New York Red Bulls (7-4-1, 22 points) versus the Columbus Crew (7-3-5, 26 points)
June 9, 5pm EST/2 PM PST, ESPN
The Columbus Crew have a huge game this weekend at home on ESPN.
A win gives Columbus a possible seven point lead over the fourth, fifth, and sixth place teams in the East.
Some cushion would be a good thing at the moment.
In addition, Columbus needs to nip in the bud what happened in the last two games at home.
The comeback over Toronto F.C. was fun and entertaining.
Looking at the first 67 minutes could’ve ended up A LOT worse.
Nevertheless, it’s still only a point at home.
Have to get back to winning as quickly as you can because the rest of the East will catch up.
Crewture’s projected Crew lineup:
It’s cute that Berhalter, Major League Soccer in general is cool with releasing players to national teams for friendlies.
Since it isn’t apparently as serious as all those big European leagues.
Was cool to see our shutout streak go by the wayside in a big way in the 3-3 tie to Toronto FC.
Especially when Steffen didn’t even play against Ireland.
He and Trapp will be gone again this weekend to hopefully see the field for the United States against France.
New York Red Bull projected lineup:
New York Red Bulls last game out in Major League Soccer was a 2-1 defeat at New England.
Just about half of their starting lineup. D – Fidel Escobar, D – Michael Murillo, D – Tim Parker, M – Tyler Adams, M – Kaku.
Despite being a bit shorthanded NYRB had a much better U.S. Open Cup midweek showing then Columbus.
NYRB demolished rivals NYCFC 4-0 resultantly we’ll see if that gets them in the mood here in Columbus.
Their expected lineup:
(4-2-3-1, right to left)
GK: Luis Robles — Connor Lade, Aaron Long, Aurelien Collin, Kemar Lawrence — Sean Davis, Marc Rzatkowski — Florian Valot, Vincent Bezecourt, Danny Royer — Bradley Wright-Phillips
PREDICTION: 3-2 Columbus.
Columbus Crew
