COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Crew brought down the curtain on its 2006 season Wednesday with a 2-0 victory over CSD Municipal, Guatemala's most successful and popular club. Ned Grabavoy and Kei Kamara scored goals on either side of halftime, while Andy Gruenebaum and Noah Palmer shared the shutout in goal, as the Crew improved to 7-1-2 all-time in international exhibitions.
Grabavoy opened the scoring in the 34th minute with a low, long range shot that snuck through traffic to beat Municipal keeper Ricardo Jerez to his left. Kamara doubled the Crew's advantage just two minutes into the second half, getting on the end of a great ball into the box by Jacob Thomas and heading past Jerez.
A total of 20 players saw action for the Crew, while Mario Rodriguez, who spent the 2005 season in Columbus, returned to Crew Stadium with Municipal and played the full 90 minutes.
CSD Municipal at Columbus Crew (International Exhibition Match)
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - Columbus Crew Stadium
Scoring Summary:
CLB - Ned Grabavoy (unassisted), 34th minute
CLB - Kei Kamara (Jacob Thomas), 47th minute
CSD Municipal - Ricardo Jerez, Eddy Ortiz, Pablo Melgar, Henry Medina, Claudio Albizuris, Gonzalo Romero (Julio Giron 52), Mario Rodriguez, Selvin Ponciano, Edwin Villatoro (Juan Carlos Plata 66), Carlos Figueroa (Selvin Motta 66), Sergio Guevara
Columbus Crew - Andy Gruenebaum (Noah Palmer 46), Rusty Piece (Sebastian Rozental 46), Brandon Moss (Chris Leitch (46), Tim Ward (Marc Burch 46), Ezra Hendrickson, Joseph Ngwenya (Jacob Thomas 46), Ned Grabavoy (Danny Szetela 46), Stefani Miglioranzi, Ricardo Virtuoso (Jose Retiz 46), Jason Garey (Ryan Coiner 46), Eddie Gaven (Kei Kamara 46)
Misconduct Summary:
MUN - Pablo Melgar (Foul tackle), 24th minute
CLB - Tim Ward (Foul tackle), 28th minute
MUN - Selvin Ponciano (Foul tackle), 73rd minute
MUN - Sergio Guevara (Unsportsmanlike conduct), 77th minute
CLB - Jacob Thomas (Foul tackle), 80th minute
CLB - Marc Burch (Unsportsmanlike conduct), 87th minute
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee's Assistants: Mikael Lundqvist, Michael Salyers
4th Official: Dion Telting
Attendance: 5,704
Weather: Pleasant, 57 degrees
