Columbus Crew vs Toronto FC 4-2

Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 4-2 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, pulling clear with four first-half and early second-half goals before Toronto scored twice in the closing stages. Columbus' burst from 16 to 59 minutes and Toronto's late reply decided it.

Gonzalo Tapia opened the scoring in the 16th minute from Mohamed Farsi's assist, and Malte Amundsen made it 2-0 on 21 minutes after being set up by Dylan Chambost. Amundsen scored his second of the match three minutes after half-time, again from Chambost.

Columbus added a fourth on 59 minutes when Brooks Lennon, who had come on in the 57th minute, scored from Chambost's third assist of the game. Toronto responded on 69 minutes through Dániel Sallói, who had come on in the 63rd minute and was set up by Theo Corbeanu, before Josh Sargent made it 4-2 on 81 minutes from Emilio Aristizábal's assist after he had come on in the 78th minute. Columbus made two changes on 57 minutes and another two on 68 minutes, and they saw the game out after Sekou Tidiany Bangoura was sent off on 70 minutes.

Toronto had 53% of the ball, 493 passes to Columbus' 461 and more shots, 20 to 10, while also leading shots on target 7-6 and corners 5-4. The xG figures were close too, with Toronto at 2.36 and Columbus at 2.3, while Columbus made 5 saves to Toronto's 3 and committed 12 fouls to 7.

Sekou Tidiany Bangoura was booked in the 32nd minute and then sent off on 70 minutes. There were no bookings for Toronto.