Atlanta and Cincinnati both searching for a 誘発する
For Atlanta 部隊d and FC Cincinnati, the 焦点（を合わせる） this 週末 is to 支配（する）／統制する only what they can 支配（する）／統制する.
Each 味方する looks to 避ける a fourth 連続した 敗北・負かす when they 会合，会う Sunday night in Atlanta.
Atlanta (5-12-4, 19 points) and Cincinnati (4-13-4, 16 points) enter the 週末 持つ／拘留するing the 底（に届く） two 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in the Eastern 会議／協議会 standings, and each is 苦境に陥るd in a disappointing rut with dwindling postseason hopes.
Atlanta, 妨げるd by a season-ending 傷害 to 星／主役にする Josef Martinez and the 移転 of Pity Martinez, has totaled just three goals during its 現在の 0-4-2 stretch. 部隊d were roughed up 4-1 in their most 最近の 遠出 against 競争相手 Orlando City earlier this week. Atlanta will also try to 避ける a third 連続した home 敗北・負かす.
"Our 支援するs are against the 塀で囲む, everyone knows that," Atlanta defender Laurence Wyke said. "We're not winning games. We're playing 井戸／弁護士席 in （一定の）期間s, and then we're not."
Cincinnati, 一方／合間, has lost seven of its last eight contests and has managed just one goal during its 現在の three-game slide. It dropped a second straight 1-0 決定／判定勝ち（する） on Wednesday, at home versus 冒険的な Kansas City.
"I can only say that it's unbelievable that we've played many games and it's unfortunate that you don't get the results that you deserve," Cincinnati coach Jaap Stam said. "We get several, several 適切な時期s and we can't finish them off, so that's a pity."
This will be the third 2020 会合 between these clubs after they 分裂（する） the first two 遭遇（する）s.
Atlanta got goals from Ezequiel Barco and Emerson Hyndman to 勝利，勝つ 2-1 at home on March 7, but Cincinnati answered with a 76th-minute goal from Frankie Amaya to pull out a 1-0 victory over 部隊d during the MLS is 支援する Tournament on July 16.
--Field Level マスコミ
