On Saturday Jun 18th, Columbus Crew will play host to Charlotte in a clash of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. Columbus Crew is fresh off their 2-1 win against Atlanta United. Mensah scored the first goal for Columbus Crew in the 1st minute, then Erik Hurtado added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Derrick Etienne. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while charlotte is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against New York Red Bulls. Benjamin Bender struck first for Charlotte in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Derrick Jones added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed New York Red Bulls couldn’t manage to score, and Charlotte took the shutout win. Charlotte is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Andre Shinyashiki and Bender have been the hottest scorers for Charlotte in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Erik Hurtado has been the most prolific scorer on Columbus Crew in his last five matches with 2 goals.