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“I need warriors”: Atlanta United respond after emotion-filled loss, Josef rant | MLSSoccer.com
After shedding to Austin FC, Supporters’ Protect leaders in the meanwhile, Pineda referred to as for extra battle from his staff. Towards an RSL staff that entered Week 20 sitting third within the Western Convention standings, they discovered precisely that.
“We had been combating on the finish, everyone competing for aerial duels, once more in opposition to a very good staff in there,” Pineda mentioned. “It is a testomony to a staff that desires to battle, a staff that desires to compete, and a staff that desires to win.”
Curiously, Martinez did not begin this match. As a substitute, it was the 25-year-old Cisneros who obtained the nod on the No. 9 spot and delivered a brace to vault Atlanta inside three factors of the Japanese Convention’s Audi MLS Cup Playoffs line on the last whistle (tenth place).