The Five Stripes’ marathon opening stretch of 6 matches in 18 days comes to its final leg this weekend as Atlanta United (0-1-1) tries to get their first win of the season against the visiting Philadelphia Union (0-2-0). The red, black and gold will hope a packed home crowd can revitalize tired legs and push them to a valuable three points ahead of the first international break of the season.
Ahead of the Eastern Conference matchup, we broke down the Tools to the Match, presented by The Home Depot.
Keep Building
Atlanta United may have fallen out of the Concacaf Champion’s League in their midweek loss against Rayados, but to hand the Mexican side their first loss of the calendar year gave the Five Stripes plenty to build on for the rest of the season.