The 2021 season is over for the Columbus Crew. The defending MLS Cup champions concluded the campaign with a 2-0 victory against the Chicago Fire on MLS’s Decision Day with goals from Lucas Zelarayan and Miguel Berry. Despite the three points, other results didn’t go in the Black & Gold’s favor to pull off a miraculous lift into the MLS Cup playoffs. The Crew finish the 2021 season in ninth place in the Eastern Conference.
Columbus started the first half rather slowly but began to settle into the all-out attack mindset in the middle portion of the first half.