Starting XI and roster notes: Atlanta United hosts Columbus Crew for Game 2 of Round One Best-of-3 series

Atlanta United Starting XI vs. Columbus Crew

Brad Guzan (C), Brooks Lennon, Miles Robinson, Luis Abram, Caleb Wiley, Tristan Muyumba, Matheus Rossetto (Jay Fortune - 57'), Thiago Almada (Juanjo Purata - 90+3'), Saba Lobjanidze (Tyler Wolff - 80'), Xande Silva (Edwin Mosquera - 80'), Giorgos Giakoumakis (Jamal Thiare - 90+3')

Atlanta United's full roster

Atlanta United reserves not used

Ozzie Alonso, Ronald Hernández, Amar Sejdić, Quentin Westberg

Columbus Crew Starting XI

Patrick Schulte, Rudy Camacho, Julian Gressel (Mohamed Farsi - 80'), Malte Amundsen, Steven Moreira, Darlington Nagbe (C), Aidan Morris (Christian Ramirez - 80' Jacen Russell-Rowe - 90+1'), Alexandru Matan (Max Arftsen - 90+1'), Sean Zawadzki (Yaw Yeboah - 64'), Cucho Hernandez, Diego Rossi

Columbus Crew reserves not used

Kevin Molino, Yevhen Cheberko, Evan Bush, Jimmy Medranda

Scoring

ATL - Giorgos Giakoumakis (Lennon, Rossetto) 38' ⚽
CLB - Cucho Hernandez (Rossi, Moreira) 45' ⚽
ATL - Xande Silva (Giakoumakis, Lobjanidze) 45+4' ⚽
ATL - Edwin Mosquera (Giakoumakis) 83' ⚽
ATL - Thiago Almada (Caleb Wiley) 88' ⚽
CLB - Max Arftsen (Yaw Yeboah) 90+5' ⚽

Match recap: Atlanta United evens playoff series with statement win over Columbus Crew

Disciplinary Summary

ATL - Giorgos Giakoumakis (yellow) 18' 🟨
CLB - Cucho Hernandez (yellow) 41' 🟨
ATL - Xande Silva (yellow) 45+4' 🟨

Roster Notes

Midfielder Thiago Almada returned to the starting XI. He missed Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series because he was serving a red card suspension.
On Monday, Almada was also named 2023 MLS Young Player of the Year.
Atlanta United striker Giorgos Giakoumakis was named 2023 MLS Newcomer of the Year on November 2.
This was Game 2 for Atlanta United in the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. The Crew won the first meeting at Lower.com Field and Atlanta's win Tuesday means a third game in Columbus will decide the series. Learn more about this year's playoff format.