The Columbus earned a massive three points on Sunday in front of a national television audience, defeating the league-leading Philadelphia Union 2-1 at MAPFRE Stadium. The game was the first of the final three from the Major League Soccer regular season for the Crew, meaning it’s about time to put up or shut up.
While it wasn’t a completely dominant performance from the Black & Gold, despite having Eloy Room, Darlington Nagbe, Lucas Zelarayan and Gyasi Zardes on the field together for the first time in 12 games, it was still a game Columbus needed to have.