Columbus Crew vs New York City FC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSMatt Freese helps New York City FC earn 0-0 draw at Columbus
Matt Freese made five saves to keep his first clean sheet of the season and help New York City FC earn a gutty 0-0 draw at the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Thiago Martins.
- 6': Foul by Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew).
- 6': Justin Haak (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Offside, New York City FC. Kevin O'Toole is caught offside.
- 7': Attempt missed. Mounsef Bakrar (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 9': Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
- 9': Attempt missed. Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sean Zawadzki following a set piece situation.
- 14': Delay in match (New York City FC).
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
- 15': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole.
- 18': Foul by Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew).
- 18': Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Mounsef Bakrar (New York City FC).
- 22': Attempt blocked. Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin O'Toole.
- 23': Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Kevin O'Toole (New York City FC).
- 24': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Mounsef Bakrar (New York City FC).
- 26': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole.
- 26': Attempt saved. Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe with a cross.
- 27': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Matt Freese.
- 27': Attempt missed. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by DeJuan Jones.
- 30': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole.
- 30': Offside, Columbus Crew. Diego Rossi is caught offside.
- 35': Delay in match (New York City FC).
- 35': Substitution, New York City FC. Jonathan Shore replaces Keaton Parks because of an injury.
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aziel Jackson.
- 38': Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 41': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jonathan Shore.
- 41': Attempt missed. Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yevhen Cheberko with a cross.
- 43': Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Julián Fernández (New York City FC).
- 44': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe with a headed pass.
- 44': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Foul by Mounsef Bakrar (New York City FC).
- 45': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Andrés Herrera.
- 45': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Matt Freese.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 0, New York City FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 0, New York City FC 0.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 47': Hand ball by Mitja Ilenic (New York City FC).
- 48': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Thiago Martins.
- 49': Attempt missed. Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
- 51': Birk Risa (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew).
- 52': Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Jonathan Shore (New York City FC).
- 53': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrés Herrera with a cross.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by DeJuan Jones.
- 55': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacen Russell-Rowe.
- 56': Attempt missed. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 58': Substitution, New York City FC. Agustín Ojeda replaces Julián Fernández.
- 58': Attempt saved. Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yevhen Cheberko.
- 60': Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Foul by Hannes Wolf (New York City FC).
- 61': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 62': Foul by DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew).
- 62': Mitja Ilenic (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 63': Attempt missed. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yevhen Cheberko.
- 65': Attempt missed. Aziel Jackson (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 66': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Cole Mrowka replaces Aziel Jackson.
- 67': Foul by Cole Mrowka (Columbus Crew).
- 67': Justin Haak (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Shore.
- 69': Delay in match (Columbus Crew).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 73': Substitution, New York City FC. Máximo Carrizo replaces Hannes Wolf.
- 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Tristan Brown replaces Cesar Ruvalcaba.
- 73': Substitution, New York City FC. Seymour Reid replaces Mounsef Bakrar.
- 74': Cole Mrowka (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 74': Foul by Justin Haak (New York City FC).
- 75': Attempt missed. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cole Mrowka with a cross.
- 75': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
- 75': Seymour Reid (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Attempt missed. Maxi Moralez (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Máximo Carrizo.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Tristan Brown (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
- 80': Attempt missed. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
- 82': Foul by Seymour Reid (New York City FC).
- 82': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 84': Offside, Columbus Crew. DeJuan Jones is caught offside.
- 84': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 85': VAR Decision: No Goal Columbus Crew 0-0 New York City FC.
- 87': Attempt saved. Cole Mrowka (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by DeJuan Jones.
- 88': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
- 88': Maxi Moralez (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+1': Maxi Moralez (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Birk Risa (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 0, New York City FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 0, New York City FC 0.
Statistics
 NYC |
CLB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 5 | Saves | 0 |
| 39.7 | Possession | 60.3 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 333 | Accurate Passes | 540 |
| 416 | Passes | 621 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 1 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 51 | Long Balls | 22 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 9 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 14 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 19 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 24 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Lower.com Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,235
Venue: Lower.com Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,235
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Cincinnati | 24 | +8 | 48 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 24 | +17 | 47 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | +17 | 47 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 24 | +7 | 44 |
Line-Ups
Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 24 | Evan Bush (GK) |
| 25 | Sean Zawadzki |
| 21 | Yevhen Cheberko |
| 48 | Cesar Ruvalcaba |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 7 | Dylan Chambost |
| 12 | DeJuan Jones |
| 2 | Andres Herrera |
| 19 | Jacen Russell-Rowe |
| 13 | Aziel Jackson |
| 10 | Diego Rossi |
New York City FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 49 | Matthew Freese (GK) |
| 5 | Birk Risa |
| 13 | Thiago Martins |
| 22 | Kevin O'Toole |
| 35 | Mitja Ilenic |
| 10 | Maxi Morález |
| 55 | Keaton Parks |
| 80 | Justin Haak |
| 9 | Monsef Bakrar |
| 17 | Hannes Wolf |
| 11 | Julián Fernández |
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