Late penalty gives Crew draw with United

Jon Busch

Dema Kovalenko 2 (Ben Olsen 1, Jaime Moreno 3) 4
CLB -- Ross Paule 1 (penalty kick) 91+


Columbus Crew -- Jon Busch, Steven Herdsman, Robin Fraser, Chad Marshall, Frankie Hejduk, Ross Paule, Simon Elliott, Kyle Martino (Manny Lagos 57), Eric Denton, Jeff Cunningham (Edson Buddle 67), Erick Scott (Duncan Oughton 89).


Substitutes Not Used: Matt Jordan, Chris Wingert.


TOTAL SHOTS: 5 (Frankie Hejduk 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Frankie Hejduk 1, Ross Paule 1); FOULS: 15 (Jeff Cunningham 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Erick Scott 2); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Simon Elliott 2); SAVES: 5 (Jon Busch 5)


D.C. United -- Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Ryan Nelsen, Brandon Prideaux, Earnie Stewart, Brian Carroll, Dema Kovalenko, Ben Olsen, Bobby Convey (Joshua Gros 27), Freddy Adu (Alecko Eskandarian 60), Jaime Moreno.


Substitutes Not Used: Kevin Ara, Ronald Cerritos, Troy Perkins, Mike Petke, Eliseo Quintanilla, David Stokes, Doug Warren.


TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (3 tied with 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Dema Kovalenko 2); FOULS: 17 (Brandon Prideaux 4); OFFSIDES: 5 (Dema Kovalenko 2); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Earnie Stewart 2); SAVES: 1 (Nick Rimando 1)


Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Joshua Gros (caution; Reckless Foul) 63
DC -- Ryan Nelsen (caution; Reckless Foul) 72
DC -- Brandon Prideaux (caution; Reckless Foul) 90
DC -- Earnie Stewart (caution; Dissent) 91+
CLB -- Robin Fraser (ejection; Serious Foul Play) 94+


Referee: Terry Vaughn
Referee's Assistants: -Chris Strickland; Jose Corro
4th Official: Andrew Chapin
Attendance: 18,376
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Clear-and-67-degrees


All Statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial