Columbus Crew vs New York City FC
Match pulse
Who won: NYCFC 2-1
New York City FC beat Columbus Crew 2-1 on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field. Goals for Columbus: Dániel Gazdag (90'+3' pen). Goals for NYCFC: Nicolás Fernández (28' pen) and Agustin Ojeda (70').
Every player rated
Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0Team stats
Player of the game
Agustin Ojeda
NYC · 1 G
Deserved to win
Columbus deserved better: 41% on chances, lost 1-2
Play by play
- Match ends, Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 2.
- Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 2.
- 90'+6'

Foul
Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+6'

Free kick won
Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+5'


Yellow card
James Sands (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
J. Sands
- 90'+5'

Right footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
T. Habroune
- GOAL90'+3'


Goal! Penalty
D. Gazdag
Goal! Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 2. Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
CLB 1 - 2 NYC - 90'
Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
- 90'CLB

Var - referee decision cancelled
VAR Decision: Penalty Columbus Crew.
- 89'


Handball
Penalty conceded by Thiago Martins (New York City FC) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 87'


Free kick won
Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87'

Foul
Foul by Nicolás Fernández (New York City FC).
- 84'

Right footed shot saved
Attempt saved. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
M. Arfsten
- 84'CLB

Corner awarded
Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin Pierre.
- 83'
SubSubbed on for N. Akhundzada
Substitution, Columbus Crew. Chase Adams replaces Nariman Akhundzada.
C. Adams
- 83'

SubSubbed on for N. Cavallo
Substitution, New York City FC. Máximo Carrizo replaces Nico Cavallo.
M. Carrizo
- 82'

Yellow card
Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
T. Habroune
- 82'

Foul
Foul by Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew).
- 82'


Free kick won
Andrés Perea (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79'


Left footed shot saved
Attempt saved. Nariman Akhundzada (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC). Assisted by Taha Habroune.
N. Akhundzade
- 78'


Left footed shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Nariman Akhundzada (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
N. Akhundzade
- 77'


Shot off target
Attempt missed. Andrés Perea (New York City FC) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 77'
SubSubbed on for J. Shore
Substitution, New York City FC. Kevin Pierre replaces Jonathan Shore.
K. Pierre
- 76'

Foul
Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 76'

Free kick won
Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.

