The Columbus Crew won 3-2 against the New York Red Bulls in Saturday’s road match at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.

Match Notes

• • The Black & Gold improved to a Club-record 66 points (19-6-9) this season, finishing second in the Eastern Conference and currently rank second in the Supporters’ Shield table, pending the result in the Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy match.
  • Columbus has scored 72 goals in MLS play, the most goals scored in Club history. Last season, the team led MLS with 67 goals, tying the then-record initially set in 1998.
  • The Crew finished the regular season with 19 wins, their most in a single season.
  • Columbus has recorded multiple goals in 42 games (21 in 2023; 21 in 2024) since Wilfried Nancy took the helm in 2023, the most in the league over that stretch.
  • The Crew finished the regular season with a league-best +32 goal differential (72 GF, 40 GA) this season. The Club finished +21 last season, the previous best mark in franchise history.
  • Defenders Yevhen Cheberko and Malte Amundsen scored in tonight’s match. The defenders are Columbus’ franchise-high 17^th and 18^th unique goal scorers in MLS play this year, tied with six other clubs for fourth most in MLS history.
• Midfielder AZ opened the scoring for the Black & Gold in the 2^nd minute of the match, his second with the Crew.
  • Midfielder AZ earned an assist on the team’s second goal and has provided an assist in back-to-back matches to improve to four with the Club.
• Defender Yevhen Cheberko recorded the Crew’s second goal in the 14^th minute of the match, marking the first of his MLS career.
• Defender Malte Amundsen scored the game-winning goal in the 90+7^th minute of the match.
  • It was Amundsen’s first goal of the MLS season and second across all competitions.
  • The goal marks the Crew’s third game-winning goal past the 90^th minute mark of a match in 2024.
  • Midfielder Dylan Chambost provided the assist to Amundsen’s score. All five of his assists have occurred in the past three matches.
• Forward Cucho Hernández provided the assist to AZ’s goal, his 14^th assist of the season.
  • Hernández finished the regular season with 19 goals. The Colombian currently ranks tied for second in the 2024 MLS Golden Boot race, as of the conclusion of 6 p.m. ET kickoffs.
  • Cucho’s 33 goal contributions (19 goals, 14 assists) are the most in Club annals.
  • Over his past six appearances, Hernández has posted six goals and four assists.
  • In his last 36 MLS regular season matches, Hernández has amassed 29 goals and 16 assists.
  • The Colombian has recorded 41 goals and 65 goal contributions in his past 56 appearances across all competitions.
  • Cucho wore the captain’s armband for the Crew tonight with Midfielder Darlington Nagbe available for selection on the bench.
• The Black & Gold face the New York Red Bulls at Lower.com Field in the Round One Best-of-3 Series of the 2024 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. Dates and times of the matches will be announced soon.