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Columbus Crew 2

1 — 1 Sep 20, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Carolina Core FC

MLS Next Pro · Round 30

Venue Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Referee Salvador Flores

Player of the Match Ricardo Montenegro 7.8 89' played

Match Events

16' Home Rui Aoki

25' Away ⚽ Ricardo Montenegro — 0-1

HT

53' Away ↔ Corey Lundeen → Thomas Raimbault

53' Home ⚽ Johann Chirinos — 1-1

54' Away ↔ David Díaz → Tristan Weber

63' Home Zach Lloyd

70' Home ↔ Tristan Brown → Johann Chirinos

70' Home ↔ Gianmarco Di Noto → Isaac Heffess

70' Home ↔ Giorgio De Libera → Jorge Salmerón ↗

82' Away ↔ Jay Stewart → Seth Hammond

82' Away ↔ Robinson Aguirre → Andrew Czech

85' Home ↔ Jamil Danjaji → Chase Adams

89' Away ↔ Dominique Colon → Ricardo Montenegro

FT

Match Stats

53 47

Ball possession

15 11

Total shots

3 4

Shots on target

27 16

Touches in opposition box

0 0

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

479 (88%) 421 (88%)

Accurate passes

1 0

Yellow cards

7 1

Corners

Lineups

Columbus Crew 2 (5-4-1)

Coach: Federico Higuaín

Starting XI

54 Luke Pruter 6.5

36 Isaac Heffess 7.5

37 Rui Aoki 7.1

68 Zach Lloyd 5.9

42 Brent Adu-Gyamfi 6.6

84 Prince Forfor 7.3

30 Nicolas Rincon 6.8

73 Jorge Salmerón ↗ 7.5

40 Johann Chirinos 7.7

31 Kevin Gbamblé 6.6

46 Chase Adams 7.3

Substitutes

63 Gianmarco Di Noto 6.3

22 Tristan Brown 6.1

51 Giorgio De Libera 6

71 Jamil Danjaji

41 Stanislav Lapkes

64 O'Neal Taylor

33 Moses Nyeman

62 Immanuel Ewing

38 Alan Torres

Carolina Core FC (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Jacob Davis

Starting XI

44 Trevor Jackson 6.7

27 Andrew Czech 7.4

2 Charles Orbaugh 6.3

77 Rashid Tetteh 7.3

33 Bodie Ford 7.6

88 Ryan Baer 7.5

6 Ricardo Montenegro 7.8

24 Tristan Weber 7

55 Graham Ford 6.4

19 Seth Hammond 7.4

20 Thomas Raimbault 6.8

Substitutes

8 Corey Lundeen 6.4

58 David Díaz 6.5

23 Robinson Aguirre

43 Jay Stewart

18 Dominique Colon

21 Nelson Martinez

90 Nolan Anderson ↗