Columbus Crew vs Philadelphia Union, 2024 Leagues Cup, Semifinals

· Leagues Cup
Columbus Crew
  • 12': Diego Rossi
  • 43': Diego Rossi
  • 53': Cucho Hernández
FT
3 - 1
Philadelphia Union
  • 32': Dániel Gazdag

Diego Rossi leads Crew past Union into Leagues Cup final

Diego Rossi scored his third brace in four matches as the host Columbus Crew defeated the Philadelphia Union 3-1 in a semifinal of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Foul by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
  • 2': Foul by Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew).
  • 2': Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
  • 4': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi with a cross.
  • 8': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
  • 10': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 10': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
  • 11': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Dániel Gazdag.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi with a cross.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 12': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 0. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  • 14': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  • 14': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
  • 15': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 21': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
  • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
  • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 23': Foul by Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew).
  • 23': Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Max Arfsten.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi with a cross following a fast break.
  • 30': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
  • 32': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Philadelphia Union 1. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 37': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack McGlynn.
  • 39': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 39': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
  • 43': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, Philadelphia Union 1. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Ramirez with a through ball.
  • 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
  • 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, Philadelphia Union 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 2, Philadelphia Union 1.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya with a cross.
  • 49': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  • 49': Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
  • 52': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a cross.
  • 53': Goal! Columbus Crew 3, Philadelphia Union 1. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
  • 56': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
  • 56': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 62': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Max Arfsten.
  • 65': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 65': Foul by Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union).
  • 65': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Samuel Adeniran replaces Mikael Uhre.
  • 65': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Danley Jean Jacques replaces Jack McGlynn.
  • 66': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jesús Bueno replaces Leon Flach.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
  • 68': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Andre Blake.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Max Arfsten with a cross following a corner.
  • 70': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
  • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union).
  • 75': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Olivier Mbaizo replaces Nathan Harriel.
  • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Foul by Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union).
  • 78': Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union).
  • 79': Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 81': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
  • 85': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
  • 85': Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Samuel Adeniran (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Samuel Adeniran (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
  • 89': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Alexandru Matan replaces Diego Rossi.
  • 89': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost replaces Christian Ramirez.
  • 89': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Malte Amundsen replaces Max Arfsten.
  • 89': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
  • 90': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jeremy Rafanello replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
  • 90'+1': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union).
  • 90'+1': Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  • 90'+3': Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 3, Philadelphia Union 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 3, Philadelphia Union 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
7 Corner Kicks 2
4 Saves 3
44.3 Possession 55.7
9 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
323 Accurate Passes 435
401 Passes 517
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 8
19 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.6
57 Long Balls 51
27 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 5
16 Tackles 6
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
11 Interceptions 6
12 Effective Clearances 16
12 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Leagues Cup

Venue: Lower.com Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 12,784

Line-Ups

CLB Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
28 Patrick Schulte (GK)
4 Rudy Camacho
21 Yevhen Cheberko
31 Steven Moreira
6 Darlington Nagbe
25 Sean Zawadzki Yellow Card
27 Maximilian Arfsten
23 Mohamed Farsi
9 Cucho Hernández
10 Diego Rossi
17 Christian Ramírez
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Taha Habroune, Aziel Jackson, DeJuan Jones, Malte Amundsen, Alexandru Matan, Yaw Yeboah, Marcelo Herrera, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Derrick Jones, Dylan Chambost, Nicholas Hagen.

PHI Philadelphia Union (4-1-2-1-2)

No. Name
18 Andre Blake (GK)
3 Jack Elliott
5 Jakob Glesnes
31 Leon Flach
27 Kai Wagner
26 Nathan Harriel
10 Dániel Gazdag
16 Jack McGlynn
11 Alejandro Bedoya
7 Mikkel Uhre
33 Quinn Sullivan
Philadelphia Union Substitutes:
Olivier Mbaizo, Chris Donovan, Markus Anderson, Oliver Semmle, Holden Trent, Olwethu Makhanya, Christopher Olney, Danley Jean Jacques, Samuel Adeniran, Jeremy Rafanello, Jesús Bueno, Damion Lowe.

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