It’s not something your team, as any home side, will attest, you want to be known for but the Crew are now known for helping Atlanta United off that schneide. Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter talked about the shut out after the match was over:
And the interesting stats to build off what Berhalter admits is: Columbus had the possession numbers (58-42% advantage), the shots advantage (12-8), and more corner kicks (8-3 advantage).
Here’s your proof:
Looked familiar, didn’t it…? Take you back a couple of weeks…
“Tata” Martino addressed the second version of Villalba and “The Back of the Net…”
“On the first goal, what he did well was to put himself behind Josef during that long pass, finding the ball and finishing magisterially.