Atlanta United advanced to Major League Soccer's championship match in just its second season, losing to the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Thursday night on a goal in second-half stoppage time but winning the two-match Eastern Conference final by a 3-1 aggregate score.
Atlanta will host Portland in the MLS Cup on Dec. 8, a chance for the city's second professional sports title and first since the Braves won the 1995 World Series
New York, one of the league's original teams, had the best regular-season record for the third time in six seasons but remained without an MLS title.