Toronto FC II lost a third-straight match on Wednesday night, as they fell 5-4 in an epic goal-fest against Atlanta United 2 at Coolray Field in Georgia. Or, as it seems to be branded: ‘The Proving Ground’.
A quick look at the settings and one got the sense this was going to be a strange one. A lively enough venue, being a converted baseball stadium – home of the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers (note the one ‘p’) – and it didn’t take long for the action to get underway.
Atlanta took the lead after five minutes when Mikey Ambrose stepped up to a free-kick after Robert Boskovic hauled down Romario Williams to whip a vicious left-footed ball over the wall and inside the right-post past a helpless Gianluca Catalano, making his first start of the season for TFC II with the injury to Angelo Cavalluzzo.