2 days Ago By Field Level Media
Diego Rossi scored and had two assists and Cucho Hernandez scored and contributed an assist for the Columbus Crew in a 5-1 win, snapping the host Revolution's four-match winning streak on Saturday. Christian Ramirez added two assists for the Crew, who fell behind when Emmanuel Boateng put New England ahead 1-0 in the ninth minute. The Crew then responded to take a 3-1 halftime lead.
Hernandez tied it eight minutes later; Max Arfsten made it 2-1 in the 42nd and Diego Rossi completed a tic-tac-toe play in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. Columbus' Rudy Camacho extended the lead in the 72nd minute with a header from a Rossi corner and Steven Moreira in the 80th converted a pass from Rossi on the break. The Crew (9-3-6, 33 points) have won six of seven and a fifth road win surpassed their 2023 total.
The Revolution (6-11-1, 19 points) knew the Crew like to play out of the back so they pressured them into a giveaway by Moreira that Boateng intercepted and deposited with a chip over goalkeeper Patrick Schulte. Hernandez, who scored a hat trick in the previous match vs. Sporting Kansas City, continued his hot streak by taking a long ball by Ramirez on the left side to rip a shot from 15 yards.
He has six goals in his past four matches and 20 in the past 21 regular-season matches back to 2023. Arfsten sent a wicked 18-yard knuckler under the bar for the lead, and the Crew had a crisp counter that saw Ramirez send a cross-field pass to Hernandez left of the goal. He put .
