Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from Columbus Crew SC‘s previous match.
For match 33 of the 2017 MLS season, we take a look at Federico Higuain’s magical 54th minute free kick that gave Crew SC a 1-0 lead as part of the team’s 2-1 loss to Orlando City SC on Sunday.
After an early barrage of corner kicks, the Black & Gold were held scoreless for a relatively uneventful first half. It began to seem like Crew SC might never score another goal from open play when this sequence began.