Columbus Crew vs FC Cincinnati, 2022 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSCucho Hernandez scores again as Columbus Crew blank FC Cincinnati
Cucho Hernandez had a historic goal as the host Columbus Crew beat FC Cincinnati on the road on Sunday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 1': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 3': Attempt saved. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brandon Vázquez with a cross.
- 4': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 10': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
- 11': Derrick Etienne (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Raymon Gaddis (FC Cincinnati).
- 12': Foul by Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 12': Josh Williams (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe with a through ball.
- 13': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
- 15': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 15': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 16': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, FC Cincinnati 0. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 19': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 19': Luis Díaz (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross.
- 28': Attempt missed. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Brandon Vázquez with a headed pass.
- 29': Brenner (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew).
- 30': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ian Murphy.
- 31': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Pedro Santos.
- 31': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Eloy Room.
- 32': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Eloy Room.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Allan Cruz (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross.
- 34': Foul by Luis Díaz (Columbus Crew).
- 34': John Nelson (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 36': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati).
- 37': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 38': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 39': Attempt missed. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán following a corner.
- 39': Foul by Raymon Gaddis (FC Cincinnati).
- 39': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 40': Luis Díaz (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross.
- 42': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 43': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 43': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, FC Cincinnati 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 1, FC Cincinnati 0.
- 46': Foul by Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati).
- 46': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 48': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
- 50': Attempt saved. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
- 50': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
- 52': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 54': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Geoff Cameron replaces John Nelson.
- 55': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Arquimides Ordóñez replaces Yuya Kubo.
- 55': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Ian Murphy tries a through ball, but Arquimides Ordóñez is caught offside.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Derrick Etienne.
- 56': Attempt missed. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 56': Attempt missed. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 58': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Arquimides Ordóñez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Brandon Vázquez with a cross.
- 61': Attempt saved. Arquimides Ordóñez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raymon Gaddis with a headed pass.
- 62': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 62': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Attempt missed. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 64': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Erik Hurtado replaces Cucho Hernández.
- 65': Foul by Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati).
- 65': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Allan Cruz (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew).
- 69': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Haris Medunjanin replaces Allan Cruz.
- 69': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell replaces Raymon Gaddis.
- 71': Foul by Arquimides Ordóñez (FC Cincinnati).
- 71': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 71': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Arquimides Ordóñez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Haris Medunjanin.
- 73': Attempt missed. Luis Díaz (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Erik Hurtado.
- 74': Substitution, Columbus Crew. James Igbekeme replaces Luis Díaz.
- 75': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Erik Hurtado (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 76': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 78': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 78': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Foul by Arquimides Ordóñez (FC Cincinnati).
- 80': Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
- 82': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Nick Hagglund tries a through ball, but Brandon Vázquez is caught offside.
- 83': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Calvin Harris replaces Ian Murphy.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 84': Penalty conceded by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 84': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 86': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 0. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 88': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew).
- 89': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Milos Degenek replaces Lucas Zelarayán.
- 90'+2': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 0.
- 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 0.
Statistics
 CIN |
CLB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
| 0 | Saves | 0 |
| 0 | Possession | 0 |
| 0 | SHOTS | 0 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 0 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Passes | 0 |
| 0 | Passes | 0 |
| 0.0 | Pass Completion % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 0 | Crosses | 0 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Long Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Long Balls | 0 |
| 0.0 | Long Balls % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Tackles | 0 |
| 0 | Tackles | 0 |
| 0.0 | Tackle % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Clearances | 0 |
| 0 | Clearances | 0 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,741
Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,741
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 |
Line-Ups
Columbus Crew (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eloy Room (GK) |
| 3 | Josh Williams |
| 4 | Jonathan Mensah |
| 7 | Pedro Santos |
| 31 | Steven Moreira  |
| 10 | Lucas Zelarayán |
| 21 | Aidan Morris |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 9 | Cucho Hernández |
| 22 | Derrick Etienne Jr. |
| 12 | Luis Díaz |
FC Cincinnati (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
| 32 | Ian Murphy |
| 4 | Nick Hagglund |
| 3 | John Nelson |
| 28 | Raymon Gaddis |
| 9 | Brenner |
| 5 | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 8 | Allan Cruz |
| 19 | Brandon Vázquez |
| 31 | Álvaro Barreal |
| 7 | Yuya Kubo |
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