After weeks of disappointing performances mixed with a dash of hydroplaning, Atlanta United finally got their first MLS win of the season against New England. The Five Stripes put in a dominant 2-0 performance on 19 shots, 8 shots on goal, 16 chances created, and xG of 3.29 that came close to equaling the team’s total against MLS teams for the entire season.
Everything went according Frank de Boer’s master plan.
Well, not exactly.
Ezequiel Barco, who scored both goals, earned MLS Player of the Week honor, and would have won Heineken Man of the Match honors were he of legal drinking age, wasn’t in Frank de Boer’s starting XI.