Atlanta United vs Toronto

Stay tuned here as the Reds look to bounce back in ATL after an opening weekend loss.

United striker Christian Benteke, who scored his first MLS goal last week, so it will once again be a test for the Reds new look backline should Giakoumakis make an appearance for his new club. Atlanta announced on Friday that their marquee winter acquisition Giorgos Giakoumakis will be available for the clash on Saturday after the Greek striker’s visa was approved. For The Five Stripes, it was Thiago Almada who scored both goals late in week one to help his club. Heading into this weekend Atlanta will be confident with their unblemished home record against the visiting Reds. This squad is still a work in progress and are still building chemistry in different areas of the pitch, but the pieces are there. It was a far from ideal start to the season for the Reds last week. Ahead of this weekend’s match, Bradley acknowledged that one of the areas where he felt his side could have been better in moving the ball quickly. Lorenzo Insigne, who left the season opener midway through the first half, is questionable for Saturday’s matchup. So he starts out with these two great goals (this season),” said Bradley remarking on Almeda’s heroics last week. “It got better as the half went.” Let’s see if things change in the second half. HT - We are scoreless at the half.

Matheus Rossetto scored his first goal for the club while Thiago Almada registered his first assist of the season. Giorgos Giakoumakis also made his club debut ...

Atlanta's best chance to win the match came in the 81st minute. The Brazilian's shot from distance took a deflection and bounced into net to set the score at 1-1 in the 60th minute. Almada gathered a partially cleared corner, cleverly created space to evade a defender and get the ball on his favored right foot before chipping a ball to the back post for Purata. Toronto took the lead in the 52nd minute. Andrew Gutman saw a shot from distance in the 27th minute narrowly pick out top corner, but drifted just wide, while Miles Robinson had a chance from a corner lifted over the crossbar in the 30th minute. Homegrown Caleb Wiley won a ball in the attacking third and found Miguel Berry down left side where the Spaniard's shot went just wide of left post and into side netting.

Get a report of the Atlanta United FC vs. Toronto FC 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season football match.

[Federico Bernardeschi](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/180956/Federico-Bernardeschi) cut inside and unleashed a low shot from his dominant left foot that found the bottom corner past Atlanta's goalkeeper [Brad Guzan](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/56935/Brad-Guzan). The hosts also had the only two shots on target on long-range efforts from Rossetto that Johnson had to parry away. Guzan finished the night with two saves. It looked like Atlanta would take home all three points when offseason signee Giorgos Giakoumakis pounced on a rebound and beat Johnson cleanly. It bounced off two other players, including at least one Toronto defender, leaving Johnson unable to recover. [Atlanta United](/soccer/team/_/id/18418/atlanta-united-fc) midfielder [Matheus Rossetto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/233217/Matheus-Rossetto)'s long-range effort in the 60th minute caromed off two other players past [Toronto FC](/soccer/team?id=7318) goalkeeper [Sean Johnson](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/141316/Sean-Johnson) to earn the 1-1 draw Saturday night.