Portuguese winger Xande Silva blasted home a sensational winner for Atlanta in the fourth minute of stoppage time to level the best-of-three postseason series 1-1 and set up a winner-take-all game three in Miami next Saturday. Top seeds Miami, 2-1 winners in game one last week, had looked to be heading for a series victory after taking the lead through Paraguay international David Martinez in the 40th minute after a terrible blunder by former US goalkeeper Brad Guzan, and Martinez finished into an empty net for 1-0. But Atlanta launched a furious second-half onslaught as they battled to save their season and were rewarded when Derrick Williams scored in the 58th minute.
An end-to-end game saw both teams create chances thereafter, and Georgian Saba Lobjanidze almost hooked in a goal for Atlanta in the 89th minute only to see his shot tipped onto the woodwork by Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender.