Few teams can boast that in their first Concacaf tournament they can go so far, this is the case of Philadelphia Union. With a 3 – 0 advantage they arrived to host Atlanta United who had the mission of scoring three goals, however, they failed.
Despite going ahead on the scoreboard, it ended tied 1 – 1 to have a 4 – 1 aggregate, a game corresponding to the quarterfinals of the Concachampions. The first goal came from Santiago Sosa, the Argentine scored his first and only goal of the tournament.
The tie would reach 88 ‘, by Kacper Przybylko, the Pole scored his fifth goal in the tournament, he has also scored in all four Concachampions games with Atlanta. This was the first draw within this tournament between both teams, on the other hand, they had not tied since 2019 in the MLS Cup.
This is the first tournament in which Philadelphia plays in its history, it also has three games won and a draw, it will play its first semifinal. For its part, Atlanta United has played three editions of this tournament (counting the current one) in the three it has been eliminated in the Quarterfinals, in two of them it has been eliminated by Mexican teams (Monterrey and America).
Érick Torres started on the bench, entered the substitution at minute 78 ‘, in this edition he played two games and accumulated 33 minutes. With this result, Philadelphia Union reaches the semifinal round, where it will wait for a rival that will come out of the duel between Portland Timbers and America.
