#3 SEED: COLUMBUS CREW (12-6-5)- 41 POINTS / GF: 36 GA: 21
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#6 SEED: NEW YORK RED BULLS (9-9-5)- 32 POINTS / GF: 29 GA: 31
The Columbus Crew have been a bit bi-polar with their results lately.
In the last six games they've beaten the #1 and #5 Eastern Conference playoff seeds. They've also reintroduced the welcome attraction of both Zardes and Zelarayan scoring in the same game.
But intermittently the Crew have sprinkled in a tie to the #24th team and a loss to the #25th team in MLS.
The Crew followed those breaks between wins with an even more baffling late goal loss to Orlando City while up a man.
Yet a partly cloudy 3-2-1 run shows some signs of sun for the Columbus Crew compared to a shambolic 0-3-1 start to October.
Now the question is can the Columbus Crew string consecutive Nordecke pleasing performances together?
COLUMBUS CREW vs. NEW YORK RED BULL MATCHUP:
New York finished the season on decision day in good form defeating #2 side Toronto FC 2-1 at home with goals from Tom Barlow and Brian White.
But likewise they've been a little all over the map. Since October NYRB have been 3-3-3.
For Columbus I would go at this game the same offensively to when the Crew played the New York Red Bulls last on 7/16/2020.
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| 7/16/20 Crew lineup and highlights |
As offensively Columbus lined up the same last week as well.
Which led to the wanted result at home that jumped Columbus up to the #3 seed. For continuity and familiarity sake I would play the same starting eleven in total as the last game.
Instead of ending a victorious MLS Cup campaign with a NYRB win could Columbus possibly start one that way?
Columbus doesn't need to get ahead of themselves.
Instead if the Crew can show focus, I would say Columbus would be a good bet with everything on the line at home to have a similar result to 7/16/2020.
RESULT: Columbus has another streak of back to back ZZ Top scoring games with another 2-0 result over NYRB. Goals by Zardes and Zelarayan.
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