Austin FC breezes to 3-0 victory over Atlanta United

ATLANTA (AP) — Felipe Martins and Ethan Finlay scored early goals, Sebastián Driussi added his 11th of the season in the second half and Austin FC rolled to a 3-0 victory over Atlanta United on Saturday.

Martins found the net in the 9th minute, Finlay scored in the 17th and Austin (11-4-4) took a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Driussi scored a goal in the 57th minute to cap the scoring. Driussi trails New York City FC’s Valentín Castellanos by one goal in the race for the Golden Boot.

Atlanta United (5-8-5) outshot Austin 19-10. Both teams had four shots on goal.

Brad Stuver had four saves to notch a clean sheet for Austin. Rocco Ríos Novo had one save for Atlanta.

Austin trails first-place Los Angeles FC by two points in the Western Conference standings.

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