, like
Speaker 5: we're still fighting and we were fighting for this club.
Speaker 5: And I think, well, I leave the I leave the
Speaker 5: field with with no regrets and with a terrible feeling
Speaker 5: of the team.
Speaker 4: I want to ask to you've kind of taken on
Speaker 4: the captain's arm band role for the most of the season. Now,
Speaker 4: what was it like stepping into that role for you?
Speaker 5: It was it was very good. I love it. I
Speaker 5: love anything. I've been a captain in almost all the
Speaker 5: teams I play SINSI I'm very young, so I think
Speaker 5: it's a skill that I have within myself.
Speaker 6: I just love to help people.
Speaker 5: And now that I'm a little bit older than other
Speaker 5: young people in here, so it's good then if I
Speaker 5: can help them with something, and it's good for them
Speaker 5: also to have someone that they can they can ask
Speaker 5: questions something like that. So it was it was nice
Speaker 5: for me to have the role.
Speaker 4: I don't know if you know, you've played an every
Speaker 4: single game for the twos, all ninety minutes. What does
Speaker 4: that mean to you?
Speaker 5: It means a lot. It means a lot, especially well,
Speaker 5: the feeling of just being healthy, you know, being able
Speaker 5: to play every single minute is something amazing. As a
Speaker 5: soccer player are sometimes we don't value in as much.
Speaker 5: You know, sometimes we lose in the last game, for example,
Speaker 5: we're losing kind of like the last games, and I'm
Speaker 5: frustrated and I'm mad, but at the end it's like okay,
Speaker 5: and I'm able to play every single minute. You know,
Speaker 5: I'm at least I'm here, I'm playing, I'm fighting for
Speaker 5: the team.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 5: I'm so grateful to have this opportunity, and it's just
Speaker 5: a blessing.
Speaker 4: Looking at the season as a whole, what are some
Speaker 4: of your biggest takeaways from the season.
Speaker 5: Biggest takeaway, I think that this team is able to
Speaker 5: do like great things like we saw you know, you
Speaker 5: know this year we'll already be telling you with a
Speaker 5: lot of different different player comings and a lot of
Speaker 5: changes in the club and things like that. But I
Speaker 5: think this team is able to do like great things,
Speaker 5: you know, when we are all toated, when we are
Speaker 5: in the same page and we have a great I
Speaker 5: think good chemistry, you know between all the players, good relationships,
Speaker 5: and the coaching staff is great too. We are blessing
Speaker 5: to have that coaching stuff. They are amazing to help
Speaker 5: us just a lot, and they push us too. So
Speaker 5: I think the biggest ecoways is is as a team
Speaker 5: just then we I think we never stop fighting.
Speaker 2: That will be my last.
Speaker 6: Question for you.
Speaker 4: I mean, what has it been like to really get
Speaker 4: to know everyone in this group and really become a
Speaker 4: team and really in a family, almost all of you guys.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's amazing. It's amazing. At the same time, it's
Speaker 5: sad because now that is professional football. You never know
Speaker 5: what's gonna happen next year with a lot of players,
Speaker 5: you know. So it's not like college that I play
Speaker 5: four years before, or like academy players with the same
Speaker 5: girl for aller for a lot of years. So here
Speaker 5: it's just so nice to it you know, different people,
Speaker 5: and also sad to see them live, you know.
Speaker 4: I guess starting a what are your initial thoughts headed
Speaker 4: out of this match?
Speaker 6: Controlled the game throughout.
Speaker 7: I think they've had one shot and it goes in.
Speaker 7: I think obviously the ball behind has killed us and
Speaker 7: the space is way too big, no pressure on the ball,
Speaker 7: and that's what happens. I think it was a great
Speaker 7: finish from I think Carmichael for them.
Speaker 4: Really.
Speaker 6: Disappointing to give that goal away.
Speaker 7: Then middle of the first half, when we were actually
Speaker 7: playing really well, creating so many chances ball wide, creating
Speaker 7: two v ones, absolutely dominant with the ball getting in
Speaker 7: the primuses so on, playing crosses in nobody there. I
Speaker 7: think that was the frustrating part tonight is that we're
Speaker 7: putting so many good attempts to score and we just
Speaker 7: couldn't get.
Speaker 6: A touch on it.
Speaker 7: Players not there, And I think that's the frustrating part tonight.
Speaker 7: You know, I think we've played well enough to score
Speaker 7: three and four and five. But that's why the big
Speaker 7: guys get paid the most money because they stick it
Speaker 7: in the net when they get one chance. So that's
Speaker 7: the frustrating part. But the reality is players four extremely hard.
Speaker 7: They kept going throughout. I think there's some good performances
Speaker 7: from a few guys, a couple of the young ones
Speaker 7: at the end getting on and doing a good job.
Speaker 7: And so you know, I think the overriding feeling is
Speaker 7: thanks to all the fans for sticking with it and
Speaker 7: coming out and being part of.
Speaker 6: What we do here with our young players and seeing
Speaker 6: the development of the group and the club.
Speaker 7: And I think without them, it's not really professional football.
Speaker 7: So I think to them, I think the biggest, the
Speaker 7: biggest compliment goes because it's not easy to come out
Speaker 7: on a Tuesday night and watch, you know, a reserve team.
Speaker 6: And credit to those guys.
Speaker 7: They come out, they are with us all the time,
Speaker 7: they support as no matter what, and I think I
Speaker 7: think they're the ones who deserve the most credit.
Speaker 6: Tonight, I will ask I don't.
Speaker 4: Know if you knew a fan was brought up to
Speaker 4: do the PA announcement for you guys, Yeah, initial thoughts
Speaker 4: about the p announcement?
Speaker 6: Did you hear it or not focus on the game?
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 7: I would love to say that I pay attention to
Speaker 7: that kind of thing, but I don't. But let me
Speaker 7: tell you he was fantastic and I can only say
Speaker 7: great things. It was amazing, even though I didn't quite
Speaker 7: know that. So yeah, obviously, when when games are about
Speaker 7: to kick off, my head's usually in a different place altogether.
Speaker 7: But I don't usually hear anything, if I'm being honest,
Speaker 7: other than my own voices in my own head.
Speaker 6: But but yeah, good, good for that. I'm glad that
Speaker 6: that that happened, because that's a that's a cool way
Speaker 6: to end an end ye with that.
Speaker 4: Looking at this season as a whole, what have been
Speaker 4: some of the biggest things that you have learned? And
Speaker 4: the biggest takeaways from this season?
Speaker 7: HM that you can dominate as many games as you
Speaker 7: you can have the ball, you can create opportunities, you
Speaker 7: can do well in wide areas with one of the
Speaker 7: best teams in the league in that kind of regard.
Speaker 7: But if you don't have people who can score goals,
Speaker 7: it's going to be very difficult.
Speaker 6: To win games.
Speaker 7: And I think we often in this league there's some
Speaker 7: high scoring games and.
Speaker 6: That kind of thing.
Speaker 7: And obviously tonight we you know, Kareem's our top scorer.
Speaker 7: He's suspended, so that that's difficult. But I think throughout
Speaker 7: the year is really you know, I don't know whether
Speaker 7: we've you know, you learn about the players. You learn
Speaker 7: about them. That's what this is for. You give the
Speaker 7: young players an opportunity. You give them a chance to shine,
Speaker 7: to be themselves, to be part of a professional group
Speaker 7: and with a chance to have an opportunity to go forward.
Speaker 7: And I think that that what we do learn is
Speaker 7: about them and which players can stand up.
Speaker 6: I'm going to sound like a broken record. I thought
Speaker 6: Dominic Chunk he was great again.
Speaker 7: And that's that's quite a few minutes in a row. Now,
Speaker 7: that's that's several games now where he's been very good.
Speaker 7: And though I thought the first team players that came down,
Speaker 7: Matt Edwards, Effro Morales, and Nick for me know, we're
Speaker 7: a big piece of what we did tonight, So I think,
Speaker 7: you know, you continue to learn.
Speaker 6: You always reevaluate.
Speaker 7: You always look at the players and see what they're doing,
Speaker 7: and some surprise you and do it exceptionally well, and
Speaker 7: then some of you you want a bit more from.
Speaker 6: But credit to the players.
Speaker 7: It's not a lack of effort. It's not a lack
Speaker 7: of passion from them. It's not not anything like that.
Speaker 7: It's you know, we've lost tonight because they scored one
Speaker 7: chance that they had and we couldn't.
Speaker 6: We couldn't score off.
Speaker 4: What has been like watching this group really connect and
Speaker 4: form these relationships and be a cohesive unit on the field,
Speaker 4: especially from the beginning of the season to now seeing
Speaker 4: them now, Like, what has it been like to watch that?
Speaker 6: Really cool?
Speaker 7: Because I said this yesterday actually in a meeting, that
Speaker 7: that this group of players have been so enjoyable to
Speaker 7: work with.
Speaker 6: They've been so.
Speaker 7: Committed to the game and to working and to each other.
Speaker 7: You know, they're just a really good character personality group.
Speaker 7: You know, it's always been a pleasure to work with them,
Speaker 7: and they come all the time. They always don't know
Speaker 7: for the most part, they have a smile on their
Speaker 7: faces and they.
Speaker 6: Get to work and do a really good job.
Speaker 7: And that can be a Monday morning early and you know,
Speaker 7: we're early at the training ground and some of them
Speaker 7: stay late as well, and you know a lot of
Speaker 7: days where we've been with each other, probably more than
Speaker 7: our families.
Speaker 6: You know, a lot of times of the year when
Speaker 6: you do that.
Speaker 7: And this group of players have been nothing but exemplary
Speaker 7: and how they've behaved and how they've acted with each other.
Speaker 7: And I think as a coach, that is something that's
Speaker 7: really gratifying, because without that, it can become a long year.
Speaker 6: But they've they've been terrific and we've got.
Speaker 7: One more game to go, so I don't want to
Speaker 7: let them off the hug yet. But we have another
Speaker 7: big game in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Speaker 1: And then to wrap up the broadcast for the last
Speaker 1: home match of the season, here's Jason's thoughts on twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four from the home perspective and what we've been
Speaker 1: able to watch and see here in person and be
Speaker 1: able to tell you about here on the SDH Network.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to fit Third Stadium here in Kennesaw for
Speaker 2: the final time in twenty twenty four, Atlanta United to
Speaker 2: fall to enter Miami to.
Speaker 3: One nil in the home.
Speaker 2: Finale in MLS Next Pro this season. Ryan Carmichael's goal
Speaker 2: was the difference for Miami.
Speaker 3: That came fairly early in the match.
Speaker 2: A good start for Atlanta United too, they were unable
Speaker 2: to find an opening. The game started to turn as
Speaker 2: the night went on, and Miami ended up getting that goal.
Speaker 2: Get the final stats for you here in just a second.
Speaker 2: A wild second half, Atlanta threw everything forward, but they
Speaker 2: weren't able to find it. Carmichael's goal came in the
Speaker 2: thirty second on a pass from Nicholas Sessok got to
Speaker 2: it first as Hibbert was a step slow to come
Speaker 2: out for it. Carmichael was able to put it over
Speaker 2: his shoulder and into the back of the net. Ninth
Speaker 2: goal of the year for Carmichael, seventh assist for Nicholas Sessock.
Speaker 2: Final stats. Atlanta outshot Miami twenty two to six. Now,
Speaker 2: only six of those shots were on target, so that's
Speaker 2: six saves, four Cole Jensen in the clean sheet, one
Speaker 2: save for jad and Hibbard only two shots on target
Speaker 2: for Miami. Atlanta had five shots blocked. They had the
Speaker 2: possession advantage with almost one hundred more passes than Miami.
Speaker 2: Atlanta passed at ninety point four percent, Miami at eighty
Speaker 2: nine point eight. Seven corners for Atlanta, none from Miami.
Speaker 2: Atlanta had the crossing advantage, a lot of it coming
Speaker 2: from the left side, with Dominic chown quee eleven to
Speaker 2: six on crosses, Fouls fifteen to ten and that picked
Speaker 2: up fifteen of those were called on Atlanta, only ten
Speaker 2: on Miami, a bunch of those at the end. Four
Speaker 2: yellows to Miami for those ten fouls, only one yellow
Speaker 2: to Atlanta, and that was Noble Ocello getting that one.
Speaker 2: A frustrating night for Atlanta, who played better than the result.
Speaker 2: I think the stats show that, but ultimately it's about
Speaker 2: finding those opportunities to get on the score sheet and
Speaker 2: put the ball in the back of the net. Atlanta
Speaker 2: was unable to do it. Looking down on the field
Speaker 2: right now, as a lot of the Atlanta United two
Speaker 2: players are honestly in the stands, signing autographs, taking selfies,
Speaker 2: taking pictures with folks. A good turnout here in Kennesaw
Speaker 2: to support it Lanta United too and see them off
Speaker 2: for the twenty twenty four season. One big issue tonight
Speaker 2: was you missed the firepower either from the starter off
Speaker 2: the bench of Karem to Mimi. He was suspended due
Speaker 2: to yellow card accumulation. He'll be available again for the
Speaker 2: regular season finale on Sunday that will come in Chester, Pennsylvania,
Speaker 2: as Atlanta United too will face Philadelphia Union two in
Speaker 2: the regular season final match on Sunday afternoon. We will
Speaker 2: have radio coverage as we've had all season long on
Speaker 2: the SDH network that will start thirty minutes before kick.
Speaker 2: Game is set for a three o'clock start, so we
Speaker 2: will start at two thirty as we watched that one
Speaker 2: with you, from Subaru Park to Memi walking off the field,
Speaker 2: He's gonna sign some autographs.
Speaker 3: I'm sure.
Speaker 2: It's been very cool to see this group this season.
Speaker 2: It's been a fun year for Atlanta United to watching
Speaker 2: the growth of this team and so many individuals. We
Speaker 2: could run through so many storylines here as we wrap
Speaker 2: up our Atlanta United to Home coverage for the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four season. Just a couple that I wanted to highlight.
Speaker 2: You look at the individuals I mentioned to Mimi. Nine
Speaker 2: goals on the year, one away from getting into double digits.
Speaker 2: Would love to see that for the twenty eight year
Speaker 2: old from France, He's had a great season, gotten better
Speaker 2: in his second year as a pro, was good last year,
Speaker 2: has been outstanding in twenty twenty four. Javier Armis has
Speaker 2: also been outstanding. He's played every minute of every match,
Speaker 2: seven goals to assist on the season, but more than that,
Speaker 2: controlling possession and wearing the captain's armband for this team,
Speaker 2: being a leader that everyone has rallied around. Mentioned players
Speaker 2: who were missing tonight. Eric Centeno has been missing for
Speaker 2: a while after an absolutely horrendous challenge that ended his
Speaker 2: season prematurely and was not called by the referee in
Speaker 2: that match. One of the more frustrating elements of this
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four season was losing Eric Centeno.
Speaker 3: Had a chance to talk to him last week.
Speaker 2: We'll have a feature on Soccer down Here dot Net
Speaker 2: later this week on Centeno, what he's meant to this team,
Speaker 2: what he's meant to this group in particular, and what
Speaker 2: they've missed with him out and it's been substantial. Is
Speaker 2: he's been very, very good at right back in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four. Four assists in fifteen starts for Eric Centteno
Speaker 2: Dominic Choonkwe his emergence two goals right away after jumping
Speaker 2: into the team, ended up sixteen games up to this point,
Speaker 2: eleven starts. He's been one of the revelations for this
Speaker 2: team in twenty twenty four, as has Alan Carlton three goals,
Speaker 2: three assists, really coming into his own looking like an
Speaker 2: incredibly confident player. Carlton has taken a big step forward
Speaker 2: this season. Luke Brennan with four goals for Atlanta United,
Speaker 2: two in twelve games this season.
Speaker 3: That's seen him get more time with the first team.
Speaker 2: Played forty five minutes at Red Bull Arena on Saturday
Speaker 2: night in first team action. Daniel Russo an injury very
Speaker 2: early in the season.
Speaker 3: What could have been for him?
Speaker 2: He had an assist in his two games, only got
Speaker 2: one hundred and thirty five minutes on the field. Hopefully
Speaker 2: we see Russo fully recover and get back on the
Speaker 2: field in twenty twenty five. As you guys know, this
Speaker 2: roster always turns over.
Speaker 3: A good bit.
Speaker 2: We've gotten to know a lot a lot of these
Speaker 2: guys over the years and it's always been a pleasure
Speaker 2: covering this team and getting to tell their stories. And
Speaker 2: as you know, we try to keep you up to
Speaker 2: date with what's going on with these guys when they
Speaker 2: do move on.
Speaker 3: Guys like Aiden McFadden who's gone on to.
Speaker 2: Louisville and turned into a little bit of a folk
Speaker 2: he roup in Louisville with Low City, a great move
Speaker 2: for him. Philip Goodrum there with him now, Guys who
Speaker 2: have moved on with our old friend Stephen Glass in Memphis,
Speaker 2: Jackson Conway in Charleston. This year, we will keep you
Speaker 2: up to date on the stories of all of these guys.
Speaker 2: But this twenty twenty four season for Atlanta United to
Speaker 2: it's been a special one. I said it earlier tonight,
Speaker 2: This team, since the last long break, coming back into July,
Speaker 2: it's the best we've seen in Atlanta United two team play.
Speaker 3: On the field.
Speaker 2: The results haven't always been there, they've been there in
Speaker 2: a lot better margin this year than they have in
Speaker 2: some previous years. But overall, the quality of the performance,
Speaker 2: the quality of the development of these players, and the
Speaker 2: quality of the people that have worn the Atlanta United
Speaker 2: Too badge in twenty twenty four, it won't be forgotten
Speaker 2: anytime soon, not by us here at the SDH Network.
Speaker 2: Big thanks to everybody with Atlanta United all season long,
Speaker 2: especially Will Jarrett on the calm side for helping arrange
Speaker 2: all of our coverage of this team in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2: Can't thanks Steve Cook and Jose Silva and Lewis Sharp
Speaker 2: enough for taking time to speak with us. Can't thank
Speaker 2: the players enough for taking time for interviews, taking time
Speaker 2: for box to box shows, taking time to have a
Speaker 2: chat with us. Thank you to all of you for
Speaker 2: sharing your stories with us, and hopefully we have been
Speaker 2: good stewards of that on your end.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's break down how things are at
Speaker 1: MLS next Pro and how it is in the Eastern Conference,
Speaker 1: specifically with one match in the regular season for Atlanta
Speaker 1: United two after the one nil loss last night at
Speaker 1: the Fraction, So your standings in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia
Speaker 1: is in second place. They are in the postseason, but
Speaker 1: they are two points behind with two matches to go
Speaker 1: involving f C Cincinnati in Orlando CITYB. That's who is
Speaker 1: above and below them heading into the last weekend for
Speaker 1: Atlanta United two and their last match of the year.
Speaker 1: F CA Cincinnati two at fifty one points twenty six
Speaker 1: matches played Philadelphia Union two forty nine points, Orlando City
Speaker 1: B at forty six. They have played twenty seven matches,
Speaker 1: as have Atlanta United two. So Philadelphia Union two they
Speaker 1: have two matches to go, paired with f C Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: two points behind Orlando City B, however, can only max
Speaker 1: out at forty nine points. They cannot get to the
Speaker 1: two seed Philadelphia Union two f C Cincinnati two. They're
Speaker 1: battling for the number one and the number two in
Speaker 1: the East inter Miami two. After the win two matches
Speaker 1: to go, they're at forty five points. They've got a
Speaker 1: little bit of breathing room involving them NYCFC two, Columbus
Speaker 1: Crew two, Crown Legacy two. They each have ten wins
Speaker 1: and twenty six matches played. Now you're down to goal difference,
Speaker 1: which NYCFC two has six better than Crew and Crown,
Speaker 1: and they also scored five more goals than Crew, ten
Speaker 1: more goals than Crown. That's why the five to six
Speaker 1: and the seven are how they are. Now the fun
Speaker 1: part it is Chicago Fire two, two matches to go,
Speaker 1: they're at forty one points. That's your playoff bar right
Speaker 1: now as it stands. Carolina Corps at forty points, eleven
Speaker 1: wins two matches to go ahead of Chantanooga FC, who
Speaker 1: cannot get the tiebreaker because they can only max out
Speaker 1: at ten wins. They can, however, continue to win out
Speaker 1: trying surpass Corps and Chicago Fire two and could max
Speaker 1: out at forty six points. Red Bulls too, they have
Speaker 1: a chance still. They are the last team in the
Speaker 1: EA Eastern Conference that can go from below the playoff
Speaker 1: bar to above it. They need to win out and
Speaker 1: get a lot of help. At thirty six points right now,
Speaker 1: they are in eleventh eliminated from the postseason. Heading into
Speaker 1: the last week of the season, Toronto FC two at
Speaker 1: thirty four points, at Landy United two at thirty two,
Speaker 1: Huntsville City Football Club at twenty six, and the Revs
Speaker 1: Revolution to twenty two points and twenty six matches. Just
Speaker 1: to remind you once again, Sunday afternoon, two thirty pre
Speaker 1: game three to zero three kick at Landy United two
Speaker 1: in Chester, Pennsylvania taking on Philadelphia Union two, acting the
Speaker 1: role of spoiler and troublemaker for the Union as they're
Speaker 1: chasing the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Thanks for
Speaker 1: all of your input, Thanks for hanging out with us,
Speaker 1: Thanks for all the kind words, all season long at
Speaker 1: the Fraction in Fifth third Stadium. As we've been able
Speaker 1: to tell the stories of at Landy nighty two, we'll
Speaker 1: continue to do so, but just after the season's over
Speaker 1: and after this last matchup in Philadelphia. So for Maddy
Speaker 1: and for Jason, I'm just John review for the loss
Speaker 1: against Inner Miami and Inner Miami two one nil. The
Speaker 1: final result against the Visitor is coming up from Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 1: For your action at the Fraction one last time in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. Play it safe, everybody, enjoy the games.
Speaker 1: Will catch up with you on the weekend with Atlanta
Speaker 1: United two and Philadelphia Union two here on the SDH Network.