In one of the most anticipated games of this young MLS season to date, the best of the Eastern Conference, Atlanta United, welcomed the best of the Western Conference, Sporting Kansas City, on Wednesday night.
Indeed, the match lived up to its billing.
It was a largely pulsating affair, one bursting with chances, goals, controversies, fouls, and, of course, the quality that you would expect from two teams that are ruling their respective conferences.
In the end, though, it was Sporting KC who came out on top, overcoming the Five Stripes 2-0 thanks to second-half goals from young, Hungarian striker Daniel Salloi and Gerso Fernandes.