MLS

FT Saturday, July 28, 2018
Columbus Crew LWLLW 3
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Red Bull New York WLWWW 2
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Match Report

AP Photo/Adam Hunger

Columbus Crew SC nearly blows lead, holds on to beat Red Bulls

The Columbus Crew jumped to an early three-goal lead, then held on to defeat the New York Red Bulls 3-2 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
46.9
Possession
53.1
10
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
280
Accurate Passes
319
379
Passes
423
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
51
37
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
16
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

RBNY leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RBNY · 5-4-1

  1. 31Luis RoblesG
  2. 78Aurélien CollinD
  3. 33Aaron LongD
  4. 26Tim ParkerD
  5. 90Marc RzatkowskiM
  6. 62Amir MurilloM
  7. 5Connor LadeM
  8. 27Sean DavisM
  9. 77Daniel RoyerF
  10. 7Derrick Etienne Jr.F
  11. 4Tyler AdamsF

Substitutes

  1. 10Alejandro Romero GamarraM
  2. 19Alex MuylM
  3. 99Bradley Wright-PhillipsF
  4. 41Ethan KutlerSUB
  5. 29Fidel EscobarSUB
  6. 18Ryan MearaSUB
  7. 92Kemar LawrenceSUB

CLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Zack SteffenG
  2. 3Josh WilliamsCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan MensahCD-R
  4. 19Milton ValenzuelaLB
  5. 25Harrison AffulRB
  6. 32Patrick MullinsAM
  7. 6Wil TrappLM
  8. 7ArturRM
  9. 11Gyasi ZardesF
  10. 9Pedro SantosAM-L
  11. 28Niko HansenAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Federico HiguaínSUB
  2. 24Jon KempinSUB
  3. 16Hector JimenezSUB
  4. 17Lalas AbubakarSUB
  5. 27Edward OpokuSUB
  6. 13Mike GrellaSUB
  7. 2Ricardo ClarkSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! New York Red Bulls 0, Columbus Crew SC 1. Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Mullins with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  2. 21' Aurélien Collin (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Goal! New York Red Bulls 0, Columbus Crew SC 2. Patrick Mullins (Columbus Crew SC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harrison Afful with a through ball.
  4. 31' Own Goal by Sean Davis, New York Red Bulls. New York Red Bulls 0, Columbus Crew SC 3.
  5. 45' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Bradley Wright-Phillips replaces Aurélien Collin.
  6. 45' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Lalas Abubakar replaces Josh Williams.
  7. 45' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Alejandro Romero Gamarra replaces Sean Davis.
  8. 50' Own Goal by Jonathan Mensah, Columbus Crew SC. New York Red Bulls 1, Columbus Crew SC 3.
  9. 56' Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Edward Opoku replaces Niko Hansen.
  11. 69' Goal! New York Red Bulls 2, Columbus Crew SC 3. Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Romero Gamarra with a cross.
  12. 69' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Alex Muyl replaces Derrick Etienne.
  13. 73' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Héctor Jiménez replaces Milton Valenzuela.
  14. 77' Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90' Artur (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card.

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