MAPFRE hasn't been home sweet home for Crew SC. After last night's Houston Dynamo win, no team has collected fewer points than Columbus in the league this season. Now eight points out of the playoffs, Crew SC desperately needs a victory to keep the faintest of playoff hopes alive. So in the return of Kei Kamara to Columbus, both teams are much more focused on three points, their respective seasons depend on it.
Crew SC are likely going to have to do it short handed again. Federico Higuain and Wil Trapp have been training, but are unlikely to be fit enough to start.