COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. COLORADO RAPIDS
MAPFRE STADIUM, Columbus, Ohio
MAY 14, 2016 (WEEK 11, MLS GAME #104)
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
- Kei Kamara and Federico Higuaín each scored a pair of goals, but the Montréal Impact overcame a three-goal deficit in the second half to leave the teams in a 4-4 draw Saturday evening at Mapfre Stadium. For Kamara, it was his first multiple-goal game of the season and the 11th of his MLS career; he led MLS with six multi-goal games a year ago. Higuaín has seven multiple-goal games in his MLS career. Kamara has been suspended for Saturday's game by head coach Gregg Berhalter, following a post-match outburst to media.
- Jermaine Jones scored a third goal in four games since joining the Rapids – all at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – hitting for the only goal in Colorado’s 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening.
- Crew SC won the lone meeting between the teams a year ago, a 2-1 win Aug. 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, snapping a four-game winning streak in the series. The Rapids had won three games in a row in the series until the teams reached a 1-1 draw on July 4, 2014 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The Rapids won on their last visit to Columbus in 2013, a 2-0 victory, their first victory in the Ohio state capitol since 2000. Crew SC have now scored goals on back-to-back trips to Commerce City, their first since 2009, which was also their last win there, a span of 396 minutes between goals.
REFEREE: Chris Penso | AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Jason White; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic
Penso MLS Career: 83 games; FC/gm: 24.0; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 28; pens: 30
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Marc Burch, Axel Sjoberg
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (39 meetings): Crew SC 12 wins (1 shootout), 47 goals … Rapids 18 wins (2 shootout), 54 goals … Ties 9
AT COLUMBUS (19 meetings): Crew SC 8 wins (1 shootout), 31 goals …Rapids 7 wins (1 shootout), 30 goals …Ties 4
LAST YEAR (MLS): 8/8: COL 1, CLB 2 (Burling 42 – Kamara 52, 64)
• Coaches records: Gregg Berhalter vs. COL: P2 W1 L0 D1 … Pablo Mastroeni vs. CLB: P2 W0 L1 D1
