Concacaf Champions Cup

FT Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Atlanta United FC LWLWW 1
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Alajuelense DDWDL 0
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1st Leg · Alejandro Morera Soto

Match Report

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Atlanta United beat Alajuelense despite Brad Guzan red card

Atlanta United defeated Alajuelense 1-0 in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions League opening-round series in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
6
7
Saves
3
51.4
Possession
48.6
8
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
333
Accurate Passes
298
420
Passes
383
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
26
0.4
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
45
36
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
5
31
Effective Clearances
6
31
Clearances
6

Lineups

ALA · 4-4-2

  1. 23Leonel MoreiraG
  2. 4Daniel ArreolaCD-L
  3. 33José CuberoCD-R
  4. 5Yurguin RománLB
  5. 6José SalvatierraRB
  6. 11Alexander LópezCM-L
  7. 10Bryan RuizCM-R
  8. 22Barlon SequeiraLM
  9. 16Alonso MartínezRM
  10. 9Marcel HernandezCF-L
  11. 8Johan VenegasCF-R

ATL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 5Santiago SosaCD
  3. 4Anton WalkesCD-L
  4. 12Miles RobinsonCD-R
  5. 20Emerson HyndmanCM-L
  6. 14Franco IbarraCM-R
  7. 21George BelloLM
  8. 11Brooks LennonRM
  9. 15Lisandro LópezF
  10. 8Ezequiel BarcoCF-L
  11. 23Jake MulraneyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 43' Bradley Guzan (Atlanta United) is shown the red card.
  2. 45'+2' Substitution, Atlanta United. Rocco Rios Novo replaces Jake Mulraney.
  3. 50' Goal! Alajuelense 0, Atlanta United 1. Ezequiel Barco (Atlanta United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 52' Substitution, Alajuelense. Jurguens Montenegro replaces Barlon Sequeira.
  5. 57' Anton Walkes (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Atlanta United. Josef Martínez replaces Lisandro López.
  7. 69' Rocco Rios Novo (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 73' Substitution, Alajuelense. Fernán Faerrón replaces José Salvatierra.
  9. 76' Johan Venegas (Alajuelense) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 82' Franco Ibarra (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Substitution, Atlanta United. George Campbell replaces Franco Ibarra.

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