Shorthanded United gets two goals from Rios and Wiley in draw with Philly

Atlanta United hosted Philadelphia Union on Sunday, April 14 in front of 42,763 fans inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta United Atlanta United hosted the Philadelphia Union without its leading goal scorer, one of its best defenders and a player that has scored three goals in the past two matches. It wouldn’t matter however, because there were plenty of players remaining on the roster that could provide the necessary firepower during the 2-2 draw. “For me, this was kind of a playoff game,” Atlanta United manager Gonzalo Pineda said during his post-match press conference. Giorgos Giakoumakis, Derrick Williams, Jamal Thiare joined Xande Silva and Stian Gregersen among the players that were not on the active roster for Sunday afternoon’s match against Philadelphia. Along with Noab Cobb and Tyler Wolff, Daniel Rios was in the starting lineup. Sunday was the first start for Rios, a forward that’s new to the club and was playing in his first match for Atlanta United and it would become a special day for the Despite a 0-0 score, the home team dominated possession during the first 20 minutes of the match, earning several shots-on-goal in the process (Philadelphia wuld have seven shots-on-goal at...