On the night of Sunday, December 10, the MLS final took place, in which Columbus Crew Evegnia Cheberko and Los Angeles met.
The teams started slowly, trying each other out, but Columbus looked much more confident than his opponent and was the first to attack. In the 31st minute, the Los Angeles players made a mistake and brought a penalty into their own goal. Kucho confidently opened the scoring.
And four minutes later the hosts finished off the opponent by scoring another goal. In the second half, the teams switched roles, now Los Angeles was pressing, and they managed to get one goal back thanks to the efforts of Buyanga. Towards the end of the match, Evgeniy Cheberko also appeared on the field.
Columbus Crew confidently brought the match to victory and became the MLS champion in the 2023 season.\
Match statistics Columbus Crew – Los Angeles
Columbus Crew -Los Angeles 2:1
Goals : Kucho (penalty), 33, Yeboah, 37 – Buyanga, 74
Expected Goals (xG): 2.07 – 0.94
Ball possession: 61% – 39%
Beats: 14 – 11
Shots on target: 5 – 5
Fouls: 12 – 19
Columbus Crew : Schulte – Moreira, Camacho, Amundsen – Farsi (Ramirez, 85), Nagbe (Zawacki, 84), Morris, Yeboah (Cheberko, 82) – Metzan, Kucho (Gressel, 85), Rossi (Molino, 90+1 ).
Los Angeles: Crepeau – Hollingshead, Murillo, Chiellini, Palacios (Palencia, 87) – Tilman (Bogush, 60), Sanchez (Gonzalez, 87) – Acosta (Krastev, 76) – Buyanga, Vela, Olivera.
Warnings : Amundsen 61, Rossi 90, Morris 90+3 – Vela 49, Tilman 53, Sanchez 67, Palacios 85
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