USL Box Score: ATL UTD 2 (2), Union II (1)

CHESTER, Pa. (September 2, 2020) – Philadelphia Union II returned USL Championship action at Subaru Park on Wednesday night falling to ATL UTD 2 by a 2-1 margin. Future Philadelphia Union homegrown Paxten Aaronson scored his first USL Championship goal in the match with a strike in second-half stoppage time. Union II begins a three-game road stretch beginning Sunday, September 6th at Tampa Bay Rowdies at Al Lang Stadium, (7:30 p.m. ET /ESPN+).

Philadelphia Union II (1), Atlanta United 2 (2)
Subaru Park (Chester, Pa.)
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Assistant Referee: Zeno Cho, Alex Focea
4th Official: Luis Arroyo
Weather: 81 degrees and cloudy

GOALS/ASSISTS:
ATL – Macky Diop (Goodrum) 45’
ATL – David Meija (unassisted) 90+1
PHI – Paxten Aaronson (unassisted) 90+6

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY:
PHI – David Rabadán (caution) 39’
PHI – Jack Jasinski (caution) 47’
ATL – Phillip Goodrum (caution) 53’
PHI – Brandon Craig (caution) 57’

LINEUP:
Philadelphia Union II: Mitchell Budler, Dante Huckaby, Anthony Sorenson, Jack Jasinski (Steve Kingue 72’), Brandan Craig, Axel Picazo (Jamoi Topey 89’), Luis Flores, David Rabadán (Paxten Aaronson73’), Sean Bettenhausen (Ben Ofeimu 45’), Selmir Miscic (Saed Díaz 62’), Anges Bohui

Substitutes not used: Ben Martino, Jack McGlynn

Atlanta United 2: Vicente Reyes, Patrick Nielsen, Jack Gurr, Mou Jadama, Caleb Wiley, William Reilly, Baboucarr Njie (Daniel Steedman 60’), Abdoulaye Diop (Jackson Conway 45’), Phillip Goodrum (David Mejia 86’), Jerome Williams, Amadou Macky Diop (Amir Bashti 69’)

Substitutes not used: Matthew Edwards, Ben Lundgaard, Coleman Gannon

TEAM NOTES:

• Tonight’s Union II starting XI was once again the youngest in the club’s history, edging the lineup that started against New York Red Bull II on August 5. It marks the third-consecutive match that the club had set a new youth record.
• Union Academy defender Brandan Craig sported the captain’s armband against ATL UTD, becoming the youngest player in club history to do so
• Two members of the Philadelphia Union made their first USL Championship starts tonight for Union II with both Jack Jasinski and Sean Bettenhausen getting the nod.
• Future Union homegrown Paxten Aaronson scored his first USL Championship goal of his career. Aaronson’s goal came in just his fifth match with the club.