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Orlando City-Atlanta United Preview

Looking to remain unbeaten in their regional rivalry, Atlanta United faces Orlando City in the lone matinee Saturday contest in the MLS.

The Five Stripes (3-3-0), who will be without injured top scorer Josef Martinez for the season, made a successful return to action after a group play flameout in MLS Is Back, defeating Nashville SC 2-0 last Sunday. Atlanta was scheduled to play Inter Miami on Wednesday night, but players from both teams opted to sit out the match in support of the players' movement that unfolded across multiple leagues backing Black Lives Matter and protests against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc.