After a thrilling victory against the New York Red Bulls in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs, the Columbus Crew returns to the field on Sunday evening to take on upstarts Nashville SC in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Nashville is coming off not one but two playoff victories.
After easily dispatching Inter Miami in the MLS play-in game, Nashville pulled off a surprising upset against perennial MLS powers, Toronto FC last week. Despite preparing to play playing a lower seed than many expected in this Eastern Conference semifinal, the Black & Gold still have their work cut out for them to advance to the conference final.