Atlanta United 2 fell 3-1 to Oakland Roots SC at Laney Faculty Soccer Stadium on Saturday evening.

Oakland created the majority of the probabilities within the first half and have been near opening the scoring within the eleventh minute. Mikael Tørset Johnsen was put by way of with an incisive cross and rolled a shot previous Atlanta goalkeeper Justin Garces. Grant Howard chased after the ball and slid to clear the ball off the purpose line.

Atlanta could be unable to maintain Johnsen off the scoresheet nevertheless, because the Norwegian opened the scoring within the forty ninth minute. Guillermo Diaz acquired the ball on the suitable facet of Atlanta’s penalty space as Roots SC piled on the stress to start the second half. The midfielder despatched a cross into Johnsen, who transformed with a close-range header.

Tristan Trager scored his first skilled purpose for Atlanta’s Sixtieth-minute equalizer. After receiving a throw-in, Darwin Matheus performed a one-two with Jackson Conway and drove by way of the Oakland midfield. The Venezuelan ahead despatched an over-the-top ball to Trager, who touched down the cross along with his proper foot earlier than discovering the again of the web along with his left to get off the mark for ATL UTD 2 in his house state of California.

The hosts restored their benefit with a penalty kick within the seventy fifth minute. Referee Corbyn Could pointed to the penalty spot, adjudicating that Howard introduced down Johnsen within the field. The USL Championship’s main purpose scorer, Óttar Magnús Karlsson picked out the underside nook to Garces’ left for his eleventh purpose of the season.

Jonathan Rodriguez scored Oakland’s third and ultimate purpose of the match within the 87th minute, capitalizing on a unfastened contact within the Atlanta backline earlier than firing a shot previous Garces.

ATL UTD 2 (3-12-1, 10 factors) travels to MUSC Well being Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, June 29 to tackle Charleston Battery (7 p.m., ESPN+).

Laney Faculty Soccer Stadium

Photographs on Goal: 8-2 Oakland

Nook kicks: 4-1 Oakland

Fouls dedicated: 19-13 Oakland

Possession: 53.9-46.1 Oakland

Passing Accuracy: 79-70.5 Oakland

OAK – Mikael Tørset Johnson 49’ (Guillermo Diaz)
ATL – Tristan Trager 60’ (Darwin Matheus)

OAK – Óttar Magnús Karlsson 74’ (penalty)

OAK – Jonathan Rodriguez 87’ (unassisted)

ATL – Erik Centeno 54’ (yellow)

ATL – Nelson Orji 67’ (yellow)

ATL – Grant Howard 73’ (yellow)

ATL – Ajani Fortune 80’ (yellow)

ATL UTD 2 STARTING LINEUP

Justin Garces; Grant Howard, Noah Cobb, Nelson Orji; Erik Centeno (Toni Tiente – 89’), Ajani Fortune (Nick Firmino – 82’), Robbie Mertz ©, Tristan Trager, David Mejía; Darwin Matheus, Jackson Conway (Andy Sullins – 70’).

Substitutes not used: Vicente Reyes, Emenike Nwogu, Efrain Morales, Brendan Lambe.

OAKLAND ROOTS STARTING LINEUP

Paul Blanchette; Emrah Klimenta ©, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Tarek Morad; Matias Fissore, Mikael Tørset Johnson (Ariel Mbumba – 90+2’), Joseph Nane, Guillermo Diaz; Charlie Dennis (Jesús Enríquez – 77’), Óttar Magnús Karlsson (Jonathan Rodriguez – 83’), Dariusz Formella (Akeem Ward – 90+2’).

Substitutes not used: Taylor Bailey, Daniel Barbir, Wolfgang Prentice.

OFFICIALS
Corbyn Could (referee), Christian Clerc (assistant), Justin Fillmore (assistant), Alberto Azpeitia-Palomino (fourth official)

• Tristan Trager scored his first skilled purpose
• Toni Tiente made his skilled debut