Major League Soccer Β· USA Β· Round 1

Columbus Crew
1 - 2 Full time
Philadelphia Union

Columbus Crew Stadium

Lineups

Columbus Crew4-2-3-1
SC1Clark
HA25Afful
MP4Parkhurst
GS22Sauro
WF14↓74'Francis
WT20Trapp
TT6Tchani
EF13↓74'Finlay
FH10Higuain
HJ16↓59'Jimenez
KA23⚽Kamara
AB1Blake
KR12Rosenberry
KT4Tribbett
RM16Marquez
F33Fabinho
BC7Carroll
WC2Creavalle
LF22↓61'Fernandes
I25↓75'Ilsinho
CP13βš½Γ—2↓86'Pontius
CS17Sapong
Philadelphia Union4-2-3-1

Columbus Crew substitutes

11 Cedrick Mabwati ↑59'
9 Justin Meram ↑74'
8 Mohammed Saeid ↑74'
33 Amro Tarek
41 Brad Stuver
3 Corey Ashe
7 Emil Larsen

Coach: Gregg Berhalter

Philadelphia Union substitutes

9 Sebastien Le Toux ↑61'
6 Roland Alberg ↑75'
11 Fabian Herbers ↑86'
23 Anderson Conceicao
27 John McCarthy
28 Raymon Gaddis
5 Vincent Nogueira

Coach: Jim Curtin

Match events

45'Chris Pontius 0 - 1⚽
Second half
59'↑ Cedrick Mabwati ↓ Hector Jimenez⇄
61'↑ Sebastien Le Toux ↓ Leo Fernandes⇄
71'Chris Pontius 0 - 2⚽
74'↑ Justin Meram ↓ Ethan Finlay⇄
74'↑ Mohammed Saeid ↓ Waylon Francis⇄
75'↑ Roland Alberg ↓ Ilsinho⇄
86'↑ Fabian Herbers ↓ Chris Pontius⇄
87'Kei Ansu Kamara assist: Mohammed Saeid 1 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 13 March 2016, 00:35 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

15Columbus Crew wins5Draws12Philadelphia Union wins

32 past meetings on record. Biggest Columbus Crew win: Philadelphia Union 4–1 Columbus Crew (2023). Biggest Philadelphia Union win: Columbus Crew 1–2 Philadelphia Union (2016).

26 Feb 2023Philadelphia Union 4 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
4 Jul 2022Columbus Crew 0 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
9 Apr 2022Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
3 Oct 2021Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
24 Jun 2021Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
18 Apr 2021Columbus Crew 0 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
1 Nov 2020Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
3 Sep 2020Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
29 Sep 2019Columbus Crew 2 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
23 Mar 2019Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
Show all 32 past meetings
30 Sep 2018Columbus Crew 0 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
10 May 2018Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
17 Mar 2018Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
27 Jul 2017Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
23 Jul 2017Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
25 Aug 2016Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
2 Jun 2016Philadelphia Union 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
13 Sep 2015Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
4 Jun 2015Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
26 Apr 2015Columbus Crew 4 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
26 Oct 2014Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
12 Oct 2014Philadelphia Union 2 - 3 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
22 Mar 2014Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
6 Jun 2013Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
6 Apr 2013Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
30 Sep 2012Columbus Crew 3 - 2 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
30 Aug 2012Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
14 Apr 2012Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
18 Sep 2011Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
21 Aug 2011Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
24 Oct 2010Columbus Crew 3 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
6 Aug 2010Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer