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Atlanta United hosted Houston Dynamo FC for the first time since 2019 on June 15, 2024. The match featured starting lineups from both teams and notable roster updates.

The Atlanta United starting XI included Brad Guzan (c), Derrick Williams, Tristan Muyumba, Thiago Almada, Brooks Lennon, Dax McCarty, Xande Silva (substituted by Jay Fortune in the 80th minute), Daniel Ríos (substituted by Jamal Thiaré in the 76th minute), Edwin Mosquera (substituted by Luke Brennan in the 18th minute), Noah Cobb, and Caleb Wiley. Substitutes available for Atlanta United were Josh Cohen, Quentin Westberg, Nick Firmino, Ronald Hernández, and Efrain Morales.

Houston Dynamo's starting XI consisted of Steve Clark, Amine Bassi, Ibrahim Aliyu (substituted by Latif Blessing in the 67th minute), Sebastian Kowalczyk (substituted by Sebastian Ferreira in the 76th minute), Artur, Coco Carrasquilla, Héctor Herrera (c), Franco Escobar, Griffin Dorsey, Erik Sviatchenko (substituted by Tate Schmitt in the 76th minute), and Micael dos Santos. Available substitutes for Houston Dynamo included Andrew Tarbell, Brad Smith, Ethan Bartlow, Daniel Steres, Ján Greguš and Brooklyn Raines.

This match marked interim head coach Rob Valentino's first game since being named bench boss. Valentino previously served as interim coach for Atlanta United in 2021. Several players returned from international duty including Thiago Almada, Caleb Wiley and Noah Cobb.

Franco Escobar of Houston Dynamo made his first return to Mercedes-Benz Stadium since playing for Atlanta United in 2019. The clubs have faced each other three times prior to this meeting; their last encounter resulted in a decisive 5-0 victory for Atlanta United.

Scoring opened with Franco Escobar netting a goal for Houston Dynamo at the fifth minute mark. Daniel Ríos equalized for Atlanta United at the twenty-fifth minute. Xande Silva gave Atlanta United a lead with a goal at fifty-five minutes before Latif Blessing scored an equalizer for Houston Dynamo at eighty-nine minutes.

Disciplinary actions during the match included yellow cards issued to Xande Silva at eight minutes for Atlanta United; Franco Escobar at forty-two minutes; Coco Carrasquilla at forty-four minutes; Ibrahim Aliyu at fifty-three minutes; and Michael dos Santos at fifty-eight minutes—all representing Houston Dynamo.

Unavailable players for interim head coach Rob Valentino included Bartosz Slisz, Luis Abram Saba Lobjanidze and Stian Gregersen as noted in the Availability Report presented by Piedmont.