New England and Columbus Crew draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

FOXBOROUGH. New England manages to recover against Columbus Crew with a goal on the M. Berry 27' and a goal on the E. Hurtado 89'.

New England and Columbus Crew draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

FOXBOROUGH. New England comes back against Columbus Crew with a goal on the M. Berry 27′ and a goal on the E. Hurtado 89′. New England was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Gillette Stadium stadium in Foxborough on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Nima Saghafi assisted by Jason White and Meghan Mullen. The 4th official was Chris Ruska. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 9 Total 8
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 4
  • 4 Shots blocked 0
  • 146 Attack 76
  • 79 Dangerous attack 32
  • 67 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

New England was in firm control of the ball 64% while Columbus Crew was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

New England was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough New England to win the match​.

New England shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Columbus Crew shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

New England received 1 yellow card (A. Farrell). On the other side, Columbus Crew received 2 yellow cards (A. Morris and Artur).

Match Timeline

27'
41'
Aidan Morris- Yellow
46'
Andrew Farrell- Yellow
58'
60'
Emmanuel Boateng- sub ->D. Rivera
67'
68'
DeJuan Jones(goal)
71'
72'
82'
84'
84'
89'
90'

Standings

After playing this contest, New England will have 11 points like Atlanta United, Toronto and Portland Timbers to go down in the 21st place. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew will have 13 points like New York City, Charlotte and Cincinnati to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, New England will play away against Chicago Fire on the 8th of October with a 23-18 head to head in favor of Chicago Fire (13 draws).

Columbus Crew will play away agasint Orlando City on the 8th of October with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Orlando City (3 draws).

New England – Formation

New England
G
Matt Turner 30.United States
6.6
D
Andrew Farrell 2.United States
6.9
68' 58'
D
Henry Kessler 4.United States
6.7
D
Brandon Bye  15.United States
7.4
D
DeJuan Jones 24.United States
7.1
Goals71'
M
Sebastian Lletget 17.United States
7.1
84'
M
Tommy McNamara 26.United States
6.9
M
Matt Polster 8.United States
6.8
M
Damián Rivera 72.Costa Rica
7.0
67'
F
Carles Gil 10.Spain
7.9
F
Adam Buksa 9.Poland
7.3
Goals82'
Substitutes
G
Djordje Petrovic 99.Serbia
D
Ryan Spaulding 34.United States
D
A. DeLaGarza 28.Guam
D
Mikolaj Luczak 3.United States
6.6
84'
M
Noel Buck 29.England
M
Maciel 13.Brazil
M
Emmanuel Boateng 11.Ghana
7.4
67'
F
Jozy Altidore 14.USA
6.4
68'

New England started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Bruce Arena decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

New England made 3 changes: D. Rivera for E. Boateng (67′), A. Farrell for J. Altidore (68′) and S. Lletget for O. Gonzalez (84′).

Columbus Crew – Formation

Columbus Crew
G
Eloy Room 1.Curaçao
6.2
D
Jonathan Mensah 4.Ghana
6.6
D
Josh Williams 3.United States
6.6
D
Pedro Santos 7.Portugal
6.8
D
7.8
M
Darlington Nagbe 6.United States
6.3
M
Artur 8.Brazil
6.2
60'
M
Aidan Morris 21.United States
7.1
84' 41'
F
James Igbekeme 26.Nigeria
6.4
90'
F
Miguel Berry 27.Spain
7.1
46' Goals27'
F
Yaw Yeboah 14.Ghana
7.3
72'
Substitutes
G
Brady Scott 32.United States
D
William Sands 30.United States
D
J. Anibaba 23.USA
D
Milos Degenek  5.Australia
90'
M
Alexandru Mățan 20.Romania
M
Luis Díaz 12.Costa Rica
6.4
72'
M
L. Zelarayán 10.Armenia
6.6
46'
F
Erik Hurtado 19.United States
7.3
84' Goals89'

Columbus Crew started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Caleb Porter played with: .

Substitutions

Columbus Crew made 4 changes: M. Berry for L. Zelarayan (46′), Y. Yeboah for L. Diaz (72′), A. Morris for E. Hurtado (84′) and J. Igbekeme for M. Degenek (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​