After the Columbus Crew’s first loss this season against Nashville SC last week, a bounce-back performance proved too difficult. The Black & Gold fell to the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia Union 1-0 on Saturday night after Eloy Room’s early mistake was too hard to overcome.
Columbus could not have scripted a worse start to this game. In Philadelphia's first attack of the game, Union’s Jose Martinez’s cross floated a lot closer to the goal than expected. Instead of catching, Eloy Room punched the ball in the opposite direction, resulting in an own goal and a second minute and a Philadephia 1-0 lead.