Columbus Crew SC entered the team’s first postseason game of the 2017 MLS Cup playoffs as underdogs.
Major League Soccer’s first team began the playoff the home of the league’s newest club, Atlanta United, with all the glitz and glamour that has come to exemplify this era of MLS expansion.
Before the match, Columbus captain Wil Trapp told everyone how he felt about playing as the underdog in Atlanta.
“The League doesn’t want us there,” he told the Columbus Dispatch. “They don’t want us to beat Atlanta in Atlanta.