Huntsville City FC Earns 6-3 Win at Atlanta United 2

September 15, 2024 – MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
Huntsville City Football Club News Release

Kennesaw, Ga. – Huntsville City Football Club earned a 6-3 win against Atlanta United 2 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium, with forward Woobens Pacius recording the third hat trick in club history.

The Boys in Blue got on the board in the 12th minute when Jony Bolaños’ cross found Pacius at the top of the 18-yard box, who fired the ball into the net. Watch Pacius’ first goal here.

Huntsville doubled its lead 10 minutes later when Bolaños grabbed an errant pass from an Atlanta defender before crossing the ball to Forster Ajago, who tapped it in for his team lead-tying seventh goal of the season. Watch Ajago’s goal here.

The Boys in Blue added another in the 35th minute when Ollie Wright picked the pocket of Atlanta’s goalkeeper and passed the ball to Bolaños, who sent the ball into an empty net for his team-leading eighth goal of the year. Watch Bolaños’ goal here.

Pacius got his second goal just two minutes later when Ethan O’Brien passed the ball to Ajago, who tapped the ball to Pacius before the forward struck the ball into the near corner for his second goal of the day. Watch Pacius’ second goal here.

Atlanta got one back before halftime through Noble Okello, a second in the 49th minute through Karim Tmimi, and a third in the 82nd minute from Ashton Gordon. Huntsville restored its two-goal lead in the 85th minute when Jonathan Pérez received Joey Akpunonu’s pass and fired the ball into the net from well outside the box. Watch Pérez’s goal here.

Pacius scored his third goal of the afternoon from the spot after being tackled inside the box in the 88th minute. Watch Pacius’ third goal here.

The Boys in Blue will return home for the final time this season to host FC Cincinnati 2 on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. CT at Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium. Tickets to the match can be purchased here.

Notes:

Huntsville CityFC

tied its most goals scored in one match

have scored first in five of its last seven matches

scored the most first-half goals in team history (four)

is unbeaten all-time at Atlanta United 2 (2W-0L-0D)

Forster Ajago

scored his seventh goal of the season

has scored three goals against Atlanta United 2 this season

recorded his second assist of the season

Joey Akpunonu recorded his first assist of the season

Jony Bolaños

served as team captain for the 21st time this season

scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season

recorded his team-leading sixth and seventh assists…