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Atlanta United, Orlando FC, Red Bulls make MLS playoffs

Sun, Nov 7, 2021
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Atlanta United, Orlando FC, Red Bulls make MLS playoffs

CINCINNATI (AP) - Miles Robinson and Josef Martinez scored for Atlanta United, which overcame an early deficit Sunday to beat FC Cincinnati 2-1 and clinch a playoff berth on the last day of the regular season.

Atlanta (13-9-12) earned the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. It will play fourth-seeded New York City FC in the first round.

Robinson scored in the 70th minute and Martinez gave Atlanta United its first lead in the 79th at 2-1. Robinson, a 24-year old in his fifth MLS season, flicked a header off a corner kick by Ezequiel Barco that slipped under the crossbar for his first career goal to make it 1-1 and Martinez side-netted a volley, off a clearance attempt that sailed high in the air before the finish from corner of the 6-yard box.

Zico Bailey gave Cincinnati (4-22-8) the lead in the 21st minute.

D.C. UNITED 3, TORONTO FC 1

Ola Kamara scored twice to finish tie for the MLS goals lead with a career-high 19 as D.C. beat Toronto to close the regular season.

Kamara tied New York City FC's Taty Castellanos for the goals lead, with Castellanos scoring the tying goal in New York's 1-1 tie with Philadelphia. Seattle's Raul Ruidiaz entered the Sounders' late game against Vancouver with 17 goals.

Steven Birnbaum also scored for D.C. United (14-15-5), which missed the Eastern Conference playoffs when the New York Red Bulls tied Nashville.

Julian Gressel had two assists for the Washington club.

Richie Laryea scored for Toronto (6-18-10).

RED BULLS 1, NASHVILLE F.C. 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fabio Roberto Gomes Netto scored in the opening seconds to help New York tie with Nashville and clinch a berth in the MLS Cup Playoffs on the final day of the regular season.

The seventh-seeded Red Bulls (13-12-9) play at No. 2 seed Philadelphia in the first round. No. 3 seed Nashville (12-4-18) will host to sixth-seeded Orlando City.

Fabio volleyed a cross by Cristian Casseres Jr. to himself and then beat goalkeeper Joe Willis from point-blank range to give the Red Bulls a 1-0 lead in the opening seconds.

Hany Mukhtar responded for Nashville by blasting a free kick from just outside the area on the left side that appeared to deflect off a Red Bulls player into the net to make it 1-1 in the 37th minute.

ORLANDO CITY FC 2, FC MONTREAL 0

MONTREAL (AP) - Orlando didn't just beat Montreal 2-0 on Sunday. It also clinched an MLS playoff spot.

Sebastian Mendez and Daryl Dike both scored in the game, which put an end to CF Montreal's playoff aspirations. Montreal (12-11-11) needed a win to make it into the playoffs.

Orlando (12-9-13) will face New York City FC in the first round of the playoffs.

INTER MIAMI 1, REVOLUTION 0

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Blaise Matuidi scored in the 58th minute as Miami surprised first-place New England in the regular-season finale.

The Revolution (22-5-7), which set a record of 73 points in winning the Supporters Shield, lost only its second home game.

A win would have given New England a record 23rd victory. Manager Bruce Arena remains tied with Sigi Schmid for most regular seasons wins in MLS history.

John McCarthy made three saves for his second shutout in 13 games for Miami (12-17-5), which finishes in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.

New England has a first-round bye.

CREW 2, FIRE 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Lucas Zelarayan and Miguel Berry scored for Columbus in its win over Chicago, but the defending MLS champions will miss the playoffs.

Columbus (13-13-8) finished in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, tied with D.C. United, one point behind the final playoff spot.

Chicago (9-18-7) finished in 12th place.

Zelarayan weaved around two defenders in the box to score in the 31st minute and Berry cleaned up a rebound of his own shot in the 58th minute.

Eloy Room picked up his seventh shutout.

NEW YORK CITY FC 1, UNION 1

NEW YORK (AP) - Valentin Castellanos scored his 19th goal of the season to give short-handed New York a tie with Philadelphia. The team also clinched a home game in the first round of the MLS playoffs.

Fourth-seeded New York City (14-11-9) played a man down after 24-year-old Gedion Zelalem, who made his first start since 2019, was shown a red card in the 21st minute. NYCFC will play No. 5 seed Atlanta United in the first round.

Castellanos, who tied D.C. United's Ola Kamara for most goals in MLS this season, has scored in four consecutive games and has six goals in that span. He went high in the air to side-net a header off an arcing ball from Maximiliano Moralez to make it 1-1 in the 53rd minute.

Kacper Przybylko scored with a one-touch finish from point-blank range to give Philadelphia (14-8-12) the 1-0 lead in the 26th minute.

The second-seeded Union will play No. 7 seed New York Red Bulls in the first round.

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