Major League Soccer

Orlando City vs Atlanta United: the first draw of the season

By Fredi Roman

Boring goalless draw

Boring goalless draw

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Earlier than expected, on the first day of the 2021 season in Major League Soccer (MLS) we had the first draw of the tournament, which starred Orlando City and Atlanta United, in a match played at Exploria Stadium, in Florida. In a game without great emotions, Orlando and Atlanta drew goalless.

In the local box, which was attended by the Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, the Argentine defender Rodrigo Schlegel, the Ecuadorian Jhegson Méndez and the Portuguese Nani, featured the debut of the Brazilian star Alexandre Pato, who started and left in the minute 80.

For its part, after qualifying for the quarterfinals in Concachampions, Atlanta United had five Argentines on the court, such as Santiago Sosa, Esequiel Barco, Marcelino Moreno, Franco Ibarra and Lisandro López; while entered from the bench the Venezuelan Josef Martínez (entered at 75 minutes) and the Mexican Jürgen Damm (played the last 8 minutes).

A categorical 0-0 that puts both teams with a unit in the Eastern Conference, and they will see action again next week; While Orlando will visit Alan Pulido's Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday 24, Atlanta will host the Chicago Fire.

 


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