While it’s not surprising that the Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew played to another scoreless draw in Columbus on Sunday, it was a point the Union can fully credit to their most valuable player.
Andre Blake saved a penalty and was his usual brick wall in a match where the Union finished with a 0.3 xG to the Crew’s 1.5. The lack of generating anything going forward was in part a credit to the Crew’s defensive play but was also what one might expect from a team trying a new formation (3-5-2) and not getting much by way of service to the front line.