Crew eke out win with Glen penalty

Mario 'Loco' Rodriguez

Columbus Crew Stadium


Scoring Summary:
CLB -- Cornell Glen 1 (penalty kick) 67


Colorado Rapids -- Joe Cannon, Ricky Lewis, Nat Borchers, Mike Petke, Ritchie Kotschau (Alain Nkong 73), Matt Crawford (Terry Cooke 57), Kyle Beckerman, Pablo Mastroeni (Leo Cullen 61), Eric Denton, Wolde Harris, Jeff Cunningham.


Substitutes Not Used: Byron Foss, Luchi Gonzalez.


TOTAL SHOTS: 5 (Jeff Cunningham 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Jeff Cunningham 2); FOULS: 15 (Ritchie Kotschau 4); OFFSIDES: 5 (Jeff Cunningham 2, Eric Denton 2); CORNER KICKS: 7 (Kyle Beckerman 4); SAVES: 4 (Joe Cannon 4)


Columbus Crew -- Bill Gaudette, Frankie Hejduk, Robin Fraser, Stephen Herdsman, Mark Schulte, Mario Rodriguez, Simon Elliott, Kyle Martino (Chris Wingert 75), Chris Henderson, Cornell Glen (Edson Buddle 80), Knox Cameron (John Wolyniec 53).


Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Kelly, Domenic Mediate, Marcus Storey, Jamal Sutton, Andrew Terris, David Testo.


TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Cornell Glen 7); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Cornell Glen 3); FOULS: 19 (Mark Schulte 3); OFFSIDES: 3 (3 tied with 1); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Simon Elliott 2); SAVES: 2 (Bill Gaudette 2)


Misconduct Summary:
COL -- Pablo Mastroeni (caution; Reckless Foul) 21
COL -- Nat Borchers (caution; Reckless Foul) 31
CLB -- Robin Fraser (caution; Pushing, Holding) 40
COL -- Kyle Beckerman (caution; Reckless Foul) 44
COL -- Mike Petke (caution; Tackle from Behind) 83


Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: Paul Scott; Robert Fereday
4th Official: Hilario Grajeda
Weather: Rain-and-76-degrees
Attendance: 11,224


All Statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial