The attacking floodgates poured open for Atlanta over the weekend, with the Five Stripes putting four past a poruos Chicago backline after weeks of final third frustration. Gonzalo Pineda’s side will need a similar performance if it’s going to hand a rock-solid Nashville SC its first defeat at newly opened GEODIS Park in the US Open Cup Round of 32.
Gary Smith’s Nashville has been a defensive juggernaut ever since it stepped foot in MLS and despite a eight-game road run to start the season, that’s no different this year. Nashville has ten goals conceded in as many games, letting in multiple in a single game just twice all year.