COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Crew Reserves had their two-game winning streak snapped after dropping a 3-2 decision to the Chicago Fire Reserves on Sunday, Sept. 10, at The Crew's training facility in Obetz.
The Crew Reserves dropped to 2-7-0 on the year, while the Fire Reserves improved to 3-4-2.
The Fire got two goals from Floyd Franks and Johnny Torres tallied the winner in the 70th minute of the back-and-forth affair.
The Crew took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute on a Marc Burch goal but Chicago stormed into the lead as Franks scored in the 40th and 59th minutes.
Kei Kamara equalized in the 68th minute but Columbus couldn't keep the momentum as Torres notched the game-winner just two minutes later.
David Mahoney earned the win in the nets for Chicago, while Any Gruenebaum was in goal for The Crew in the first half and Noah Palmer in the second half.
SCORING
Crew - Marc Burch, 23rd minute
Fire - Floyd Franks, 40th minute
Fire - Franks (Adam Ruud), 59th minute
Crew - Kei Kamara, 68th minute
Fire - Johnny Torres (Brian Plotkin), 70th minute
DISCIPLINARY
Fire - Leonard Griffin (yellow card), 36th minute
Crew - Marc Burch (yellow card), 72nd minute
LINEUPS
Crew - Andy Gruenebaum (Noah Palmer, 46), Tim Ward, Ivan Becerra (Joseph Ngwenya, 46), Ezra Hendrickson, Ritchie Kotschau, Kei Kamara, Eric Vasquez (Matt Schmidt, 46), Brandon Moss (John Krause, 80), Marc Burch, Ned Grabavoy, Ryan Coiner (Knox Cameron, 46)
Fire - David Mahoney, Jordan Russolillo, Jim Curtin (Alex Ughiovhe, 46), Leonard Griffin, John Thorrington (Adam Ruud, 32), Ryan Johnson (Brian Plotkin, 60), Thiago (Johnny Torres, 46), Logan Pause (David Henning, 46), Angel Rivillo, Andy Herron (Hemir Niebles, 46), Floyd Franks (Awadalla Morad, 85)
