MLS

FT Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Columbus Crew DDWWW 2
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Philadelphia Union LLDDL 1
1st2ndT
CLB112
PHI101
Subaru Park · 16,568 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
1
39.5
Possession
60.5
8
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
193
Accurate Passes
340
273
Passes
412
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
35
0.4
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
39
18
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
9
15
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
7
57
Clearances
18

Head to Head

CLB leads series 3-2

Lineups

PHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Zac MacMathG
  2. 2Carlos ValdésCD-L
  3. 14Amobi OkugoCD-R
  4. 15Gabriel FarfánLB
  5. 25Sheanon WilliamsRB
  6. 13Michael LahoudLM
  7. 7Brian CarrollRM
  8. 9Jack McInerneyF
  9. 21Michael FarfanRCF
  10. 6Gabriel GómezAM-L
  11. 44Danny CruzAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Freddy AduSUB
  2. 12Chandler HoffmanSUB
  3. 29Antoine HoppenotSUB
  4. 28Raymon GaddisSUB
  5. 32Chase HarrisonSUB
  6. 17Josué MartínezSUB
  7. 26Keon DanielSUB

CLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Matt LampsonG
  2. 5Danny O'RourkeCD-L
  3. 14Chad MarshallCD-R
  4. 3Josh WilliamsLB
  5. 21Sebastián MirandaRB
  6. 10Milovan MirosevicLM
  7. 8Chris BirchallRM
  8. 25Jairo ArrietaF
  9. 33Federico HiguaínRCF
  10. 11Dilly DukaAM-L
  11. 12Eddie GavenAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Nemanja VukovicSUB
  2. 9Justin MeramSUB
  3. 20Emilio RenteríaSUB
  4. 6Tony TchaniSUB
  5. 22Cole GrossmanSUB
  6. 26Julius JamesSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Chris Birchall (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Columbus Crew 0. Carlos Valdes (Philadelphia Union) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 41' Attempt missed. Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  4. 55' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 61' Foul by Dilly Duka (Columbus Crew).
  6. 66' Antoine Hoppenot (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  7. 68' Josh Williams (Columbus Crew) Red Card at 68'
  8. 69' Josh Williams (Columbus Crew) is shown the red card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Birchall.
  10. 77' Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Sebastian Miranda.
  11. 84' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Cole Grossman replaces Chris Birchall.
  12. 90'+5' Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Columbus Crew 2. Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Justin Meram.

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