Atlanta United Starting XI:
Rocco RÃos Novo; Caleb Wiley (Dom Dwyer – 69’), Andrew Gutman (Aiden McFadden – 87’), Alan Franco, Juanjo Purata, Ronald Hernandez (Brooks Lennon – 59’); Santiago Sosa, Marcelino Moreno (C) (Edwin Mosquera – 69’), Thiago Almada; Luiz Araújo, Ronaldo Cisneros (Josef Martinez – 59’)
Atlanta United substitutes not used:
Raul Gudiño, Alex De John, Franco Ibarra, Amar Sejdić
FC Cincinnati Starting XI:
Roman Celentano; Alvas Powell, Nick Hagglund, Geoff Cameron (Dominique Badji – 89’), Matt Miazga (Tyler Blackett – 66’); Obinna Nwobodo, Junior Moreno, Luciano Acosta (C); Brenner, Brandon Vazquez, Alvaro Barreal (John Nelson 74’).
FC Cincinnati substitues not used:
Alec Kann, Raymon Gaddis, Ian Murphy, Yuya Kubo, Allan Cruz, Quimi Ordonez
Yellow cards:
Alvaro Barreal (14'), Caleb Wiley (27'), Matt Miazga (58'), Tyler Blackett (78')
Roster notes:
- Marcelino Moreno wore the captain's armband for the first time.
- Andrew Gutman returns to the starting XI for the first time since May 21. He missed several weeks due to a quadriceps tendon injury. He's coming off scoring the game-winning goal against Seattle Sounders. The performance earned him a spot on the MLS Team of the Week.
- Ronald Hernández returns to the starting XI for the first time since May 28. He missed several weeks with an MCL injury.
- Brooks Lennon returned to the bench and made his first appearance since his knee injury.
Player availability:
- Ozzie Alonso is out due to a torn ACL.
- Brad Guzan is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
- Dylan Castanheira is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
- Miles Robinson is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
- Emerson Hyndman is out due to a quad injury.
- George Campbell is out due to an adductor injury.
- Matheus Rossetto is out due to an ankle injury.
