Atlanta United's win on Saturday featured a solid performance from Cooper Sanchez. "It is difficult to find a 17-year-old player who understands the game so well." A closer look at his night, including two plays of note:

Atlanta United's long-awaited first win is in the books. The challenge now? Building on it. "We have to take this confidence and continue to move forward." More from @shwrites.bsky.social, with quotes from Miguel Almirón and Tata Martino: scarvesandspikes.com/2026/03/15/a...

Tata Martino says not much difference between last match and this one except Atlanta didn’t commit the same mistakes. Even with the win said “I thought we played the first 30 minutes really well but we have to sustain that.”

Thoughts from the guys after Atlanta United’s 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Union as our Three Takeaways segment is up ⤵️ scarvesandspikes.com/2026/03/14/a...

Today was fun. Here's the player ratings form after Atlanta United's 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Union.

Miguel Almiron said he’d rather focus on the accomplishments of his teammates instead of his assist record. “We have to take this confidence and continue to move forward and we have another very important game next Saturday against D.C.”

It was the Miguel Almiron show on Saturday as his three assists helped Atlanta United to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Union. The recap of Atlanta's first win of the season from @shwrites.bsky.social: https://scarvesandspikes.com/2026/03/14/atlanta-united-philadelphia-union-recap-miguel-almiron/

Man of the hour.

Atlanta United vs Philadelphia Union: Initial reactions from a week 4 win I am so happy to be writing about an Atlanta United win. The Five Stripes just posted three on a struggling Philadelphia Union and it feels good, so here are the instant reactions from Atlanta's first MLS win inside the Benz…

35308 announced attendance at the Benz

It's happening, all three DPs involved in that goal, 3-0

Choo Choo

LET'S GOOOOOOOO

The ball...it do be rolling here at the Benz again

This wasn't a goal but check out the hustle from Emmanuel Latte Lath to save this possession for Atlanta United

Perhaps the slowest 8 minutes of stoppage time ever

8 MINUTES LMAOOOOOO

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH BALL DON'T LIE

We got a yellow to Baez, and a yellow to Tata

lol that was like four nutmegs in a row by Atlanta, this place sounded like a UFC fight

Cooper Sanchez just sent in a beauty of a cross and Jacob juuuuust misses wide, all from a short corner. Close to 2-0 but we move

Baez to Miggy to LL in space is what we've been waiting for

LATTE LATH!!!!!!!!

The flopping has begun

AHHHHHH Miggy plays one back to Alexey who misses juuuuust wide but the fans got woke up

Figured that wasn't gonna be a penalty lol

We're going to VAR it appears

Latte Lath with a ball from Baez that Philly gets a toe to right in front of goal for a corner

First decent shot of the match by either team as Philly lets one rip from Miranchuk range, just wide

Oi dangerous moment as Stian plays a rusty ball back in front of goal and has to fix his mistake

Atlanta spending a significant amount of time defending right now

Another counter, I think Baez to Miggy who crosses it to LL, missed I the air but he was always offside. He ends up in the net and it's a goal kick

Wow. Ok the break the defensive structure falls apart again and Atlanta almost gets cooked. Goal kick though

Miggy snags a ball and ends up on a counter, plays it a bit late out wide, nothing to it but he takes a minute to get up... ...ok he good

The ball be rollin' at the Benz

⚠️Don't forget⚠️ Our Atlanta United vs. Philadelphia Union match thread is up and running, so swing by to check it out and join the conversation scarvesandspikes.com/2026/03/14/a...

Guys we're minutes away from kick off please let's not suck

We're LIVE with the Scarves and Spikes prematch show as Atlanta United faces the Philadelphia Union in about an hour! youtube.com/live/KwcU_qC...

It's about 90 minutes until kickoff We're live at 2:15 with instant reaction to Atlanta United's starting XI and final thoughts before they face the Philadelphia Union today at the Benz youtube.com/live/KwcU_qC...

We out here, win please cause I’m not going to bed right when I get home, I want to linger on a W

Stoppable force vs. movable object. Who comes away with their first point(s) of the year? Your match thread for this afternoon's bout with the Philadelphia Union:

Stella is back, this time with a plan for Atlanta United and their attack...and a bit of trash talk 😈

Five matches to watch across MLS (outside of Atlanta United vs. Philly) The afternoon start time should allow you to catch some good matches across the league. @shwrites.bsky.social looks at five of them ⤵️ www.patreon.com/posts/152975...

What's the scoop on the Philadelphia Union? @shwrites.bsky.social found out. Three Questions with @jimmyking35.bsky.social from @phillysportsnet.bsky.social before tomorrow afternoon's match ⤵️ scarvesandspikes.com/2026/03/13/a...

Jay Fortune will see time with ATL UTD 2 on Sunday against Huntsville City. Assume the plan is for him to be back in the first team vs. D.C. United on the 21st, but we'll see. Juan Berrocal questionable for this Saturday - could mean Stian Gregersen makes his 2026 debut. We'll see.

How Mercedes-Benz Stadium built Atlanta United’s new grass pitch ahead of the 2026 World Cup Y'all have asked about the new grass, and we now have as many answers as we can in one place. We chatted with Mercedes-Benz Stadium VP of Stadium Operations Adam Fullerton to get the full breakdown on the…

2026 FIFA World Cup Atlanta preparation: 95 day update on MARTA, Hartsfield-Jackson, and more 95 days out from Atlanta’s first 2026 FIFA World Cup match, city officials broke down how Hartsfield-Jackson, MARTA, Georgia DOT, and local businesses are preparing to welcome the whole world. All the…

95 days out from the World Cup, @atlpilgrim.bsky.social has a quick update on prep for the world's tournament + how it affects Atlanta United, & a deep dive into details of the new grass pitch at Mercedes-Benz Stadium over on Patreon! More later on the site! www.patreon.com/posts/world-...

A quick look at how Mercedes-Benz Stadium is tending to the grass pitch for Atlanta United and World Cup matches For @scarvesandspikes.com

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