August 21st features a match where Atlanta United will travel to Columbus to battle Columbus Crew in a clash of these two mismatched Major League Soccer teams. In their last match, 5th placed Columbus Crew, recorded a 1-1 draw against Colorado Rapids. Cucho Hernández struck first for Columbus Crew in the 5th minute on a feed from Pedro Miguel Martins Santos, but Diego Ivan Rubio Kostner got the equalizer for Colorado Rapids in the 41st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Colorado Rapids. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Columbus Crew should be reasonably happy with their performance, while atlanta United is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Cincinnati FC. Thiago Ezequiel Almada scored the first goal for Atlanta United in the 17th minute, then in the 29th minute, Obinna Nwobodo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Brandon Vazquez . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday May 28th, Atlanta United hosted Columbus Crew at the Mercedes-benz Stadium in their last match together. Columbus Crew was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Mensah struck first for Columbus Crew in the 1st minute on a feed from Pedro Miguel Martins Santos, then Erik Hurtado added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Derrick Etienne.
Atlanta United’s most prolific scorer has been Andrew Gutman. The American defender has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Lucas Zelarayán has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Columbus Crew.