As Josef Martinez finished a superb team goal past a sprawling Andre Blake, 43,006 fans on a Wednesday night stood up...no...kept standing and cheered. An immeasurable amount of people on television expressed jubilation as well. Atlanta United’s numbers this season as an expansion team have broken all kinds of records when it comes to performances and attendance numbers, and they broke the stand alone MLS record attendance with 70,425 people coming to watch the match against Orlando City.
At every turn and at every opportunity, Atlanta United have silenced the doubters, and there have been some notable ones.