The visitors snuffed out the comeback four minutes later when defender Joey Akupunonu found Johnny Pérez open in the midfield. The Huntsville City midfielder turned and launched a shot that dipped low to make its way past Hibbert. In the 88th minute, Efraín Morales took down Pacius in the box which resulted in a penalty called for Huntsville. Pacius stepped up to the penalty spot and sent his attempt to the lower left corner to complete his hat trick.

Atlanta United 2 (7-12-6, 31 points) returns to action on Thursday, Sept. 19 when the club travels to take on Crown Legacy FC at Sportsplex at Matthews (7:30 p.m. ET, Apple TV – MLS Season Pass, Soccer Down Here). Some ATL UTD 2 matches are available with an MLS Season Pass subscription, located on the Apple TV app while the remainder of matches are streamed live on MLSNEXTPro.com.

Stats:
Shots: 18-17 Atlanta
Shots on target: 11-10 Huntsville
Corner kicks: 6-4 Atlanta
Fouls Committed: 17-15 Atlanta
Passing accuracy: 85.8% – 84.4% Atlanta

Scoring:
HNT – Woobens Pacius (Bolanos) 12′
HNT – Forster Ajago (Bolanos) 27′
HNT – Jonathan Bolanos (Wright) 35′
HNT – Woobens Pacius (Ajago) 37′
ATL – Noble Okello (Firmino) 44′
ATL – Karim Tmimi (Unassisted) 49′
ATL – Ashton Gordon (Brennan) 81′
HNT – Johnny Pérez (Akupunonu) 85′
HNT – Wobbens Pacius (Penalty) 88′

Disciplinary:
ATL – Efraín Morales 🟨 32′
HNT – Joseph Skinner 🟨 34′
HNT – Wobben Pacius 🟨 53′
ATL – Alan Carleton 🟨 57′
HNT – Jonathan Bolanos 🟨 66′
HNT – Julian Gaines 🟨 78′