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Atlanta United FC vs LA Galaxy

Regular Season

Saturday, May 9, 2026 · 7:30 pm EDT

Atlanta United FCHome
1 – 2FinalFT
LA GalaxyAway

Match winner: LA Galaxy

Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Checked Nov 1, 4:11 am ESTRefresh match

Match statistics

Values retain the source’s display and precision. Some source rows labeled % are supplied as decimal ratios; no percentage conversion is inferred.

Supplied statistics for this match only.
StatisticAtlanta United FCLA Galaxy
Fouls75
Yellow Cards31
Red Cards00
Offsides23
Corner Kicks65
Saves42
Possession53.146.9
SHOTS1410
ON GOAL36
On Target %0.20.6
Penalty Goals00
Penalty Kicks Taken00
Accurate Passes356327
Passes446404
Pass Completion %0.80.8
Accurate Crosses93
Crosses2210
Cross %0.40.3
Long Balls4544
Accurate Long Balls2315
Long Balls %0.50.3
Blocked Shots31
Effective Tackles155
Tackles218
Tackle %0.70.6
Interceptions89
Effective Clearances1632
Clearances1632

Key events

  1. —
    Kickoff

    First Half begins.

  2. 26'
    Yellow Card

    Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  3. 28'
    Yellow Card

    Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.

  4. 30'
    Yellow Card

    Juan Berrocal (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  5. 45'+4'
    Halftime
  6. 45'
    Start 2nd Half
  7. 53'
    Yellow Card

    Jakob Glesnes (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  8. 60'
    Substitution

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Ajani Fortune replaces Matías Galarza.

  9. 65'
    Substitution

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Marco Reus replaces Justin Haak.

  10. 69'
    Goal

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 0. Ajani Fortune (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elías Báez.

  11. 71'
    Substitution

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Luke Brennan replaces Saba Lobjanidze.

  12. 71'
    Substitution

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Cayman Togashi replaces Emmanuel Latte Lath.

  13. 73'
    Substitution

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Erik Thommy replaces Harbor Tarczynski-Miller.

  14. 73'
    Substitution

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Elijah Wynder replaces Lucas Sanabria.

  15. 74'
    Goal

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 1. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Reus following a fast break.

  16. 79'
    Goal

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 2. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.

  17. 83'
    Substitution

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Enea Mihaj replaces Juan Berrocal.

  18. 83'
    Substitution

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Sérgio Santos replaces Cooper Sanchez.

  19. 90'+1'
    Substitution

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Maya Yoshida replaces Joseph Paintsil.

  20. 90'+7'
    End Regular Time

Lineups

Players stay with their supplied roster club. Other listed players may be unused; App records source appearances, not the number of names listed. An own goal is credited in the event as supplied.

Atlanta United FCFormation 4-1-4-1

Starting lineup

PlayerPosAppGAOGYCRC
1Lucas HoyosG100000
6Juan BerrocalCD-L100010
5Stian GregersenCD-R100010
8Tristan MuyumbaDM100000
3Elías BaezLB101000
55Tomás JacobRB100000
88Matías GalarzaCM-L100000
48Cooper SanchezCM-R100010
11Saba LobjanidzeLM100000
59Alexey MiranchukRM100000
9Emmanuel Latte LathF100000

Other listed players

PlayerPosAppGAOGYCRC
30Cayman TogashiSUB100000
35Jay FortuneSUB110000
18Pedro AmadorSUB000000
4Enea MihajSUB100000
19Sergio SantosSUB100000
42Jayden HibbertSUB000000
47Matt EdwardsSUB000000
20Luke BrennanSUB100000
28Will ReillySUB000000

LA GalaxyFormation 4-2-3-1

Starting lineup

PlayerPosAppGAOGYCRC
12JT MarcinkowskiG100000
25Carlos GarcésCD-L100000
5Jakob GlesnesCD-R100010
14John NelsonLB100000
19Mauricio CuevasRB100000
8Lucas SanabriaAM100000
6Edwin CerrilloLM100000
15Justin HaakRM100000
28Joseph PaintsilF100000
26Harbor MillerAM-L100000
11Gabriel PecAM-R120000

Other listed players

PlayerPosAppGAOGYCRC
2Miki YamaneSUB000000
1Novak MicovicSUB000000
16Isaiah ParenteSUB000000
22Elijah WynderSUB100000
27Erik ThommySUB100000
4Maya YoshidaSUB100000
24Ruben RamosSUB000000
18Marco ReusSUB101000
76Troy ElgersmaSUB000000

Commentary

  1. —

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

  2. —

    First Half begins.

  3. 1'

    Harbor Tarczynski-Miller (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  4. 1'

    Foul by Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United).

  5. 5'

    Attempt missed. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze with a cross following a fast break.

  6. 7'

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Stian Gregersen.

  7. 11'

    Attempt missed. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tomás Jacob.

  8. 15'

    Harbor Tarczynski-Miller (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  9. 15'

    Foul by Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United).

  10. 17'

    Attempt saved. Lucas Sanabria (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Lucas Hoyos (Atlanta United).

  11. 18'

    Delay in match because of an injury Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United).

  12. 19'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  13. 20'

    Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy).

  14. 20'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by JT Marcinkowski.

  15. 23'

    Attempt blocked. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.

  16. 23'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Justin Haak.

  17. 24'

    Attempt missed. Elías Báez (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze with a cross following a corner.

  18. 24'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by JT Marcinkowski.

  19. 26'

    Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  20. 26'

    Foul by Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United).

  21. 26'

    Stian Gregersen (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  22. 27'

    Offside, LA Galaxy. Jakob Glesnes is caught offside.

  23. 28'

    Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  24. 28'

    Foul by Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United).

  25. 28'

    Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.

  26. 30'

    Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  27. 30'

    Foul by Juan Berrocal (Atlanta United).

  28. 30'

    Juan Berrocal (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  29. 33'

    Delay in match because of an injury Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United).

  30. 34'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  31. 35'

    Foul by Lucas Sanabria (LA Galaxy).

  32. 35'

    Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  33. 36'

    Offside, Atlanta United. Emmanuel Latte Lath is caught offside.

  34. 39'

    Offside, LA Galaxy. Joseph Paintsil is caught offside.

  35. 40'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Jakob Glesnes.

  36. 41'

    JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  37. 41'

    Foul by Matías Galarza (Atlanta United).

  38. 45'

    Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

  39. 45'+4'

    First Half ends, Atlanta United 0, LA Galaxy 0.

  40. 45'

    Second Half begins Atlanta United 0, LA Galaxy 0.

  41. 47'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Emiro Garcés.

  42. 48'

    Attempt missed. Juan Berrocal (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk with a cross following a corner.

  43. 48'

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Juan Berrocal.

  44. 49'

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Juan Berrocal.

  45. 50'

    Lucas Hoyos (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  46. 50'

    Foul by Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).

  47. 52'

    Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  48. 52'

    Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).

  49. 53'

    Foul by Jakob Glesnes (LA Galaxy).

  50. 53'

    Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  51. 53'

    Jakob Glesnes (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  52. 55'

    Offside, Atlanta United. Emmanuel Latte Lath is caught offside.

  53. 56'

    Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Haak.

  54. 57'

    Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.

  55. 59'

    Attempt missed. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas.

  56. 60'

    Offside, LA Galaxy. Joseph Paintsil is caught offside.

  57. 60'

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Ajani Fortune replaces Matías Galarza.

  58. 61'

    Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Elías Báez.

  59. 62'

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Juan Berrocal.

  60. 63'

    Attempt missed. Harbor Tarczynski-Miller (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas with a cross following a corner.

  61. 65'

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Marco Reus replaces Justin Haak.

  62. 68'

    Attempt blocked. Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elías Báez with a cross.

  63. 68'

    Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Jakob Glesnes.

  64. 69'

    Attempt missed. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tristan Muyumba with a cross.

  65. 69'

    Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by JT Marcinkowski (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Emmanuel Latte Lath.

  66. 69'

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 0. Ajani Fortune (Atlanta United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elías Báez.

  67. 71'

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Luke Brennan replaces Saba Lobjanidze.

  68. 71'

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Cayman Togashi replaces Emmanuel Latte Lath.

  69. 71'

    Attempt missed. Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cooper Sanchez.

  70. 73'

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Erik Thommy replaces Harbor Tarczynski-Miller.

  71. 73'

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Elijah Wynder replaces Lucas Sanabria.

  72. 74'

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 1. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Reus following a fast break.

  73. 79'

    Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Lucas Hoyos (Atlanta United). Assisted by Marco Reus.

  74. 79'

    Goal! Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 2. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.

  75. 83'

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Enea Mihaj replaces Juan Berrocal.

  76. 83'

    Substitution, Atlanta United. Sérgio Santos replaces Cooper Sanchez.

  77. 86'

    Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Lucas Hoyos (Atlanta United). Assisted by Marco Reus.

  78. 86'

    Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Lucas Hoyos.

  79. 88'

    Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas with a cross following a corner.

  80. 89'

    Attempt saved. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Lucas Hoyos (Atlanta United). Assisted by Emiro Garcés.

  81. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.

  82. 90'+1'

    Attempt missed. Sérgio Santos (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk with a cross.

  83. 90'+1'

    Substitution, LA Galaxy. Maya Yoshida replaces Joseph Paintsil.

  84. 90'+2'

    Enea Mihaj (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  85. 90'+2'

    Foul by Erik Thommy (LA Galaxy).

  86. 90'+4'

    Erik Thommy (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  87. 90'+4'

    Foul by Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United).

  88. 90'+7'

    Second Half ends, Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 2.

  89. —

    Match ends, Atlanta United 1, LA Galaxy 2.

Sources & data scope

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