ATLANTA — Atlanta United will face Club América Wednesday night in Mexico City at Estadio Azteca in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League.
- Atlanta is coming off a 2-1 win against FC Cincinnati at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 7 in its MLS home opener. With an attendance of 69,301, the club now holds the Top 10 most attended matches in MLS regular-season history. Ezequiel Barco and Emerson Hyndman scored for the second consecutive match.
- Each of Hyndman’s three goals for Atlanta in MLS play has been game-winning goals: Week 1 against Nashville SC, Week 2 against FC Cincinnati and against San Jose in 2019 (3-1).
- Barco scored his 10th career MLS goal against FC Cincinnati. Atlanta holds a 7-1-1 record when the Argentine scores.
- Atlanta defeated FC Motagua 4-1 on aggregate in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 with two goals each from Josef Martinez and Pity Martínez.
- Jeff Larentowicz leads all Atlanta players with 12 CCL appearances.
- Atlanta is 3-2-1 all-time in CCL play and 0-2-1 in away matches.
- Atlanta is 1-0-0 all-time against Club América, having defeated Las Águilas 3-2 in the Campeones Cup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 14, 2019. Atlanta became the first MLS team to lift the trophy thanks to goals from Hyndman, Larentowicz and Josef Martinez.
- Club América, managed by Miguel Herrera, defeated Comunicaciones in the Round of 16. After both legs ended 1-1, América won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 5-3.
- Club América sits in third place in Liga MX through nine matches (5-2-2) and is coming off a 3-3 draw away to Pumas UNAM Friday, March 6.
- Las Águilas have won a record 13 Liga MX titles and a record seven CCL titles, having last won the CCL in 2016.
The return leg will be played March 18 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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