who was selected in the MLS SuperDraft<\/a> in 2024, is now learning under the tutelage of a 37-year-old veteran in Hoyos. Hibbert is brushing up on his Spanish and taking note about how he can improve his play with the ball at his feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n“I thought I was calm player, but this guy in the net is super suave,” Hibbert said. “He says that all the time. ‘Suave, suave.’ Smooth, relaxed … He’s been a great tool for me.”<\/p>\n
\n Quick turnaround takeaways<\/p>\n
Tuesday night’s match is a rare opportunity for two coaches to show their tactical talents. It’ll mimic some other U.S. sports like basketball and baseball, where series in the postseason highlight the coaches that can made changes on the fly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Of course, there are things tactically that we’re analyzing,” Martino said. “There are things that we’ve seen in the last match, whether it’s in the defensive or attacking phase that we need to have in account.”<\/p>\n
Head coach Tata Martino’s side had the best of the majority of the match following Orlando City’s early goal on Saturday, and they’ll use that as the blueprint for their approach to Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Match stats following Orlando City’s 18′ goal Saturday night:<\/p>\n
Stat<\/p>\n
Atlanta United<\/p>\n
Orlando City<\/p>\n
Possession<\/p>\n
56.5%<\/p>\n
43.5%<\/p>\n
Expected Goals<\/p>\n
1.48<\/p>\n
0.40<\/p>\n
Shots<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Shots on target<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
Corners<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
The key to the second half was an even fiercer press than they started the match with. That’ll be a tough strategy to sustain once against Tuesday, as the Florida heat and humidity will certainly play a factor, but it doesn’t mean Martino will call off the dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’m comfortable with [the press], because that’s what we’re aiming for,” Martino said. “But there’s also moments like what happened against Galaxy. I think we’ve been doing it well and we’ve been able to maintain it for periods of time. We want to prolong those periods but [also] understand that when we can’t, we have to be aware of those moments in transition.\u00a0If we’re making a decision between going and not going, I’m always going to prefer to go.”<\/p>\n
Playing back-to-back games against an opponent does provide wrinkles, but Martino didn’t see it as an advantage for either side. He did point out, though, that Orlando will be playing their third match in less than a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“If there were any advantages, it would be the same for both teams in this situation,” Martino said, “with the difference being that we know Orlando has played more minutes over the last week than we have.”<\/p>\n
Hibbert also pointed out that the 5-Stripes will have to come out with more energy, especially knowing that Orlando could be run down:<\/p>\n
“We’re going to use everything we can to try and beat them into the ground and move on to the semifinal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These rivals already see each other twice a year, but on Tuesday, it’ll be twice within the span…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17157,111199,1653,9500,115,139,141,140,117880,116827],"class_list":["post-277761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-atlanta-united-fc","tag-availability-report","tag-jayden-hibbert","tag-match-preview","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsatl-05-19-2026","tag-tata-martino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}