The second half penalty kick of Diego Rossi on Saturday tied the Columbus Crew 1–1 with a visit to FC Cincinnati.
Kevin Denki put forward Cincinnati in the 6th minute before Rossi equaled in the 54th.
Roman Celebentano saved three of its five saves after a hastime for Cincinnati (9-3-2, 29 points), which is 7-1-1 in the last nine matches.
Despite taking advantage of 11–4 in shot efforts in the second half and despite owning 67.5 percent of the occupation time for the match, the crew (7-1-6, 27 points) came with a draw for the third direct match.
Denki scored his team-secretary eighth goal, the second in many matches.
For the third time in the last four matches, crew goalkeeper Patrick Shulte may be blamed for a score. He was unable to coral a flying shot and went to his weak punch Ewender, who sent Denki to an overhead kick with Shult.
Shutte was better in the 22nd minute. At the counter, Cincinnati installed Pavel Bucha for a 20-yard strike, in which Shulta (two sews) participated on the bar for a corner kick.
Save Nick Hagglund when Rosie fines Nick Hagglund and rescued his crew from the spot for the seventh goal, it proved to be important. When the ball hit him, Rossi was trying to flick the ball around Hagglund.
The crew was denied a Go-forward goal in the 73rd minute when Celebentano built a great diving stop at a left post on a header of Jacan Russell-Rur.
The occasion was part of the constant pressure by the crew, resulting in the result of the 75th minute to just two in the first half. The crew got eight corners for the match. The first half of Cincinnati had seven of its eight.
The FC Cincinnati is 8–0-1 when scoring first, while the crew has a mark of MLS-Best 3–1-3, when the opening is allowed.
Cincinnati is unbeaten in the last three matches, which is a real darby to win the MLS Cup since the crew’s 3–2 victory at the final N Marg of the 2023 Eastern Conference. In the previous season, FC Cincinnati won 2–1 in Columbus and equaled 0–0 at home.
The crew kept a 6-3-6 regular season record in the series.
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