The Columbus Crew wasn’t surprised by how Saturday’s game against Nashville SC played out at Lower.com Field. The Crew knew how the visitors would play based on watching film and facing Nashville four times over the last two years.
Columbus was aware that, playing on the road, Nashville would come in and sit back. The visitors wanted to make the game ugly and frustrate their opponent, especially knowing that this is a Black & Gold side that prefers to play free-flowing soccer.
That is, in fact, what happened.
“I think it’s a frustrating game because it played out exactly the way they wanted it to play out,” head coach Caleb Porter said after the match.