San Diego FC vs Columbus Crew, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSOnni Valakari gets equalizer as San Diego FC tie Columbus Crew
Onni Valakari scored the first home goal in San Diego FC history in the 69th minute for a 1-1 tie against the short-handed Columbus Crew on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Luca Bombino (San Diego) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 6': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
- 9': Attempt saved. Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
- 12': Foul by Marcus Ingvartsen (San Diego).
- 12': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Goal! San Diego 0, Columbus Crew 1. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by DeJuan Jones.
- 16': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 16': Foul by Aníbal Godoy (San Diego).
- 22': Offside, San Diego. Marcus Ingvartsen is caught offside.
- 24': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Marcus Ingvartsen (San Diego).
- 24': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 24': Luca Bombino (San Diego) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt saved. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dylan Chambost with a through ball.
- 30': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by CJ dos Santos.
- 31': Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Tomás Ángel (San Diego).
- 31': Tomás Ángel (San Diego) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 32': Attempt missed. Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 32': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
- 32': Marcus Ingvartsen (San Diego) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Christopher McVey (San Diego) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 37': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
- 38': Offside, Columbus Crew. Mohamed Farsi is caught offside.
- 39': Attempt saved. Anders Dreyer (San Diego) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeppe Tverskov.
- 39': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
- 40': Offside, San Diego. Paddy McNair is caught offside.
- 43': Christopher McVey (San Diego) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 44': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Mohamed Farsi.
- 44': Attempt missed. Marcus Ingvartsen (San Diego) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anders Dreyer with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Foul by Jeppe Tverskov (San Diego).
- 45': Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Offside, Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten is caught offside.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Offside, San Diego. Anders Dreyer is caught offside.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, San Diego 0, Columbus Crew 1.
- 45': Second Half begins San Diego 0, Columbus Crew 1.
- 45': Substitution, San Diego. Onni Valakari replaces Marcus Ingvartsen.
- 47': Delay in match because of an injury Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 48': Foul by Tomás Ángel (San Diego).
- 48': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Onni Valakari (San Diego).
- 50': Christopher McVey (San Diego) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew).
- 51': Attempt blocked. Anders Dreyer (San Diego) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paddy McNair with a through ball.
- 51': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
- 54': Offside, San Diego. Anders Dreyer is caught offside.
- 55': Foul by Onni Valakari (San Diego).
- 55': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Attempt saved. Luca de la Torre (San Diego) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca Bombino.
- 59': Delay in match (Columbus Crew).
- 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Anders Dreyer (San Diego) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Foul by Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew).
- 61': Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) is shown the red card.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Tomás Ángel (San Diego) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 63': Attempt saved. Anders Dreyer (San Diego) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 66': Hand ball by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 66': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Jacen Russell-Rowe.
- 67': Substitution, San Diego. Alejandro Alvarado replaces Aníbal Godoy.
- 67': Substitution, San Diego. Alex Mighten replaces Tomás Ángel.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Paddy McNair (San Diego) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
- 68': Delay in match because of an injury Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 69': Goal! San Diego 1, Columbus Crew 1. Onni Valakari (San Diego) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luca de la Torre with a cross following a corner.
- 70': Foul by Paddy McNair (San Diego).
- 70': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high following a fast break.
- 74': Delay in match because of an injury Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew).
- 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Andrés Herrera.
- 77': Attempt saved. Onni Valakari (San Diego) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca de la Torre with a cross.
- 77': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
- 77': Attempt missed. Jeppe Tverskov (San Diego) header from very close range is too high following a corner.
- 78': Foul by Alejandro Alvarado (San Diego).
- 78': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt saved. Alex Mighten (San Diego) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christopher McVey.
- 82': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
- 82': Attempt saved. Paddy McNair (San Diego) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anders Dreyer with a cross.
- 82': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Foul by William Kumado (San Diego).
- 83': Substitution, San Diego. Franco Negri replaces Luca Bombino.
- 83': Substitution, San Diego. Jasper Löffelsend replaces William Kumado.
- 86': Foul by DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew).
- 86': Jasper Löffelsend (San Diego) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt missed. Alejandro Alvarado (San Diego) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jasper Löffelsend.
- 89': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Aziel Jackson replaces DeJuan Jones.
- 89': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Foul by Luca de la Torre (San Diego).
- 90': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Alex Mighten (San Diego) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+1': Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Offside, Columbus Crew. Diego Rossi is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+7': Corner, San Diego. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
- 90'+9': Attempt missed. Paddy McNair (San Diego) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luca de la Torre with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+9': Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+10': Attempt missed. Franco Negri (San Diego) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jasper Löffelsend with a cross.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, San Diego 1, Columbus Crew 1.
- 0': Match ends, San Diego 1, Columbus Crew 1.
Statistics
 CLB |
SD |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 12 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 7 | Saves | 2 |
| 47.9 | Possession | 52.1 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 443 | Accurate Passes | 474 |
| 516 | Passes | 553 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 4 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 7 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 15 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Attendance: 30,018
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Attendance: 30,018
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte FC | 9 | +9 | 19 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 9 | +2 | 19 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 8 | +7 | 18 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 9 | +5 | 18 |
Line-Ups
San Diego FC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Dos Santos (GK) |
| 17 | Paddy McNair |
| 97 | Christopher McVey |
| 27 | Luca Bombino |
| 2 | William Kumado |
| 6 | Jeppe Tverskov |
| 14 | Luca de la Torre |
| 20 | Aníbal Godoy |
| 7 | Marcus Ingvartsen |
| 9 | Tomás Ángel  |
| 10 | Anders Dreyer |
Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Patrick Schulte (GK) |
| 25 | Sean Zawadzki |
| 18 | Malte Amundsen  |
| 21 | Yevhen Cheberko |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 7 | Dylan Chambost |
| 12 | DeJuan Jones |
| 23 | Mohamed Farsi |
| 19 | Jacen Russell-Rowe |
| 27 | Max Arfsten |
| 10 | Diego Rossi |
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