Opportunity. The best teams take it when it presents itself. Too many times over the past couple of years, this hasn’t been something that Atlético has done. Saturday continued a trend of this team bucking that trend. It was also another instance of the team meeting adversity head-on, absorbing
It was Noah Abatneh off the cross at the death on Easter Weekend, as ATO rode to new life against York United, claiming all three points. The dub and the 3,337 in attendance on Saturday afternoon were treated to basketball-like soccer as two refreshingly open teams traded blows from
Belief. Every soul that walked into TD Place on Saturday had it coursing through their veins. The first two matches had brought forward the most entertaining football the team has ever played. As such, conceding an early goal didn’t bring down the mood in the stands. A frustrating refereeing
It was easy like a Sunday morning on Sunday afternoon, as Atlético Ottawa played Vancouver FC off the pitch in a 4-1 rout. Diego Mejía’s side showed it was head and shoulders above its opposition from early on in the match, and by the halftime whistle, they were leading
Proof of concept. Any organization, whether it's sporting or not, needs to display a proof of concept when it undergoes fundamental change. Atlético Ottawa gave us glimpses of that in the final 30 minutes of their opening match, and, in their second, showed a full 90 minutes of