Atlanta FC pulled out a 1-1 draw against Montreal without star-man Josef Martínez. To watch MLS, sign up for ESPN+.
In some ways, 2019 hasn’t gone quite like Ezequiel Barco had hoped. The Atlanta United attacker has seen his time limited through a combination of international commitments and injuries. The 917 minutes he’s played in 14 appearances so far this season are just over half of what he logged in 2018, a campaign in which he was viewed as having underachieved.
Yet as Atlanta heads into the postseason — closing out the regular season with Sunday’s Decision Day tilt against the New England Revolution…
Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez chats with ESPN about the Five Stripes’ slow start in 2019 and teaming up with Pity Martinez and Ezequiel Barco.
A pair of goals from Brandon Vazquez led Atlanta United past Columbus and into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup.
The Under-20 World Cup kicked off this Thursday and there’s no shortage of players who will be hoping to shine on the big stage in Poland. We run through the squads to pick out 10 young stars looking to get noticed: five are either on the United States team or based in MLS and the rest are from anywhere else.
It’s 2019. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the dominant forces in soccer, winning nearly every individual award and leading their clubs to title after title. Yet both are in the twilights of their careers, at 31 and 34 years old respectively, and previous heirs to the throne such as Neymar and Gareth Bale haven’t come close to filling their boots.
ESPN FC’s Mark Donaldson and Paul Mariner square off in predicting five of the most notable Major League Soccer fixtures this weekend. 
Atlanta United was the beneficiary of multiple VAR decisions, but it also was dominant from open play in a home rout of LAFC. Atlanta United’s star striker Josef Martinez suffered an apparent arm injury in training on Wednesday.