Champions League – Crew 1-1 Saprissa: Post Game
By: Chris | September 30th, 2009Well that was a real kick in the balls.
After dominating Saprissa for 91 minutes, holding a 1-0 lead for most of that, the Crew gave up a stoppage time goal and settled for a 1-1 draw with the Costa Ricans in last night’s Champions League match.
To say that Columbus “gave up” the late goal is a little bit of a misnomer, because in actuality Saprissa stole it, fouling no less than two Crew players while trying frantically to get the ball into the net. See for yourself, (horrible) highlights are here.
There really isn’t much that can be said. Columbus dominated for the majority of the game, only to have a goal stolen in the closing minutes. I’m not usually one to blame a bad result on officiating, but in this case I’ll make an exception: These refs sucked. All night, and for both teams. It was just miserable.
Oh well, Columbus can still advance to the quaterfinals on October 20 when Saprissa gets spanked at Cruz Azul or Columbus wins (or ties) at Puerto Rico. It just would have been nice to clinch at home, in front of the most die-hard Crew fans. All 5,000 of them.
So it’s back to league play this weekend, as Sigi Schmid brings The Sounders and Drew Carey to the House That Lamar Built. This game is going to be huge, and everyone knows it. Apparently, the Polish Missile gave Sir Sigmund the Rotund a ring last night, and Fake Sigi has all the details.
Oh, and by the way: According to Sean Mitchell the Crew can clinch the Eastern Confference this weekend if we beat Seattle and a few other stars align.
Bring it on, Sounder Scum.
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Man, that music on the highlights is horrible. Am I watching soccer highlights or an episode of Saved by the Bell?
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