In stoppage time against the New York Red Bulls, the Columbus Crew scored a game-tying goal with only 10 men on the field. Columbus was down a player after Lucas Zelarayan, the team’s best attacking option the last two-plus seasons, had to be helped off the field after sustaining a knee injury.
Crew fans likely thought the season was over. Watching Zelarayan get taken off the field generated fears that Zelarayan had torn his ACL.
In the week followed, the Black & Gold announced that the Argentinian was only going to miss 1-2 weeks.