Columbus Crew SC needed to rebound with a convincing home performance after suffering a record breaking loss. The Sounders were happy to try and hold on and steal a result as they suffered a very depleted roster that featured five changes from their Saturday win. The Black & Gold would leave no doubt by the end as the goals came early and the defense held tight against a Seattle team missing Chad Marshall, Clint Dempsey, and
Crew SC struck early with opprotunistic defense as Hector Jimenez intercepted a pass out of the Seattle back and clipped the resulting 50/50 ball to Federico Higuain.