The New England Revolution reserves and Columbus Crew reserves played to a 1-1 draw at Gillette Stadium on Sunday morning. After a scoreless first half, Columbus took the lead in the 46th minute before the Revs equalized just before full time.
The game marked the final reserve division match of the season for both teams, the Revs finishing the campaign 6-4-2 (20 pts.) and Columbus wrapping up with a 4-4-3 (15 pts.) mark.
The Crew's Ben Hunter put Columbus up 1-0 in the 46th minute, just after halftime. Ricardo Virtuoso swung in an angled cross from the left flank, which was knocked down by halftime substitute David Roman. Hunter ran on to the loose ball in traffic and knocked in the goal past New England keeper Doug Warren.
Columbus nearly came out of the game with the full three points, but Revs forward Adam Cristman suffered a foul outside the area near the right sideline in 86th minute, setting up Abdoulie Mansally's free kick. Mansally sent an inswinging service into the area, over Crew keeper Andy Gruenbaum, which caromed off the far post and into the goal to level the score at 1-1
Gruenebaum made four saves in the game and Warren made three.
Columbus Crew Reserves at New England Revolution
October 14, 2007 - Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
Scoring Summary
CLB - Ben Hunter (David Ruman, Ricardo Virtuoso) 46
NE - Abdoulie Mansally (unassisted) 86
Columbus Crew Reserves - Andy Gruenebaum, Andrew Peterson, Rusty Pierce © (Ricky Lewis 63), Ryan Junge, Jed Zayner, Ricardo Virtuoso, Ned Grabavoy (Derek Potteiger 74), Ben Hunter, Adam Moffat, Jamal Sutton (David Roman 46), Kei Kamara (Damien Blackburn 67)
Substitutes Not Used: Kenny Schoeni
New England Revolution Reserves - Doug Warren, Marshall Leonard ©, Gary Flood, Amaechi Igwe, Bryan Byrne (Anders Kelto 70), Abdoulie Mansally, Kyle Helton, Andy Dorman (Miguel Gonzalez 58), Sainey Nyassi (Geoff Walker 76), Chris Loftus (Willie Sims 58), Adam Cristman
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton
Misconduct Summary:
CLB - Nad Grabavoy (caution) 28
NE - Andy Dorman (caution) 58
Referee: Sean Nolly
Referee's Assistants: Claudio Badea (SAR), Daniel Herstoff (JAR)
