MLS

FT Saturday, August 16, 2014
LA Galaxy LLWWD 1
–
Columbus Crew WDWDL 4
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LA011
CLB224
Historic Crew Stadium · 20,729 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

4
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
4
55.5
Possession
44.5
17
SHOTS
21
5
ON GOAL
12
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
421
Accurate Passes
340
527
Passes
414
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
54
29
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
6
11
Tackles
9
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
41
21
Clearances
41

Head to Head

LA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CLB · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Steve ClarkG
  2. 4M ParkhurstCD-L
  3. 5Giancarlo GonzálezCD-R
  4. 14Waylon FrancisLB
  5. 16Eric GehrigRB
  6. 20Wil TrappCM-L
  7. 6Tony TchaniCM-R
  8. 9Justin MeramLM
  9. 13Ethan FinlayRM
  10. 29Adam BedellF
  11. 10Federico HiguaínRCF

Substitutes

  1. 28Matt LampsonSUB
  2. 19Jairo ArrietaSUB
  3. 2Tyson WahlSUB
  4. 17Ben SpeasSUB
  5. 18Aaron SchoenfeldSUB
  6. 21Chad BarsonSUB
  7. 23Kevan GeorgeSUB

LA · 4-4-2

  1. 18Jaime PenedoG
  2. 20A.J. DeLaGarzaCD-L
  3. 4Omar GonzálezCD-R
  4. 14Robbie RogersLB
  5. 33Dan GarganRB
  6. 19JuninhoCM-L
  7. 8Marcelo SarvasCM-R
  8. 10Landon DonovanLM
  9. 24Stefan IshizakiRM
  10. 11Gyasi ZardesCF-L
  11. 7Robbie KeaneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Raul MendiolaSUB
  2. 6Baggio HusidicSUB
  3. 22LeonardoSUB
  4. 2Todd DunivantSUB
  5. 9Alan GordonSUB
  6. 27Charlie RuggSUB
  7. 12Brian RoweSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Columbus Crew 1, LA Galaxy 0. Justin Meram (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tony Tchani.
  2. 33' Goal! Columbus Crew 2, LA Galaxy 0. Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Justin Meram.
  3. 49' Goal! Columbus Crew 2, LA Galaxy 1. Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dan Gargan with a cross.
  4. 63' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Aaron Schoenfeld replaces Adam Bedell.
  5. 64' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Baggio Husidic replaces Robbie Rogers.
  6. 70' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Alan Gordon replaces Stefan Ishizaki.
  7. 74' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Ben Speas replaces Justin Meram.
  8. 75' Goal! Columbus Crew 3, LA Galaxy 1. Ben Speas (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ethan Finlay.
  9. 84' Goal! Columbus Crew 4, LA Galaxy 1. Giancarlo Gonzalez (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Higuaín with a cross following a corner.
  10. 85' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Todd Dunivant replaces Dan Gargan.
  11. 88' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Kevan George replaces Federico Higuaín.

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