Match Report
23 points for Columbus Crew (13th), 35 for Colorado Rapids (7th): a 12-point gap. On recent form Columbus Crew sat only 30th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Columbus Crew 1.4 scored and 1.68 conceded per game, Colorado Rapids 1.32 and 1.28, with the league averaging 1.6.
Defeat had followed defeat for Columbus Crew — four in succession, having scored in 12 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Columbus Crew 1/15, Colorado Rapids 12/15.
A. Da Silva officiated: 47 games logged, averaging 2.7 yellow cards each. Lower.com Field, capacity 20,371, hosted the game. Columbus Crew led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Columbus Crew: Santiago Rodríguez (22'), Gonzalo Tapia (81'), Taha Habroune (90')
Key stats
Possession: Columbus Crew 54% · Colorado Rapids 46% · Total shots: 15-10 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 1-3