Columbus Crew vs Charlotte 3-1

Columbus Crew came from a goal down to beat Charlotte 3-1 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, turning the match with two quick strikes after the break. Brais Méndez equalised and second-half goals from Anass Zaroury and Taha Habroune settled it.

Charlotte went ahead in the 17th minute when Idan Toklomati Jorno scored, and Columbus levelled in the 28th minute through Brais Méndez, who finished from Santiago Rodriguez’s assist. That left it 1-1 at half-time.

Charlotte made three changes on 45 minutes, with Will Cleary, Brandt Bronico and Liel Abada all taken off. Columbus took control after the restart: Zaroury restored the lead in the 63rd minute from Mohamed Farsi’s pass, and Habroune made it 3-1 two minutes later. Columbus later made two changes on 78 minutes, including Zaroury going off for Brooks Lennon and Josef Martínez being replaced by Jamal Thiare, while Charlotte also sent on Tyger Smalls for Allan Saint-Maximin and Djibril Diani for Pep Biel in the closing stages. Columbus finished with 53% of the ball, 33 shots to Charlotte’s 9 and 14 on target to 2, and 2.85 expected goals to 0.91. It had 487 passes to Charlotte’s 434, won 10 corners to 4, and needed just one save compared with Charlotte’s 11. Both sides committed six fouls, while Columbus were twice booked, with Malte Amundsen and Patrick Schulte both shown yellow cards.