Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Philadelphia Union
3 - 0 Full time
Columbus Crew

Talen Energy Stadium

Lineups

Philadelphia Union4-2-3-1
JM23McCarthy
RG28Gaddis
JE3Elliott
OO5Onyewu
GW32Wijnaldum
AB11Bedoya
HM6Medunjanin
I25⚽↓84'Ilsinho
RA10↓68'Alberg
ME20⚽↓88'Epps
CS17⚽Sapong
ZS23Steffen
JM4Mensah
AC21Crognale
LA17Abubakar
HJ16Jimenez
A7↓75'Artur
WT20Trapp
JR2Raitala
JM9↓55'Meram
KM19↓71'Manneh
OK11Kamara
Columbus Crew3-4-2-1

Philadelphia Union substitutes

24 Adam Najem 5.9 ↑68'
27 Jay Simpson ↑84'
9 Charlie Davies ↑88'
29 Jake McGuire
15 Joshua Yaro
12 Keegan Rosenberry
2 Warren Creavalle

Coach: Jim Curtin

Columbus Crew substitutes

8 Mohammed Abu 6.4 ↑55'
18 Christian Martinez 6.0 ↑71'
13 Ethan Finlay 6.1 ↑75'
12 Adam Jahn
41 Brad Stuver
3 Josh Williams
14 Waylon Francis

Coach: Gregg Berhalter

Match events

20'Ilsinho assist: Charles Sapong 1 - 0⚽
31'Giliano Wijnaldum
35'Jonathan Mensah
36'Lalas Abubakar
39'Raymon Gaddis
Second half
55'↑ Mohammed Abu ↓ Justin Meram⇄
66'Charles Sapong 2 - 0⚽
68'↑ Adam Najem ↓ Roland Alberg⇄
71'↑ Christian Martinez ↓ Kekuta Manneh⇄
75'↑ Ethan Finlay ↓ Artur⇄
76'Lalas Abubakar
81'Marcus Epps assist: Charles Sapong 3 - 0⚽
84'↑ Jay Simpson ↓ Ilsinho⇄
88'↑ Charlie Davies ↓ Marcus Epps⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 23:35 UTC — 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

12Philadelphia Union wins5Draws15Columbus Crew wins

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