MLS

Columbus Crew vs Red Bull New York, 2021 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
Columbus Crew
  • 18': Miguel Berry
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Red Bull New York
  • 7': Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 87': Sean Nealis

Nealis scores first goal since 2019, Red Bulls top Crew 2-1

— Sean Nealis scored in the 87nd minute for his first MLS goal since 2019 and the New York Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday night.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Andrés Reyes (New York Red Bulls).
  • 3': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
  • 5': Fábio (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Fábio (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dru Yearwood with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Cristian Cásseres Jr following a set piece situation.
  • 6': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Steven Moreira.
  • 7': Goal! Columbus Crew 0, New York Red Bulls 1. Cristian Cásseres Jr (New York Red Bulls) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Edwards with a cross following a corner.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Andrew Gutman (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Patryk Klimala with a cross.
  • 13': Foul by Andrés Reyes (New York Red Bulls).
  • 13': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Fábio (New York Red Bulls).
  • 16': Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card.
  • 18': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 1. Miguel Berry (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
  • 20': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Marlon Hairston.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Edwards with a cross following a corner.
  • 25': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Thomas Edwards.
  • 26': Foul by Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls).
  • 26': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 28': Foul by Cristian Cásseres Jr (New York Red Bulls).
  • 28': Vito Wormgoor (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Cristian Cásseres Jr (New York Red Bulls).
  • 30': Vito Wormgoor (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Kyle Duncan (New York Red Bulls).
  • 31': Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Andrés Reyes (New York Red Bulls).
  • 33': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 36': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Vito Wormgoor.
  • 36': Foul by Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls).
  • 36': Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Andrés Reyes (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 38': Foul by Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Edwards with a cross.
  • 39': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Vito Wormgoor.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Fábio (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Patryk Klimala with a cross following a corner.
  • 41': Foul by Sean Davis (New York Red Bulls).
  • 41': Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Andrés Reyes (New York Red Bulls).
  • 43': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Derrick Etienne (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Carlos Coronel.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Miguel Berry (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Mensah with a headed pass.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 1.
  • 45': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Wikelman Carmona replaces Thomas Edwards.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Gutman with a through ball.
  • 47': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kyle Duncan.
  • 48': Hand ball by Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew).
  • 49': Offside, New York Red Bulls. Andrew Gutman tries a through ball, but Patryk Klimala is caught offside.
  • 50': Penalty New York Red Bulls. Wikelman Carmona draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 50': Penalty conceded by Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 53': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Patryk Klimala should be disappointed.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fábio.
  • 60': Offside, New York Red Bulls. Dru Yearwood tries a through ball, but Cristian Cásseres Jr is caught offside.
  • 61': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kyle Duncan.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross.
  • 61': Cristian Cásseres Jr (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew).
  • 64': Attempt saved. Kyle Duncan (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 64': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Eloy Room.
  • 66': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 69': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
  • 69': Fábio (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls).
  • 70': Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Foul by Cristian Cásseres Jr (New York Red Bulls).
  • 70': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sean Davis.
  • 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Alexandru Irinel Matan replaces Derrick Etienne.
  • 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Liam Fraser replaces Marlon Hairston.
  • 74': Foul by Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew).
  • 74': Fábio (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Foul by Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls).
  • 77': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. John Tolkin replaces Fábio.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Kyle Duncan (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Wikelman Carmona (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 80': Foul by Miguel Berry (Columbus Crew).
  • 80': Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. Andrew Gutman (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 83': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Bradley Wright-Phillips replaces Pedro Santos.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Wikelman Carmona (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dru Yearwood.
  • 87': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 2. Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Patryk Klimala with a headed pass.
  • 89': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Tom Barlow replaces Patryk Klimala.
  • 90': Foul by Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew).
  • 90': Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Wikelman Carmona (New York Red Bulls).
  • 90'+1': Foul by Liam Fraser (Columbus Crew).
  • 90'+1': John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Frankie Amaya replaces Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  • 90'+3': Bradley Wright-Phillips (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Sean Davis (New York Red Bulls).
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Bradley Wright-Phillips (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a cross.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 1, New York Red Bulls 2.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 6
1 Saves 3
48 Possession 52
17 SHOTS 6
5 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
281 Accurate Passes 315
385 Passes 418
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
9 Accurate Crosses 5
21 Crosses 16
0.4 Cross % 0.3
58 Long Balls 75
15 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 2
12 Effective Tackles 8
23 Tackles 15
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
13 Interceptions 11
17 Effective Clearances 16
17 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 17,891

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 New York City FC 3 +6 7
2 Nashville SC 3 +5 7
3 Inter Miami CF 3 0 6
4 Red Bull New York 3 -1 6
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Eloy Room (GK)
5 Vito Wormgoor
4 Jonathan Mensah
19 Milton Valenzuela
31 Steven Moreira
10 Lucas Zelarayán
17 Marlon Hairston
6 Darlington Nagbe
27 Miguel Berry
22 Derrick Etienne Jr.
7 Pedro Santos
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Evan Bush, Alexandru Matan, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Aboubacar Keita, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Waylon Francis, Harrison Afful, Liam Fraser.

RBNY Red Bull New York (3-4-3)

No. Name
13 Carlos Coronel (GK)
15 Sean Nealis
4 Andrés Reyes
7 Thomas Edwards
27 Sean Davis
16 Dru Yearwood Yellow Card
5 Andrew Gutman
6 Kyle Duncan
10 Patryk Klimala Yellow Card
9 Fábio
23 Cristian Cásseres Jr.
Red Bull New York Substitutes:
John Tolkin, Frankie Amaya, Lucas Monzón, Wikelman Carmona, Ryan Meara, Tom Barlow, Daniel Royer, Caden Clark, Youba Diarra.

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