One of the prominent themes of the night on our post-match Twitter Spaces show was chemistry, something Atlanta United is struggling mightily with this season. One of the prominent themes of the Five Stripes’ entire season, however, is luck, which Andrew Gutman mentioned in the press conference after the team fell 4-1 against the Philadelphia Union.
When a team lacks chemistry and luck, matches tend to turn into a slog, and that’s exactly what happened Wednesday night. Unfortunately the result wasn’t entirely unexpected; Philadelphia is an insanely talented attacking team at this point, but Atlanta United played fairly well for the first 40 minutes of the match.