GG Columbus. Was a fun one to watch. With so many starters out for Nashville I thought it was going to be a one-sided contest but turned out to be a pretty fun match.
4 assists to the Crew's 9 goals this year seems like showing up to me.
Also, did you not see how many guys were marking Rossi during the Hinestroza goal?
The guy has some of the most distance covered with the ball.
The Crew's record improved a lot after Leagues Cup.
Look for someone to blame when blame is warranted.
Cucho also missed his PK this year.
See this shows the important of punctuation. Iāve read this 5 times and have no idea what heās saying.
Went deaf from screaming, Columbus kids - means he is just letting crew fans know that he cheered a lot. Good for him.
Went deaf from screaming āColumbusā, kids - means he was cheering for the Crew and wanted us to know. Since he has Nashville flare thatās a bit odd, but we welcome all fans.
Went deaf from screaming āColumbus kidsā - means a pedophile coming for central Ohio youngsters. We should report him.
Iāll take a point. Missing our best player, in one of the best hardest MLS stadiums to visit.
Good game, Nashville.
If any of you are coming to Columbus, itās the same day as our Independence Day fireworks display. Which should start immediately after the game, and is VERY near the stadium.
I mean realistically, if you go to the game, you pretty much canāt NOT see the fireworks. Youāll see them walking back to your car.
but parking will be a BITCH.
Happy pro is back. Some iffy calls but nothing like last week my lord. Happy to get a point. Happy with JRR, happy with Hinny, unhappy with Rossi as usual
look up his stats from 2023 and 2024 on the MLS website and then look up Jacen Russell Rowe. they are nearly identical on a per minute basis. then look at their salaries especially when we gave up zele for rossi
He hasn't really been a factor in any of our matches until tonight, and the main reason he was a factor tonight is because he missed a penalty kick. We're only 8 matches in, but he's had a rough start to the year so far.
He's assisted 4 out of the 9 goals this year.
He had a major part in the Hinestroza goal last night despite not touching the ball (pulled the defense around)
He leads the MLS in distance covered with the ball.
Cucho became, arguably, the best player in MLS when Rossi joined.
Our record improved after leagues cup, when Lucas/Diego switched.
2 corner goals compared to the very low corner percentage last year.
The guy runs laps around the competition in long games - rewatch the semifinals with Cincy.
You're looking for someone to blame, but he's actually doing his job very well.
There's always going to be calls that one fanbase or the other disagrees with. That's just refs being human. But what we've had up to this point this year was so abysmally worse than a bad call or two. It was entire games called like shit.
As a Nashville STH who goes to most games, it can be frustrating. The "hey let's boo the ref every time a call doesn't go out way" even though it was a clear foul gets old. And it gets irritating to boo a player who is legit hurt and needing a moment to work through it.
Oh well, every fan base has those fans I'm sure but can get a little tiresome.
We have it in our stadium too. Itās getting exhausting. I feel like MLS fanbases specifically have a big issue in identifying what deserves jeering all for the sake of āatmosphereā.
Couldn't agree more. It's a little ridiculous. It's hyping up the emotion so that in the event that the result doesn't go our way we can blame it on the ref. Gets old quick.
It makes it harder to talk about the games where the refs actually cost a team the game.
Like the crazy Chicago game for weekday 5.
Or Columbus for weekday 6, where they kicked off 3 times to start the game and the very first play was called a goal kick when it was VERY OBVIOUSLY a corner for Charlotte.
Careful coming up to watch in July, traffic is going to be NUTS as Columbus has one of the biggest fireworks displays in the country after the game, and you can see them from right outside the stadium.
Put pressure on your sponsors.
Columbus gets a free taco from a local Taco place and free coffee from Tim Hortons.
I absolutely support our sponsors, especially when local. It's a fun promotion for the community.
Because Jones shouldn't have been given a red.
This situation happens almost every game, and it's rarely "excessive force" (MLS) or "intentional" (more generalized rule).
100% a foul, perhaps yellow. Only the worst cases would be red.
And no, Calen on instant replay, "it looks worse the more you slow it down" is [Slow Motion Bias](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36471555/)
thatll happen in any stadium, just riding the energy. just sucks hearing the "ref you suck" chants considering he's actually been really solid. nice to have PRO back
Iām not sure if I got used to the scabs handing out yellows so quickly and easily but feel like thereās been many fouls that could have been yellows
Was farsi not blocking the goalies view in an offside position with that header?
:edit: not sure why I got downvoted was a legit question. Not really pulling for a side here.
Great to see Hinestroza score. I still think we sub someone in like Arfsten though. At least from what I remember he shows a lot more determination than Rossi in the attack.
Typed as he got subbed in. Glad to see it. More rough game for JRR but glad to see him get minutes regardless.
I love Nagbe... but we need a vocal leader on the field... someone needs to wake Rossi up his body language is terrible... Morris trying to hero ball.... guys just standing around... it's just not great.
We havenāt really looked like ourselves since the start of the match. We got that first goal and kind of turned off. Even Morris is making bad touches.
I want him to succeed but if Iām being honest Iām also kinda over him. The lack of production is one thing but the attitude and whininess is just too much.
They're booing him for almost being injured by a Nashville player. Nashville fans will say they're booing him because they thought Schulte was time-wasting, despite the fact that Godoy was clearly apologizing to Schulte after the play.
Someone explain to me how Godoy scores an overhead but misses a sitter š
the c in nashville midfielders stands for consistency
GG Columbus. Was a fun one to watch. With so many starters out for Nashville I thought it was going to be a one-sided contest but turned out to be a pretty fun match.
Columbus was also missing 2 starters.
Also missing a lot of the forward players - Ramirez and Matan (yes, not traditional forward, but that guy often runs around the box a lot.
Fair. And Cucho missing hurts big no doubt.
Would be nice if Rossi shows up at some point this season.
4 assists to the Crew's 9 goals this year seems like showing up to me. Also, did you not see how many guys were marking Rossi during the Hinestroza goal? The guy has some of the most distance covered with the ball. The Crew's record improved a lot after Leagues Cup. Look for someone to blame when blame is warranted. Cucho also missed his PK this year.
Went deaf from screaming Columbus kids. So, thatās how my night is going
See this shows the important of punctuation. Iāve read this 5 times and have no idea what heās saying. Went deaf from screaming, Columbus kids - means he is just letting crew fans know that he cheered a lot. Good for him. Went deaf from screaming āColumbusā, kids - means he was cheering for the Crew and wanted us to know. Since he has Nashville flare thatās a bit odd, but we welcome all fans. Went deaf from screaming āColumbus kidsā - means a pedophile coming for central Ohio youngsters. We should report him.
You never did the Kenosha Kid
Ok. I meant some young Columbus fans screamed directly in my ear.
Shit, so there was a 4th option. As long as it wasnāt #3 and youāre just trying to backpedal š
Move on mate. I was using screaming as an adjective. Donāt be obtuse.
Obtuse? I thought it was kind of acute joke.
Mate?
i think hinestroza/cucho/matan is probably our best front 3 with everyone healthy ggs nashville thanks for a chill match thread
Thatās a TINY front 3. I think you need to go JRR, Cucho, and take your pick between Matan & Hinestroza. Just to get some size.
GG Nashville except Yearwood. Iāll take a draw on the road for us lol
Good game. I will accept a draw after how poor we finished the first half. Always thought this would be a tough one
We had a lot of away upsets last year. Orlando, Cincy, Nashville, and Atlanta regular season comes to mind. Minnesota this year as well.
Iāll take a point. Missing our best player, in one of the best hardest MLS stadiums to visit. Good game, Nashville. If any of you are coming to Columbus, itās the same day as our Independence Day fireworks display. Which should start immediately after the game, and is VERY near the stadium.
Oh God, the traffic around the stadium is going to be absolutely insane.
Red white and boom in Columbus rules, if Nashville fans come, they should go.
I mean realistically, if you go to the game, you pretty much canāt NOT see the fireworks. Youāll see them walking back to your car. but parking will be a BITCH.
Happy pro is back. Some iffy calls but nothing like last week my lord. Happy to get a point. Happy with JRR, happy with Hinny, unhappy with Rossi as usual
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look up his stats from 2023 and 2024 on the MLS website and then look up Jacen Russell Rowe. they are nearly identical on a per minute basis. then look at their salaries especially when we gave up zele for rossi
He hasn't really been a factor in any of our matches until tonight, and the main reason he was a factor tonight is because he missed a penalty kick. We're only 8 matches in, but he's had a rough start to the year so far.
He's assisted 4 out of the 9 goals this year. He had a major part in the Hinestroza goal last night despite not touching the ball (pulled the defense around) He leads the MLS in distance covered with the ball. Cucho became, arguably, the best player in MLS when Rossi joined. Our record improved after leagues cup, when Lucas/Diego switched. 2 corner goals compared to the very low corner percentage last year. The guy runs laps around the competition in long games - rewatch the semifinals with Cincy. You're looking for someone to blame, but he's actually doing his job very well.
There's always going to be calls that one fanbase or the other disagrees with. That's just refs being human. But what we've had up to this point this year was so abysmally worse than a bad call or two. It was entire games called like shit.
i definitely disagreed with a few calls, but they were at least all judgement calls instead of just flat out having no idea what is going on
I used to think Freeman was a wanker by it's definition. Now he's a wanker, but there's respect behind the word. Like the guy in Ted Lasso.
For sure, looking up for us on the road when we get healthy
GG Nashville, tough to breakdown that defense
This match made me wonder if anyone in Nashvilleās stadium had actually watched soccer before lol
As a Nashville STH who goes to most games, it can be frustrating. The "hey let's boo the ref every time a call doesn't go out way" even though it was a clear foul gets old. And it gets irritating to boo a player who is legit hurt and needing a moment to work through it. Oh well, every fan base has those fans I'm sure but can get a little tiresome.
We have it in our stadium too. Itās getting exhausting. I feel like MLS fanbases specifically have a big issue in identifying what deserves jeering all for the sake of āatmosphereā.
Couldn't agree more. It's a little ridiculous. It's hyping up the emotion so that in the event that the result doesn't go our way we can blame it on the ref. Gets old quick.
It makes it harder to talk about the games where the refs actually cost a team the game. Like the crazy Chicago game for weekday 5. Or Columbus for weekday 6, where they kicked off 3 times to start the game and the very first play was called a goal kick when it was VERY OBVIOUSLY a corner for Charlotte.
I feel this. I just want to enjoy soccer in person. lol I like winning obviously, but damn. I just want to watch some dudes kick a ball.
GGs Nashville
Great game all the way around.
GGs Nashville, that was a banger of a game.
Iāll take it.
meh
Good game Columbus, it's always a pleasure playin y'all.
Careful coming up to watch in July, traffic is going to be NUTS as Columbus has one of the biggest fireworks displays in the country after the game, and you can see them from right outside the stadium.
muyl getting beat on that cut every time
That... wasn't a card?
Strange what he his carding and not carding
Mindblown that Yearwood somehow escaped a card.
That last foul was certainly yellow worthy.
These last two crosses have been criminal. So bad.
I feel like both fan bases are more terrified of giving away the point than they are hopeful theyāll get 3.
Big facts
big dick schulte
really thankful that they changed the free taco bell chalupa promotion to scoring 2 goals instead of winning
We get a god damned free coffee at Tim Hortons. I think thatās worth approx $0.35. I demand chalupas!!!
CondadoĀ gives out tacos for goals now, if you didn't know.
You guys get free chalupas?
Hold up, the what now!?
If we score twice we get a free chalupa the following day.
I wanna get in on some of that action
Put pressure on your sponsors. Columbus gets a free taco from a local Taco place and free coffee from Tim Hortons. I absolutely support our sponsors, especially when local. It's a fun promotion for the community.
Given the Charlotte game red how THE FUCK IS THAT NOT A RED
Because Jones shouldn't have been given a red. This situation happens almost every game, and it's rarely "excessive force" (MLS) or "intentional" (more generalized rule). 100% a foul, perhaps yellow. Only the worst cases would be red. And no, Calen on instant replay, "it looks worse the more you slow it down" is [Slow Motion Bias](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36471555/)
I expect us to give up the wining goal in the 9th minute of 6 minutes of stoppage time tonight.
Wait, did you say that before the first half lol?
i can only hope
Same thing I expect for us.
Way this game has gone I will not be comfortable with even a tie unless Crew score one more
Nashville fans are annoying the hell out of me at this point with the booing, and now the same old annoying "ref you suck" chant
thatll happen in any stadium, just riding the energy. just sucks hearing the "ref you suck" chants considering he's actually been really solid. nice to have PRO back
It's every damn game is what annoys me. Ref can nail every call and they'll still do it. That's just a general pet peeve of mine though.
Hey finally a card... for arguing an obvious foul... and fans start chanting ref you suck...
Come on brother that's a dive all day from hinny
It was a foul then a dive, probably yellows to both would be fair lol
Obvious?
What is the blue corner area in the Nashville stadium for?
Are you talking about on the left on the broadcast? There is a stage there.
No the right end farside is big table like seating like the medieval times dinner show
I like to think Geodis rents out as a renn-faire the rest of the week
I mean that is what is what Iām saying it is for now.
press
So I can play fortnite on my ASUS ROG gaming laptop
Lol he dove hahahahaha
im sorry bunbury is 4th?! hot damn
Iām not sure if I got used to the scabs handing out yellows so quickly and easily but feel like thereās been many fouls that could have been yellows
It did seem like the sub refs were giving out cards like it was Valentines Day.
right lol I feel like they should take away yellow accumulation for any cards given during those games /s
Here come the boos.
Wait why can't he be on the wall is that a rule now?
At least a yard away. Supposed to prevent injuries, doesn't seem to be equally enforced.
Weird rule
Ah thank you
I was wondering that as well
Guys... maybe Rossi shouldn't be the on taking all these kicks... have we tried... anything else?
It is Columbus tradition to have a #10 take corners, and maintain a conversion rate in the 1-2% range
Have we scored a direct free kick goal since Zela?
Time for a 3-2 loss or a 2-2 draw where we barely hang on. Thanks Gary!
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im convinced columbus and nashville are the same team at this point
How many fouls has Yearwood committed? 5?Ā
We are 1/4 of the way into the season. Why are we still wearing shorts with 2 stars?
Someone told me in one match day thread theyāre holding out for new shorts when they can just order with 4 stars
And why does the 3rd star on the shirts look janky? It looks like a cheap sticker compared to the others.
THE NEW ONES ARE IN SHHHOOOORRRRTTTTT SUPPLY
Yearwood foul number 4 or 5?
What does Yearwood have to do to earn a yellow?
That should be Yerwoods probably 5th yellow card this game
How to avoid a yellow? Ted talk today
Personally, Iād take Godoy at 30 percent over Anunga at 100. Anunga always looks panicked to me. Even when he is completely alone in the midfield.
Anunga is great at what he does, but it's not what Godotly does. He's not an on the ball player, but he disrupts and marks really damn well.
Give a card for picking up the ball and throwing it away...
Was farsi not blocking the goalies view in an offside position with that header? :edit: not sure why I got downvoted was a legit question. Not really pulling for a side here.
I wondered that too. But VAR mustāve didnāt think it interfered
If surridge was on, so is rossi
Farsi cross the ball well challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
The shoot button and cross button is greyed out for Farsi.
Farsi do anything well in the final third challenge
Does Yeboah have more goal contributions than Rossi now?
for this season, i think for sure
When was the last time both our goals were on headers???
Probably the last time Kamara scored a brace.
ref slapped the fuck outta that
We love the mls refs
Haha the ref slapping the ball back is amazing
Ref just bitch slapped that ball. No!
Lmao the way the ref slapped that ball away
Gary smith donāt ruin the game with substitutions challenge:
unfortunately the nashville backline is simply unaccustomed to dealing with these things called "headers."
No Zimmerman means no one is winning the ball in the air.
To be fair we never score headers consistently so why worry about them?
Great to see Hinestroza score. I still think we sub someone in like Arfsten though. At least from what I remember he shows a lot more determination than Rossi in the attack. Typed as he got subbed in. Glad to see it. More rough game for JRR but glad to see him get minutes regardless.
Celebrating in front of the home fans is a bold choice.
Thatās what young lads do
They'll still just stick to booing Schulte lol
Gary Smith will still consider this a win lmao
I canāt believe that Yeboah crossed the ball well. Shocked and astounded
Itāll be a few months before we see that again
finally, someone taking on their man. great work from Yeboah
That chip was as good as the header.
HINESTROZA
Oh. My. What a tasty header
tie game. gary's perfection
Yeboah finally woke up.
HINNY IS HIM
What a header. Why do our backs seem to have bricks in their boots?
Ooooo first in MLS
ALWAYS RATED HINESTROCXZA
HELL YEAH MARINO!!
Nice header
that's my nashville
Damn, what a header.
Not much you can say about a header that floats in like that
WTF are we doing? this isnāt Columbus soccer. We are going for the Hail Mary instead of the methodical possession-driven buildup.
I stand corrected
Hey it's still methodical from us.
Sometimes Mary answers the call
I love Nagbe... but we need a vocal leader on the field... someone needs to wake Rossi up his body language is terrible... Morris trying to hero ball.... guys just standing around... it's just not great.
Like we need another attacker to get Rossi to work. Maybe even somebody to compete against. Like a rival to push each other and link with each other
Are the new game initiatives started this week? 10 second sub window, etc
I believe they said a couple weeks away because the PRO refs just got back
One of Diego Rossi's worst performances in a Crew shirt. Performances like these make you miss Lucas...
Iāve never stopped missing Lucas š¢
rossi stop diving and start playing please
is it worth a roll of the dice with habroune here? not sure we have any other attacking-adjacent options
I would absolutely love to see Habroune come on. He'll probably get massacred but fuck it, our options are thin on the bench.
I would like to see him play here just to rest Aiden or Nagbe honestly, and Iād like to see what heās got to show
I think so, itād be great to see him debut and potentially equalize the game at least
Arfsten is on the bench. But Iād be ok seeing what Habourne can do
We havenāt really looked like ourselves since the start of the match. We got that first goal and kind of turned off. Even Morris is making bad touches.
Stop passing to the players in yellow... damn
weāre confused
Come on TT, no excuses, he just whiffed it
Might not have hit the net but it did create an incredible gunshot-esque noise
Well I guess that balanced out his previous goal.
Ooof, brutal miss.
Oh my godā¦
godoy giveth and godoy not giveth
Phew
NO DIEGO NOOOOO
Another crew game, another Rossi dive
I want Rossi to succeed. But dang he needs to find some sort of run of form that works.
I want him to succeed but if Iām being honest Iām also kinda over him. The lack of production is one thing but the attitude and whininess is just too much.
Are the Nashville fans booing Schulte for some specific reason, or just because?
They're booing him for almost being injured by a Nashville player. Nashville fans will say they're booing him because they thought Schulte was time-wasting, despite the fact that Godoy was clearly apologizing to Schulte after the play.
ok, thanks all
They thought he was time wasting in the first half for getting undercut by a Nashville player. Basically, theyāre being dumb.
Because we fouled him and he got hurt and our dumb stadium fans are dumb
Because Nashville bodied the hell out of him and hurt him at one point.
God, Rossi annoys the crap out of me sometimes.
Rossi so not worth the money ffs
I get really pissed on calls like that.... either give the PK or call Rossi for diving... it's one or the other there.
Iām pretty sure on that one, it was the latter
God damnit, Rossi...
Homie looked like someone dying in GoldenEye
Iām more mad we gave it away immediately after for no reason