“Win, just win,” Atlanta United’s Justin Meram said. “It’s important for us to win. Take care of the home games. We are coming off a disappointing loss at Philly. We need to get right back to where we left off, especially at home.”

Atlanta United trails first-place by NYCFC by six points, but has played one less game.

If Atlanta United wins its remaining games it will finish in first in the East with 66 points. One of those wins would come at NYCFC on Sept. 25, which would mean that the Boys in Blue could also finish with a maximum of 66 points. But Atlanta United would hold the first tiebreaker, which is number of wins, 21-19. Even if Philadelphia, which is in second with 51 points, were to win its remaining five games and finish with 66 points, it would lose the first tiebreaker because it would finish with 20 wins.

“I’m convinced if we win every game we will be at the top of the table,” said Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer, who noted that magic numbers aren’t a thing in his native Holland. “We have everything in our hands. That is our goal.”