Columbus beats Dallas 2-0 as Schulte posts clean sheet

Columbus beat Dallas 2-0 at Toyota Stadium. Goalkeeper Patrick Schulte was the player of the game with 5 saves and a clean sheet, good for a Chirp Rating of 8.6.

Gonzalo Tapia opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Anass Zaroury crossed from wide, and Tapia hit a left footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner. Columbus led 1-0 at the break. Tapia finished with 3 shots.

Dallas pushed for an equalizer and never found one. Petar Musa took 4 shots for the hosts. Schulte stopped the rest. In the 70th minute, Santiago Rodríguez made it 2-0 with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box, again into the bottom left corner.

Columbus moves to 12-5-15. Dallas falls to 15-9-8. Chirp's Sim had Dallas at 45% before the game, so this result was well within range.