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ATLANTA (AP) — The players whooped it up. The champagne flowed. In the midst of it all Cheap Chelsea Soccer Jerseys , another trophy sat in the middle of the locker room.When Atlanta United began play just three seasons ago, this is exactly what they had in mind.Winning championships.Lots of them.“The biggest clubs in the world win trophies,” said midfielder Julian Gressel, his hair soaked by the increasingly familiar dousing of bubbly.Completing its own version of the treble, Atlanta captured its third title in less than nine months, beating Minnesota United 2-1 in the U.S. Open Cup final Tuesday night.The trophy haul began last December when United won the MLS Cup. Two weeks ago, they defeated Mexican powerhouse Club America to claim the Campeones Cup. And now, they’ve come out on top in the country’s 105-year-old national cup competition.“It doesn’t matter if it’s a Super Cup, if it’s a Campeones Cup, if it’s an Open Cup, whatever it is Cheap Inter Milan Soccer Shirts ,” Gressel said. “Within a year, we’ve obviously won three. We’d like to continue that, because that’s what big clubs do. We definitely see ourselves as a big club.”This one felt especially satisfying because the U.S. Open Cup comes with an additional prize: a return trip to the CONCACAF Champions League in 2020, giving United a chance to make up for this year’s disappointing performance.Atlanta was ousted in the quarterfinals by Monterrey after losing the opening leg 3-0 in Mexico. The Liga MX team went on to claim the title, denying United a shot at winning an actual continental treble.Also, the Champions League winner gets a spot in FIFA’s Club World Cup.“The one game I would like to have back this year is the one at Monterrey,” Gressel conceded. “It’s nice to be in that competition again. It’s definitely a goal of mine to play in the club world championships.”A more pressing goal for Atlanta United is defending its MLS Cup title.After a sluggish start under first-year coach Frank de Boer, United appear to be hitting their stride. Atlanta is sitting atop the table in the Eastern Conference and in the midst of a seven-game winning streak across all competitions.“Listen, we’ve got one more to go,” goalkeeper Brad Guzan said. “It’s not feeling satisfied, if that makes sense. It’s a feeling of Cheap Juventus Soccer Jerseys , yeah, we’ll enjoy this tonight, and we understand what it’s about to win trophies and win big tournaments, but ultimately there’s a big one in a few months.”For sure, this celebration won’t last long.Atlanta United has only three days to prepare for a road game against the Philadelphia Union with first place on the line.“We’ve got a big game Saturday,” Guzan said. “We’ve got to make sure mentally we recharge the batteries and find a way to go up there and put together a performance that allows us to get a result.”The U.S. Open Cup final was a matchup between clubs that entered Major League Soccer together as expansion franchises in 2017.Atlanta United quickly became the league’s most talked-about franchise, making the playoffs their first season and claiming the championship in Year 2 while breaking nearly all league attendance records. Even though the turnout for Tuesday’s game (35,709) was the smallest of the season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it still set a record for a U.S. Open Cup final.Minnesota United, on the other hand, struggled through their first two seasons before moving into a new stadium and making a major leap forward in 2019. They are fifth in the tightly-bunched Western Conference and positioned to make their first postseason appearance.It looked like an Atlanta blowout in the early going. A pinpoint pass by Pity Martinez through two defenders set up an own-goal by Minnesota Cheap Soccer Uniforms , as the ball deflected high in the air and just beyond the reach of leaping goalkeeper Vito Mannone. Martinez scored a goal of his own in the 16th minute, flicking one in off a pass from Justin Meram.But Minnesota fought back. Robin Lod scored just 2 minutes into the second half, and the visiting team really turned up the pressure after Atlanta’s Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was sent off in the 74th after picking up his second yellow card. With a man advantage, Minnesota had several good chances at the tying goal.In the end, Atlanta held on.It was time for another trophy presentation, something that is becoming quite familiar for this club.“Before the game, we talked again about being a winning club, winning trophies, being a big club,” Guzan said. “That’s what it’s about.” Atalanta rallied to draw 2-2 at Napoli on Wednesday in an entertaining Serie A match between two of the league’s most attack-minded sides.Atalanta remained third but slipped five points behind Juventus, which moved back to the top of Serie A a point above Inter Milan after a stoppage-time penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo gave it a 2-1 win over Genoa.Nikola Maksimovic and Arkadiusz Milik scored for Napoli Cheap Liverpool Soccer Jerseys , either side of Remo Freuler’s equalizer.But Josip Ilicic leveled for Atalanta four minutes from time, with Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti and an assistant then sent to the stands for their protests as they felt there should have been a penalty moments earlier when Fernando Llorente appeared to be elbowed over by Simon Kjær.“For the first time I don’t want to talk much tonight. I feel offended as a professional and I’m disappointed,” Ancelotti said. “The defender doesn’t even look at the ball and goes straight for Llorente to try and stop him from jumping. It was a clear penalty. They made a dreadful mistake.“As far as I’m concerned, you didn’t even need VAR but it’s ridiculous that the referee didn’t go to see the replay … I don’t want to say anything else because I wasn’t shown respect and nor was my club.”Milik also twice hit the woodwork for Napoli before finally getting his goal.Napoli remained three points behind Atalanta but fell to sixth.LAST-GASP WINRonaldo had a goal disallowed in stoppage time but then won and converted a penalty to seal the victory against Genoa, which played nearly all of the second half with 10 men.“We believed in it and tried right until the end,” Ronaldo said. “We created many opportunities, we wanted to win and with each passing minute the tension increased. We knew that Inter had won yesterday and we were second and this was one an added stimulus.”Maurizio Sarri’s men were looking to bounce back from a disappointing 1-1 draw at Lecce at the weekend and Leonardo Bonucci headed them in front in the 36th.But Christian Kouamé leveled five minutes later with a bit of luck as he miskicked the ball off his other leg and it wrongfooted Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.Francesco Cassata was sent off for a second yellow card five minutes after the interval but Genoa’s chances to hold on were boosted when Juventus substitute Adrien Rabiot was also dismissed for two bookings three minutes from time.Ronaldo, who had earlier missed a sitter, thought he had won the match in the fourth minute of stoppage time but the goal was disallowed for offside.The Portugal international was given a second chance minutes later when he was tripped by Antonio Sanabria and he drove the penalty into the bottom left corner.OTHER MATCHESRoma defender Federico Fazio was sent off after just 32 minutes but the capital side managed to win 4-0 at Udinese to move fourth.Lazio is a point further back after beating Torino by the same scoreline.Also: Calgiari beat Bologna 3-2, Fiorentina won 2-1 at Sassuolo and Sampdoria drew 1-1 with Lecce.