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D.C. United will play their fifth match of the 2022 Major League Soccer (MLS) Regular Season against Atlanta United FC on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Audi Field.

How Can I Follow The Match?

Saturday’s match will be available live on NBC Sports Washington and www.dcunited.com in English and TeleXitos in Spanish. Supporters can also listen to the live match radio commentary on iHeartMedia Washington DC's 104.7 WONK-FM in English and on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio app in Spanish.

D.C. United News

The Black-and-Red are coming off a 2-1 loss against Toronto FC at BMO Field on March 19 before the International break. Russell Canouse opened the scoring in his first match and start of the season with D.C. United after recovering from injury. Toronto then scored two unanswered goals on either side of halftime to win the match. After their last result, D.C. United now have a 2-2-0 record in 2022. Adrien Perez is unavailable after sustaining a foot injury.

Atlanta United FC News

Atlanta United FC are coming off a 3-3 draw against CF Montréal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 19. Josef Martínez opened the scoring in the 6th minute, and Brooks Lennon tied the game in the 92nd minute for Atlanta to take a point despite being down to 10-men after a Dom Dwyer red card. Dwyer will be unavailable for the match due to suspension. After their last match, Atlanta United now have a record of 2-1-1 in 2022. Atlanta have Santiago Sosa, Franco Ibarra, Emerson Hyndman, and Machop Chol on the injury list for Saturday’s match.

Head to Head

D.C. United and Atlanta United FC have played each other 12 times in the MLS Regular Season, with both sides winning six matches each. The last time the two met was at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a 3-2 match in favor of Atlanta United on Sept. 18, 2021. The two goals for D.C. United were scored by Edison Flores and former D.C. United player Felipe Martins,