Saturday’s late-night game between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake as a depleted Black & Gold side went on the road and were happy to return home with a point. Salt Lake sits in second place in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference, so a result on the road, in a place where Real had only dropped points once this year prior, for Columbus feels like a victory.
With a heavily rotated squad due to injuries, head coach Caleb Porter opted for a more conservative, but effective approach when setting up his team tactically against RSL.