Info to know: Atlanta United at Portland on Sunday

Atlanta United (8-11-9) will play at Portland (9-8-12) in an MLS game Sunday. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. The game will be televised on Fox.

You can follow Doug Roberson’s live coverage on Twitter (@DougRobersonAJC). He will post a game story at AJC.com at the final whistle.

Managers: Atlanta United’s Gonzalo Pineda vs. Portland’s Gio Saverese

Site: Providence Park

Home/road records: Atlanta United on road 1-8-5; Portland at home 6-2-6

Goals for/against: Atlanta United 40/46; Portland 47/46

Expected goals for/against: Atlanta United 40.3/37.3; Philadelphia 51.6/31.9

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Atlanta United

Josef Martinez: Seven goals, four assists

Ronaldo Cisneros: Seven goals, one assist

Thiago Almada: Four goals, 10 assists

Luiz Araujo: Four goals, five assists

Dom Dwyer: Four goals

Marcelino Moreno: Two goals, six assists

Portland

Jaroslaw Niezgoda: Nine goals, two assists

Sebastian Blanco: Seven goals, eight assists

Dairon Asprilla: Six goals, two assists

Santiago Moreno: Five goals, seven assists

OFFICIATING CREW

Referee: Jon Freemon

Assistants: Adam Garner, Jeffrey Greeson

Fourth official: Victor Rivas

VAR: Chris Penso

AVAR: Jonathan Johnson

INJURY REPORTS

For Atlanta United

Questionable: Matheus Rossetto (ankle)

Out: Ozzie Alonso (torn ACL), Dylan Castanheira (Achilles), Brad Guzan (Achilles), Miles Robinson (Achilles) and Emerson Hyndman (quad).

For Portland

No players listed

WHAT THEY SAID

“It was a very, very good conversation. We were for some hours just talking about different things. You know, Mexican football, MLS, just in general, coaching, ideas, tactics, players, so we were talking about a lot of things, management. But at the end, I think one thing we both agree was on being being loyal to our identities as coaches. That’s one thing that we were talking about, you know, not changing our behaviors, and just be truthful to who we are as coaches and what we think doesn’t matter, where our ideas or how we want to play, is just try to be loyal to ourselves.” − Pineda on a conversation with former Atlanta United manager Gerardo Martino

“Coming off the loss (Wednesday night against Philadelphia), we just have to look very quickly to the next game. We can’t get stuck up on the last match. We’ve got to look at the things that went wrong and try and fix them, but we’ve got games coming very quickly now, so we’ve got to turn the page and get ready for the next one.” − JuanJo Purata

ATLANTA UNITED’S PREDICTED 11

Goalkeeper Raul Gudino

Right wingback Brooks Lennon

Centerback Juan Jose Purata

Centerback Alan Franco

Centerback Andrew Gutman

Left wingback Caleb Wiley

Midfielder Santiago Sosa

Attacking midfielder Thiago Almada

Left wing Luiz Araujo

Right wing Ronaldo Cisneros

Striker Josef Martinez

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Atlanta United’s 2022 MLS schedule

Feb. 27 Atlanta United 3, Sporting KC 1

March 5 Colorado 3, Atlanta United 0

March 13 Atlanta United 2, Charlotte 1

March 19 Atlanta United 3, Montreal 3

April 2 Atlanta United 1, D.C. United 0

April 10 Charlotte 1, Atlanta United 0

April 16 Atlanta United 0, Cincinnati 0

April 24 Miami 2, Atlanta United 1

April 30 Montreal 2, Atlanta United 1

May 7 Atlanta United 4, Chicago 1

May 15 Atlanta United 2, New England 2