It all comes down to this.
Atlanta United, already with the 2018 MLS Cup and this year’s Campeones Cup in its trophy cabinet, look to check a new competition off the list as it will play for the 2019 U.S. Open Cup in front of its own fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and attempt to book its place in the 2020 Concacaf Champions League. At the other side of the pitch: its scrappy expansion partners from 2017, Minnesota United, who are in the midst of a playoff fight in the MLS Western Conference and hope that this evening sees them take its first piece of silverware back up north.