Atlanta United will play Inter Miami at 8 p.m. Saturday at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The game will be televised on AppleTV, and you can follow Doug Roberson’s coverage on X (formerly Twitter) @DougRobersonAJC.
Miami manager: Gerardo Martino
Miami home record; playoffs: 11-2-4; 1-0-0
Miami goals for/against; playoffs: 81/50; 3/3
Miami key players
Lionel Messi; playoffs: 20 goals, 16 assists; 0 goals, 1 assist
Luis Suarez; playoffs: 21 goals, 9 assists; 1 goal, 0 assist
Jordi Alba; playoffs: 4 goals, 14 assists; 1 goal, 1 assist
Julian Gressel; playoffs: 1 goal, 12 assists; 0 goals, 0 assists
About Atlanta United
Manager: Rob Valentino (interim)
Atlanta United away record; playoffs: 4-7-6; 0-1-1
Atlanta United goals for/against; playoffs: 49/53; 5/5
Atlanta United key players
Saba Lobjanidze; playoffs: 10 goals, 7 assists; 1 goal, 0 assists
Daniel Rios; playoffs: 7 goals, 4 assists; 0 goals, 0 assists
Jamal Thiare; playoffs: 6 goals
Alexey Miranchuk; playoffs: 3 goals, 2 assists; 0 goals, 2 assists
Injury reports (as of Thursday)
Atlanta United
Out: Edwin Mosquera (knee), Quentin Westberg (concussion protocol) and Brooks Lennon (shoulder)
Questionable: Jay Fortune (ankle)
Miami
Out: Ian Fray (knee)
Questionable: Sergio Busquets (illness), Yannick Bright (undisclosed) and David Ruiz (undisclosed)
What was said
“Outside stuff, it’s been the theme of our team, that we don’t control that. So whatever the outside is saying is not our focus. Our focus is on ourselves. We have our own internal pressure, individually, collectively, as a team, and that’s the pressure we put on ourselves to perform every day. So we’re in a great position to be in the playoffs, and now we were hoping that the one game left, that we have got more after that.” — Valentino
“I think the pressure, a lot of it, is on them. We know we need to turn up and perform, but I think a lot of the pressure will be on them.” — Brad Guzan
Officiating crew
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistants: Corey Rockwell and Andrew Bigelow
Fourth official: Tori Penso
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert
Atlanta United’s predicted 11
Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Centerback Derrick Williams
Centerback Luis Abram
Right fullback Ronald Hernandez
Left fullback Pedro Amador
Midfielder Dax McCarty
Midfielder Alexey Miranchuk
Midfielder Jay Fortune
Midfielder Bartosz Slisz
Midfielder Saba Lobjanidze
Striker Jamal Thiare
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Atlanta United’s 2024 schedule
Feb. 24 Columbus 1, Atlanta United 0
March 9 Atlanta United 4, New England 1
March 17 Atlanta United 2, Orlando 0
March 23 Toronto 2, Atlanta United 0
March 31 Atlanta United 3, Chicago 0
April 6 Atlanta United 1, NYCFC 1
April 14 Atlanta United 2, Philadelphia 2
April 20 Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 1
April 27 Atlanta United 1, Chicago 1
May 4 Minnesota 2, Atlanta United 1
May 7 Atlanta United 3, Charlotte Independence 0 in U.S. Open Cup
May 11 D.C. United 3, Atlanta United 2
May 15 Cincinnati 1, Atlanta United 0
May 18 Atlanta United 1, Nashville 1
May 21 Atlanta United 0 (5), Charleston 0 (4) in U.S. Open Cup
May 25 LAFC 1, Atlanta United 0
May 29 Atlanta United 3, Miami 1
June 2 Charlotte 3, Atlanta United 2
June 15 Atlanta United 2, Houston 2
June 19 Atlanta United 1, D.C. United 0
June 22 Atlanta United 1, St. Louis 1
June 29 Atlanta United 2, Toronto 1
July 3 New England 2, Atlanta United 1
July 6 Real Salt Lake 5, Atlanta United 2
July 9 vs. Indy Eleven 2, Atlanta United 1
July 13 Montreal 1, Atlanta United 0
July 17 Atlanta United 2, NYCFC 2
July 20 Atlanta United 2, Columbus 1
July 26 D.C. United 3 (6), Atlanta United 3 (5) in Leagues Cup
Aug. 4 Santos Laguna 0 (5), Atlanta United 0 (3) in Leagues Cup
Aug. 24 L.A. Galaxy 2, Atlanta United 0
Aug. 31 Atlanta United 1, Charlotte 0
Sept. 14 Nashville 2, Atlanta United 0
Sept. 18 Atlanta United 2, Inter Miami 2
Sept. 21 Atlanta United 2, Red Bulls 2
Sept. 28 Atlanta United 1, Philadelphia 1
Oct. 2 Montreal 2, Atlanta United 1
Oct. 5 Atlanta United 2, Red Bulls 1
Oct. 19 Atlanta United 2, Orlando 1
Oct. 22 Atlanta United 2 (5), Montreal 2 (4) in wild-card round
Oct. 25 Inter Miami 2, Atlanta United 1 in playoffs, Game 1
Nov. 2 Atlanta United 2, Inter Miami 1 in playoffs, Game 2
Nov. 9 Atlanta United at Inter Miami in playoffs, Game 3, 8 p.m.
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