Winning on the road is supposed to be a difficult task in MLS, but Atlanta is starting to make it look ho-hum. Saturday night, the Five Stripes built on its scintillating road record this season when it traveled to Stade Saputo in Montreal to win its seventh road match in 11 attempts. The team’s only two road losses were a woeful season-opener at Houston and a last minute collapse at Dallas—two outlier results. If Atlanta keeps this pace through the remainder of the season, it will surely reach a historic road mark in the league.
The record for road wins in a season is 10, set twice by D.