Match Report
13 points and 3 places separated them: Columbus Crew 7th with 54, SJ Earthquakes 10th with 41. On recent form Columbus Crew sat only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Columbus Crew were scoring 1.62 and conceding 1.5, SJ Earthquakes 1.76 and 1.85, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Columbus Crew held 10 points of 15 and SJ Earthquakes 4.
Lower.com Field in Columbus staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,371. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Columbus Crew: Sean Zawadzki (28'), Max Arfsten (62') · SJ Earthquakes: Josef Martínez (40')