In star-studded New York City FC, Crew SC finally found an opponent that was ready and willing to play some crowd-pleasing soccer.
More important, it found its finishing touch and first victory.
Justin Meram scored the winner and had two assists, Ethan Finlay scored his first goal of the season and the previously snakebitten Kei Kamara added a goal early in the second half to lead the Crew to a 3-2 win over New York City in front of 16,715 at Mapfre Stadium.
It was the best of homecomings for the goal-starved Crew, which had scored only three goals while playing its previous three games and four of its first five on the road.