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Atlanta United FC has only played in the league in two seasons.
Now is the champion of MLS.
In the night completed the team sannsagan after a 2-0 victory against Portland.
the Face of hundreds 73 019 people could kometlaget besanna dream and take home the first trophy to the city in 23 years.
less than two years ago lost to the Atlanta Falcons the Super Bowl after an epic collapse. The team lost a 25-poängsledning and the entire Atlanta have struggled to recover since then.
– Hopefully we can outshine the past and create a new future for the city, said midfielder Jeff Larentowicz.
And it was not unexpectedly the league’s top scorer, Josef Martínez, who made it. Martínez was earlier this week named to the league’s best players, and in the night he became a hero.
Martínez put the 1-0 in the 39th minute – his total of 35 (!) goal of the season, a new målrekord in the MLS.
– I felt a lot of pressure before the match, my neighbors put up flags around the whole of my house and pushed paper under my door, told me Martinez.
the Trainer stops
Venezuelanen had a finger, or rather a head, in the game with the second goal in the second half. A free-kick from Miguel Almirón went through a nodding Martínez on to Franco Escobar, who poked the ball into the goal.
as the Match ended 2-0 and shortly after the final whistle when Queens ”We are the champions” was played in the speakers, the city began to plan for a victory parade on Monday.
– It’s not every day you win a title. To be a part of this place is incredibly special, cheered the goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Atlantatränaren Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino now leave the team, according to information in several media to take over Mexico’s national team.
– If I had to choose a way to leave on, is this the best way. This is the way that I wanted it to happen, said the coach Martino after the victory.
