Columbus Crew vs Philadelphia Union, 2023 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSCrew knot Union 1-1 on late Cucho Hernandez PK
A Cucho Hernandez penalty kick in the 72nd minute rallied the host Columbus Crew to a 1-1 tie with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Hand ball by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
- 3': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Matan.
- 4': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Chris Donovan.
- 5': Attempt missed. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross following a corner.
- 7': Offside, Columbus Crew. Malte Amundsen tries a through ball, but Yaw Yeboah is caught offside.
- 9': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Damion Lowe.
- 11': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 12': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
- 14': VAR Decision: No Penalty Philadelphia Union.
- 16': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Steven Moreira.
- 16': Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew).
- 18': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 23': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Julian Gressel.
- 23': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 23': Attempt missed. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya following a corner.
- 25': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Steven Moreira.
- 26': Attempt missed. Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 28': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Bueno.
- 31': Attempt saved. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
- 31': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Andre Blake.
- 32': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe following a fast break.
- 34': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a cross.
- 34': Foul by Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union).
- 34': Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Matan.
- 36': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 37': Attempt saved. Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 40': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
- 41': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 41': Attempt missed. Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+3': Offside, Columbus Crew. Steven Moreira tries a through ball, but Alexandru Matan is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Hand ball by Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew).
- 45'+5': Attempt saved. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Damion Lowe.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
- 45': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Dániel Gazdag replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
- 45': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Julián Carranza replaces Quinn Sullivan.
- 45': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Mikael Uhre replaces Chris Donovan.
- 46': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Damion Lowe.
- 48': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 48': Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Aidan Morris.
- 50': Goal! Columbus Crew 0, Philadelphia Union 1. Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 51': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Olivier Mbaizo.
- 52': Hand ball by Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union).
- 52': Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 53': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Steven Moreira.
- 55': Attempt missed. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Damion Lowe.
- 56': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union).
- 57': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
- 57': Attempt missed. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross following a corner.
- 57': Attempt saved. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
- 57': Attempt missed. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 58': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 58': Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Hand ball by Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew).
- 60': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
- 60': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Christian Ramírez replaces Aidan Morris.
- 61': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jesús Bueno.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross.
- 63': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
- 64': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jesús Bueno.
- 65': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn tries a through ball, but Julián Carranza is caught offside.
- 66': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Julián Carranza.
- 67': Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Foul by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
- 71': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 71': Penalty conceded by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 71': Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 72': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card.
- 72': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 1. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 74': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jesús Bueno.
- 75': Delay in match because of an injury Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
- 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Matt Real replaces Kai Wagner because of an injury.
- 79': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Mohamed Farsi replaces Julian Gressel.
- 81': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
- 81': Attempt missed. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jack McGlynn with a cross following a corner.
- 81': Delay in match because of an injury Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union).
- 81': Delay in match because of an injury Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 84': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
- 85': Attempt missed. Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack McGlynn with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Attempt missed. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Real with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Kevin Molino replaces Alexandru Matan.
- 86': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 87': Foul by Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew).
- 87': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jesús Bueno.
- 90'+1': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+1': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yaw Yeboah.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 1.
- 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 1.
- 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 1.
Statistics
 PHI |
CLB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 8 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 12 |
| 8 | Saves | 1 |
| 32.2 | Possession | 67.8 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 23 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 181 | Accurate Passes | 483 |
| 251 | Passes | 547 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 19 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 19 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 26 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,456
Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,456
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 8 | +13 | 19 |
| 2 | Inter Miami CF | 8 | +2 | 15 |
| 3 | Charlotte FC | 8 | +5 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire FC | 8 | +4 | 14 |
Line-Ups
Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Patrick Schulte (GK) |
| 4 | Rudy Camacho |
| 18 | Malte Amundsen  |
| 31 | Steven Moreira |
| 8 | Aidan Morris |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 14 | Yaw Yeboah |
| 7 | Julian Gressel |
| 9 | Cucho Hernández |
| 10 | Diego Rossi |
| 20 | Alexandru Matan |
Philadelphia Union (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Andre Blake (GK) |
| 3 | Jack Elliott |
| 17 | Damion Lowe |
| 26 | Nathan Harriel |
| 16 | Jack McGlynn |
| 11 | Alejandro Bedoya |
| 20 | Jesús Bueno |
| 27 | Kai Wagner |
| 15 | Olivier Mbaizo |
| 25 | Chris Donovan |
| 33 | Quinn Sullivan |
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