Zelerayan took the set piece and crossed to Artur for a header that just went left of goal. Late in the 79th minute, The Crew was award a free kick following a foul by Cristian Arango. With tempers flaring back up, LAFC's Sanchez and Palacios both picked up a yellow card apiece in the 75th minute. LAFC got the ball off a turnover from Nagbe just outside his own box, and Jose Cifuentes scored from the centre of the box which put them up 0-2. The 73rd minute proved to be the nail in the coffin for Columbus. From that point, the frustration of the Black & Gold became visible. In the 62nd minute, LAFC opened the scoring from the left foot of Carlos Vela to go up 0-1. Unfortunately, VAR strikes again, shows that Yeboah was just a fraction offside and the goal is overturned. Miguel Berry got the ball to Yaw Yeboah in a tight window, who put it past Crepeau. Columbus were awarded a free kick from the left wing. In the 55th minute, Luis Murillo fouled Zelarayan hard, resulting in a subsequent. For much of the game, LAFC's game plan looked to trap the Crew's star Zeleryan and prevent him from scoring or even assisting in setting up others. LAFC responded in the 53rd minute when Carlos Vela sent the ball from the centre of the box just left of the goal. In the 52nd minute, Zeleryan laid a shot on goal from outside the box that just missed the top left corner. Going into halftime the score was leveled at 0-0 Photo courtesy of the Columbus CrewĬoming out of halftime, LAFC made some adjustments and brought in Brian Rodriguez and Carlos Vela. With tensions still high due to the long delay, Columbus still created plenty of opportunities to break open the scoring. In the 35th minute Zeleryan was fouled hard and resulted in the yellow card coming out on Kellyn Acosta and the Crew were awarded a free kick but were unable to capitalize on it. After further review, Yeboah was clearly shown to be offside, and the goal was overturned and the game remained even at 0-0. In the 22nd minute the Crew had the best chance so far to score when Yeboah put one by the keeper Maxime Crepeau. Things started off chippy coming out of the weather delay. After another hour delay, the teams finally kicked off 4 1/2 hours later. in the 3rd minute the weather struck again. Not because of stoppage time, but because of weather which pushed the initial 3:30pm EDT kickoff back three hours.įinally, the game got underway. The Columbus Crew hosted LAFC on Saturday, in what would be a lengthy match. Photo: Graham Stokes - Icon SportsWire via Getty Images
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