Columbus Crew SC scored on a nice corner kick on Saturday. It may not have been obvious on first glance, but it was a planned play to take advantage of
Berhalter, being coy, referenced the play during post game questioning. When asked about the goal he simply replied, "We wanted to take advantage of their man-to-man marking, and we did." That answer belies excellent game planning and execution.
First, tackling the execution. This goal isn't scored if Federico Higuain doesn't serve in an excellent kick that swings in towards the near post with a good amount of drop since it has to clear the first man, Kei Kamara, to get to the intended target, Justin Meram.