COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. D.C. UNITED
MAPFRE STADIUM • Columbus, Ohio
July 16, 2016 • Week 19 • MLS Game #190
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
A pair of MLS Original clubs in real need of points to begin moves up the Eastern Conference table meet for the first time this season when Columbus Crew SC play host to D.C. United on Saturday evening at Mapfre Stadium. Crew SC come into the match sitting in a tie at the foot of the conference standings, now six games without a win following a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC at midweek. D.C. United are also below the red line, a point out of sixth place and the final playoff position in the East, after their 3-0 loss at Philadelphia Union last weekend.
- United had their three-game undefeated run come to a crashing halt, falling 3-0 to Philadelphia Union on Saturday evening at Talen Energy Stadium.
- Crew SC have won the last two meetings in the series, including a 5-0 victory on Decision Day last season at Mapfre Stadium – the biggest margin of victory in the 62 all-time league meetings between the teams.
- United haven’t won in Columbus since 2007. Crew SC have won six of their eight home meetings since, with two draws.
- United have won once in the last eight meetings between the teams, a 2-0 win last May 2 at RFK Stadium. Crew SC have won five of the eight meetings since the 2013 season, with two draws.
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REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; AR2 (opposite): Jeffrey Greeson; 4th: Daniel Radford
MLS Career: 115 games; FC/gm: 27.7; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 24
SUSPENDED: DC: Kofi Opare (through July 17)
WARNINGS
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Steve Birnbaum
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: Tony Tchani • DC: Luciano Acosta, Sean Franklin, Nick DeLeon, Jared Jeffrey, Marcelo Sarvas
DISABLED LIST: DC: Andrew Dykstra, Chris Korb
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (62 meetings): Crew SC 26 wins (0 shootout), 92 goals • United 26 wins (5 shootout), 85 goals • Ties 10
AT COLUMBUS (30 meetings): Crew SC 17 wins (0 shootout), 49 goals • United 7 wins (2 shootout), 25 goals • Ties 6
- Coaches record: Gregg Berhalter vs. DC: P6 W3 L1 T2 • Ben Olsen vs. CLB: P14 W4 L8 T2
