Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There will be no MLS Cup for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami this year. Atlanta United was responsible for breaking their coronation dreams with a surprising victory that eliminated the most successful player in this sport and the team that spends the most.
Jamal Thiaré scored twice, a Bartosz Slisz header in the 76th minute was the winning goal, and visiting Atlanta United beat the Herons 3-2 on Saturday to win their first-round playoff series, taking the third and final meeting.
Messi took two free throws in the final minutes, but he crashed the ball into the wall of Atlanta defenders, and time finally ran out. A Messi header tied the game 2-2 in the 65th minute, but the hosts never recovered. advantage and Brad Guzan stopped almost everything that reached the Atlanta goal to make the buzzer.
It was Atlanta United’s fifth win in do-or-die games this season, starting with two must-win games to keep hope alive for the regular-season final against the New York Red Bulls and Orlando City. Then came a wild card game in Montreal, the second game of the series against Miami—at home—and then Saturday’s surprise.
And the Eastern and MLS title suddenly looks available to anyone. Atlanta United, seeded ninth, will play Orlando City (4th) in the Eastern Conference semifinal, while New York City FC (6th) will face the Red Bulls (7th) in the other Eastern semifinal.
Uruguayan Facundo Torres scored 12 minutes into stoppage time in the second half to tie the score at 1-1 and contributed a penalty in the shootout, giving Orlando City a 4-1 win over Chalotte on Saturday and resolving the three-game series. duels in the MLS playoffs.
Neither club scored until Karol Swiderski scored in the 81st minute to give fifth-seeded Charlotte the lead. It was Swiderski’s first goal of the postseason. Torres tied it for fourth-seeded Orlando when he scored on a counterattack after a penalty that Kristijan Kahlina had saved.
Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese saved the shots of Pep Giel and Karol Swiderski to start the shootout. Matt Freese made three saves in the shootout and Mitja Ilenic scored the winning goal for New York City FC, 6-5 over Cincinnati, to settle the first-round playoff series. The definition from 11 steps became necessary after the teams tied 0-0 in regulation time.
NYCFC, seeded sixth in the Eastern Conference, eliminated Cincinnati, which was third. They will host the Red Bulls, their backyard rivals and seventh seeds, in an Eastern Conference semifinal.
Freese saved penalties from Pavel Bucha, Gerardo Valenzuela and Teenage Hadebe. Román Celentano saved shots from NYCFC captain Thiago Martins and Kevin O’Toole, but couldn’t do the same with Ilenic’s. Cincinnati beat NYCFC 1-0 in the first meeting before losing 3-1 in the second leg.
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