Major League Soccer: DC United and Columbus Crew draw 2-2 on Wednesday
WASHINGTON. DC United manages to recover against Columbus Crew with 2 goals from Cucho from a goal on the 81' and a goal on the 63'.
WASHINGTON. DC United manages to recover against Columbus Crew with 2 goals from Cucho from a goal on the 81′ and a goal on the 63′.
T. Fountas missed a decisive penalty (73′). That would have allowed DC United to win the match.
T. Fountas missed 1 penalty (73′) for DC United.
The match was played at the Audi Field stadium in Washington on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Rosendo Mendoza who had the assistance of Logan Brown and Gjovalin Bori. The 4th official was Adam Kilpatrick. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 28 degrees Celsius or 82.38 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 24%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. DC United was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Columbus Crew that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
DC United was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for DC United to win the match.
DC United shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
DC United received 2 yellow cards (C. Odoi-Atsem and D. Skundrich). On the opposite side, Columbus Crew received 2 yellow cards (E. Room and P. Santos).
After this match, DC United will have 17 points like Chicago Fire to stay in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew will have 25 points like New England to stay in the 8th place.
Match Events
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22'22'
C. Odoi-Atsem
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45'45'
D. Skundrich
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46'46'
L. Zelarayan
J. Igbekeme
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46'46'
Cucho
E. Hurtado
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46'46'
S. Djeffal
C. Odoi-Atsem
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63'63'
Cucho
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64'64'
O. Kamara
M. Estrada
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64'64'
K. Smith
J. Hopkins
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72'72'
E. Room
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73'73'
T. Fountas
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74'74'
S. Guediri
A. Najar
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75'75'
Y. Yeboah
L. Diaz
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75'75'
P. Santos
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80'80'
T. Fountas
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81'81'
Cucho
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82'82'
S. Zawadzki
D. Nagbe
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82'82'
T. Ku-DiPietro
D. Skundrich
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90'90'
O. Kamara
Next match
In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, DC United will play away against Minnesota United on the 17th of July with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Columbus Crew will host Cincinnati on the 17th of July with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Columbus Crew (3 draws).
DC United: Formation and Lineups
DC United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wayne Mark Rooney chose to play with the following team: Rafael Romo , Andy Najar , Steve Birnbaum , Brendan Hines-Ike , Chris Odoi-Atsem , Christopher Durkin , Drew Skundrich , Jackson Hopkins , Taxiarchis Fountas , Nigel Robertha and Michael Estrada .
Substitutes
DC United made 5 changes: C. Odoi-Atsem for S. Djeffal (46′), M. Estrada for O. Kamara (64′), J. Hopkins for K. Smith (64′), A. Najar for S. Guediri (74′) and D. Skundrich for T. Ku-DiPietro (82′).
Top player: Jackson Hopkins
Probably the most impressive player in DC United was Jackson Hopkins.
His rating is with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Columbus Crew: Formation and Lineups
Also Columbus Crew adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Caleb Porter played with: Eloy Room , Steven Moreira , Josh Williams , Jalil Anibaba , Pedro Santos , Darlington Nagbe , James Igbekeme , Luis Díaz , Aidan Morris , Derrick Etienne Junior and Erik Hurtado .
Substitutes
Columbus Crew made 4 changes: J. Igbekeme for L. Zelarayan (46′), E. Hurtado for Cucho (46′), L. Diaz for Y. Yeboah (74′) and D. Nagbe for S. Zawadzki (82′).
Top player: Cucho Hernández
The player who no doubt impressed Columbus Crew the most was Cucho Hernández.
His rating is with 2 goals, 11 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer
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