Griezmann scores 2 goals, Orlando City beats Atlanta United 3-2
Antoine Griezmann scored two goals, his fourth consecutive game with a goal, to help Orlando City beat Atlanta United 3-2
ATLANTA -- Antoine Griezmann scored two goals, his fourth consecutive game with a goal, to help Orlando City beat Atlanta United 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Griezmann has six goals, and two multi-goal performances, in the past four games and 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in nine MLS appearances.
Orlando (9-11-4) is unbeaten in four straight.
Iván Angulo scored the go-ahead goal in the 58th minute. Robin Jansson played an arcing ball from near midfield to the top of the penalty box, Martín Ojeda pushed a header forward, tapped a short cross to Angulo for a first-touch finish that made it 2-1.
Atlanta (6-14-4) scored on own goals in the seventh minute and the seventh minute of stoppage time.
Maxime Crépeau had one save for Orlando City.
Griffin Dorsey bent a cross from the right edge of the penalty box to the front post and Griezmann poked a sliding shot past goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos from point-blank range to make it 1-1 in the 26th minute.
Griezmann, on the give and go with Justin Ellis, tapped in from just outside the 6-yard box to give Orlando a two-goal lead in the 77th.
Hoyos finished with four saves.
The teams played to a 1-1 tie at Inter&Co Stadium on May 16.
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