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Regular season · 2017 · Matchday 23

Columbus 3–1Chicago.

August 12, 2017 · Historic Crew Stadium · 18,690 announced.

Columbus Crew SC

Gregg Berhalter

  • Kekuta Manneh 18'
  • Justin Meram 73'
  • Ola Kamara 88'

3–1

FT

xG 2.03 – 0.59

Chicago Fire

Veljko Paunović

  • Michael de Leeuw 13'

Highlights

Watch it back.

Highlights: Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire | August 12, 2017Watch on YouTube · @MLS

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. 13'GoalMichael de Leeuw
  2. GoalKekuta Manneh18'
  3. SubstitutionHector Jimenezfor Harrison Afful45'
  4. 60'SubstitutionArturo Álvarezfor Luis Solignac
  5. SubstitutionCristian Martínezfor Kekuta Manneh65'
  6. GoalJustin Meram73'
  7. GoalOla Kamara88'
  8. SubstitutionAdam Jahnfor Justin Meram90'
  9. 90'SubstitutionJonathan Campbellfor David Accam

Team statistics

The box score.

42.1
Possession %
57.9
11
Shots
11
4
Shots on target
3
5
Corners
3
6
Fouls
5
3
Offsides
0
2
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
2
Saves
1
438
Passes
598
355
Accurate passes
526
81%
Pass accuracy
88%
1
Penalty goals
0
1
Penalties taken
0
14
Crosses
18
4
Accurate crosses
3
59
Long balls
77
27
Accurate long balls
53
2
Blocked shots
4
15
Tackles won
10
19
Tackles
16
0
Interceptions
0
25
Clearances
14
25
Clearances attempted
14

Lineups

Who played.

Columbus Crew SC3-4-2-1

  1. 23Zack Steffen G
  2. 3Josh Williams CD
  3. 17Lalas Abubakar CD-L
  4. 4Jonathan Mensah CD-R
  5. 20Wil Trapp CM-L
  6. 7Artur CM-R
  7. 14Waylon Francis LMA
  8. 25Harrison Afful RM↓
  9. 11Ola Kamara FG
  10. 9Justin Meram CF-LG↓
  11. 19Kekuta Manneh CF-RG↓

Bench

  1. 41Brad Stuver SUB
  2. 16Hector Jimenez SUB↑
  3. 2Jukka Raitala SUB
  4. 18Cristian Martínez SUB↑
  5. 12Adam Jahn SUB↑
  6. 8Mohammed Abu SUB
  7. 24Nicolai Naess SUB

Chicago Fire4-2-3-1

  1. 28Matt Lampson G
  2. 66João Meira CD-L
  3. 4Johan Kappelhof CD-R
  4. 22Patrick Doody LB
  5. 2Matt Polster RB
  6. 8Michael de Leeuw AMG
  7. 6Dax McCarty LMA
  8. 31Bastian Schweinsteiger RM
  9. 23Nemanja Nikolic F
  10. 9Luis Solignac AM-L↓
  11. 11David Accam AM-R↓

Bench

  1. 16Jonathan Campbell SUB↑
  2. 19Juninho SUB
  3. 14Djordje Mihailovic SUB
  4. 30Stefan Cleveland SUB
  5. 18Drew Conner SUB
  6. 26Christian Dean SUB
  7. 12Arturo Álvarez SUB↑

Match facts

Match facts

Kickoff
Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 7:30 PM EDT
Competition
Regular season · 2017 · Matchday 23
Venue
Historic Crew Stadium
Attendance
18,690
Columbus coach
Gregg Berhalter
Chicago coach
Veljko Paunović
Expected points
2.43 – 0.39

Attendance is the announced figure. Kickoff times are shown in Eastern time.