Following a hard-luck loss of sorts to San Antonio last Wednesday, Loudoun United had the weekend off and returned to play Saturday night at Segra Field. Hosting an Atlanta United 2 side that was reeling, and while there were some nerves late in the game, they were vanquished as part of a 3-1 win in front of 1,932 home fans.
Loudoun started Jeremy Garay, Jacob Greene, Hayden Sargis and Gaoussou Samaké from D.C. United. Matai Akinmboni and Gavin Turner were at separate United States national team camps, and Abdellatif Aboukoura returned from Egypt U-20 duty to start the game on the bench next to Ignacio Alem and Isaac Espinal.