FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew, 2023 Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference Playoffs - Final

· MLS

FC Cincinnati

14': Brandon Vázquez
45'+3': Luciano Acosta

FT - ET
2 - 3

Columbus Crew

75': Alvas Powell (OG)
86': Diego Rossi
115': Christian Ramírez

Crew rally past Cincy in ET thriller to reach MLS Cup

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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

Competition: MLS

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

FC Cincinnati Substitutes:

Gerardo Valenzuela, Dominique Badji, Marco Angulo, Sergio Santos, Alec Kann, Raymon Gaddis, Malik Pinto, Bret Halsey, Obinna Nwobodo.

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

Columbus Crew Substitutes:

Evan Bush, Sean Zawadzki, Christian Ramírez, Max Arfsten, Yevhen Cheberko, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Julian Gressel, Jimmy Medranda, Kevin Molino.

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