FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew, 2023 Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference Playoffs - Final
· MLS2 - 3
Crew rally past Cincy in ET thriller to reach MLS Cup
Christian Ramirez scored in the 115th minute in extra time as the Columbus Crew rallied from a two-goal deficit to stun host FC Cincinnati 3-2 in the MLS Eastern Conference final on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 4': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 4': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 7': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 10': Delay in match because of an injury Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew).
- 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 12': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 14': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Columbus Crew 0. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Boupendza with a cross.
- 15': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 15': Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 15': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 17': Attempt saved. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 19': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexandru Matan.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
- 20': Delay in match because of an injury Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Matan.
- 22': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Santiago Arias.
- 22': Attempt missed. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 24': Attempt missed. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Brandon Vazquez following a fast break.
- 25': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 25': Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Offside, Columbus Crew. Yaw Yeboah is caught offside.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Matan with a through ball.
- 32': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 33': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 33': Hand ball by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 36': 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.
- 36': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 36': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 39': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Junior Moreno is caught offside.
- 41': Foul by Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati).
- 41': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 44': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 45'+2': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 45'+2': Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 0. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal following a set piece situation.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 0.
- 47': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Yuya Kubo.
- 48': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 48': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 51': Attempt saved. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 51': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
- 54': Hand ball by Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew).
- 56': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 56': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 59': Attempt missed. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Santiago Arias.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aidan Morris.
- 63': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 65': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aidan Morris.
- 65': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Julian Gressel replaces Mohamed Farsi.
- 65': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Raymon Gaddis replaces Santiago Arias.
- 65': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Christian Ramírez replaces Aidan Morris.
- 66': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 67': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Aaron Boupendza is caught offside.
- 68': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Aaron Boupendza is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 69': Attempt saved. Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 69': Attempt saved. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 69': Hand ball by Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati).
- 70': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Yerson Mosquera.
- 72': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yaw Yeboah with a cross.
- 72': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 73': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Dominique Badji replaces Aaron Boupendza.
- 73': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 75': Own Goal by Alvas Powell, FC Cincinnati. FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 1.
- 76': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Sean Zawadzki replaces Yaw Yeboah.
- 77': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew).
- 78': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 79': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 79': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cucho Hernández with a cross.
- 82': Foul by Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati).
- 82': Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 85': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Obinna Nwobodo replaces Yuya Kubo.
- 86': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 2. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 89': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Raymon Gaddis.
- 90': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross.
- 90'+2': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Dominique Badji is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+3': Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 2.
- 90': First Half Extra Time begins FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 2.
- 90': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Yevhen Cheberko replaces Rudy Camacho because of an injury.
- 91': Hand ball by Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati).
- 92': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 92': Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 95': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 95': Foul by Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew).
- 98': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 99': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 99': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 99': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 100': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
- 100': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 101': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross following a corner.
- 101': Attempt missed. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cucho Hernández following a corner.
- 102': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 102': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 104': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
- 104': Attempt blocked. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 104': Attempt blocked. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
- 104': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 104': Foul by Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati).
- 105': First Half Extra Time ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 2.
- 105': Second Half Extra Time begins FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 2.
- 105': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Marco Angulo replaces Junior Moreno.
- 105': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos replaces Brandon Vazquez.
- 106': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
- 109': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 109': Foul by Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew).
- 109': Attempt saved. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cucho Hernández with a cross.
- 110': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 110': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
- 111': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Kevin Molino replaces Alexandru Matan.
- 115': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 3. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cucho Hernández with a headed pass.
- 116': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 116': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 117': Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 118': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Yerson Mosquera.
- 120'+1': Foul by Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew).
- 120'+1': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 120'+1': Julian Gressel (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 120'+2': Attempt missed. Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 120'+3': Second Half Extra Time ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 3.
- 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 3.
Statistics
CLB | CIN | |
---|---|---|
14 | Fouls | 25 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 4 |
8 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
5 | Saves | 5 |
63.1 | Possession | 36.9 |
26 | SHOTS | 11 |
8 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
670 | Accurate Passes | 366 |
765 | Passes | 453 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
8 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
33 | Crosses | 13 |
0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
39 | Long Balls | 66 |
21 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
12 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
14 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
17 | Tackles | 28 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
11 | Interceptions | 15 |
9 | Effective Clearances | 37 |
9 | Clearances | 37 |
Game Information
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 25,513
Line-Ups
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
15 | Yerson Mosquera |
32 | Ian Murphy |
2 | Alvas Powell |
93 | Júnior Moreno |
7 | Yuya Kubo |
10 | Luciano Acosta |
31 | Álvaro Barreal |
13 | Santiago Arias |
9 | Aaron-Salem Boupendza |
19 | Brandon Vázquez |
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 |
23 | Mohamed Farsi |
9 | Cucho Hernández |
10 | Diego Rossi |
20 | Alexandru Matan |
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