MLS

Columbus Crew vs FC Dallas, 2019 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
Columbus Crew
  • 10': Gaston Sauro
FT
1 - 0
FC Dallas

    Sauro goal lifts Columbus Crew over FC Dallas to maintain hold on first

    Gaston Sauro's first-half goal was the difference when Columbus Crew SC remained unbeaten with a 1-0 victory against FC Dallas at Mapfre Stadium.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 1': Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas).
    • 6': Foul by Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 6': Michael Barrios (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Wil Trapp.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Mosquera.
    • 9': Foul by Matt Hedges (FC Dallas).
    • 9': Robinho (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Corner, Columbus Crew SC. Conceded by Marquinhos Pedroso.
    • 10': Goal! Columbus Crew SC 1, FC Dallas 0. Gastón Sauro (Columbus Crew SC) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Santos with a cross following a corner.
    • 15': Foul by Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas).
    • 15': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Robinho (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Waylon Francis.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 22': Foul by Robinho (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 22': Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 23': Foul by Santiago Mosquera (FC Dallas).
    • 23': Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Robinho (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 24': Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Santos.
    • 25': Corner, Columbus Crew SC. Conceded by Matt Hedges.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robinho.
    • 32': Foul by Carlos Gruezo (FC Dallas).
    • 32': Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gyasi Zardes.
    • 40': Foul by Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 40': Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 44': Artur (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas).
    • 44': Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Gruezo.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Columbus Crew SC 1, FC Dallas 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew SC 1, FC Dallas 0.
    • 47': Delay in match Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) because of an injury.
    • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 51': Foul by Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas).
    • 51': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Corner, Columbus Crew SC. Conceded by Jesse González.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Michael Barrios (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paxton Pomykal.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Santiago Mosquera (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reto Ziegler.
    • 64': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Harrison Afful.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Carlos Gruezo (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Robinho (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Higuaín.
    • 70': Substitution, FC Dallas. Jesús Ferreira replaces Santiago Mosquera.
    • 73': Foul by Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 73': Michael Barrios (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Substitution, FC Dallas. John Nelson replaces Marquinhos Pedroso.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gyasi Zardes.
    • 77': Foul by Bryan Acosta (FC Dallas).
    • 77': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Justin Meram replaces Robinho.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Gastón Sauro (Columbus Crew SC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Higuaín following a set piece situation.
    • 82': Substitution, FC Dallas. Pablo Aránguiz replaces Bryan Acosta.
    • 83': Foul by Artur (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 83': Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Foul by Justin Meram (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 85': Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Delay in match Artur (Columbus Crew SC) because of an injury.
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 87': Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Ricardo Clark replaces Artur.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paxton Pomykal.
    • 88': Foul by Michael Barrios (FC Dallas).
    • 88': Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Jonathan Mensah.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Matt Hedges (FC Dallas).
    • 90'+1': Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC).
    • 90'+2': Pablo Aránguiz (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+2': Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Héctor Jiménez replaces Pedro Santos.
    • 90'+3': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Gastón Sauro.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Carlos Gruezo (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+5': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Justin Meram.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by John Nelson following a corner.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew SC 1, FC Dallas 0.
    • 90'+6': Match ends, Columbus Crew SC 1, FC Dallas 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 9
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 3
    2 Saves 2
    54.9 Possession 45.1
    8 SHOTS 10
    2 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    545 Accurate Passes 447
    635 Passes 524
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 2
    23 Crosses 14
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    51 Long Balls 56
    22 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 2
    17 Effective Tackles 11
    24 Tackles 17
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 13
    10 Effective Clearances 20
    10 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
    Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Attendance: 9,687

    MLS Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 +13 12
    2 LAFC 4 +8 12
    3 San Diego FC 4 +8 10
    4 San Jose Earthquakes 4 +5 9
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    Line-Ups

    CLB Columbus Crew (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    23 Zack Steffen (GK)
    22 Gaston Sauro
    4 Jonathan Mensah
    14 Waylon Francis Yellow Card
    25 Harrison Afful
    10 Federico Higuaín
    6 Wil Trapp
    8 Artur
    11 Gyasi Zardes
    18 Robinho
    7 Pedro Santos
    Columbus Crew Substitutes:
    Josh Williams, Patrick Mullins, Justin Meram, Joe Bendik, Ricardo Clark, Hector Jimenez, Jerome Williams.

    DAL FC Dallas (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Jesse Gonzalez (GK)
    3 Reto Ziegler
    24 Matt Hedges
    6 Marquinhos Pedroso
    12 Ryan Hollingshead
    7 Carlos Gruezo
    19 Paxton Pomykal
    8 Bryan Acosta Yellow Card
    14 Dominique Badji
    11 Hárold Mosquera
    21 Michael Barrios
    FC Dallas Substitutes:
    Jimmy Maurer, Edwin Cerrillo, Bressan, Pablo Aránguiz, Jesús Ferreira, John Nelson, Thomas Roberts.

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