1-3: The crew gives the bell and Sergio Canales has no end

He Columbus Crew The Americans, current MLS champions, broke all predictions on Wednesday and defeated the United States 1-3 at home. Rayados de Monterrey and qualified for the final of Concacaf Champions Cup.

Aidan Morris, Uruguayan Diego Rossi and Canadian Jacen Russell-Rowe scored for the Crew, who won 2-1 in the first leg of the semi-final away and on Wednesday they entered the Monterrey stadium to seal the series of one point total 2-5, in the return duel. Ukrainian Yevhen Cheberko, who had an own goal, put Rayados ahead.

In the 11th minute, Argentine Jorge Rodríguez sent a deep cross into the area that his compatriot Maximiliano Meza managed to hit the crossbar and in an attempt to clear it, Cheberko sent it into his goal to make it 1-0.

Just when Monterrey seemed to have the game and the series in the bag, in stoppage time in the first half, an attempt by Argentine Esteban Andrada, Monterrey’s goalkeeper, led to a Crew comeback with a goal from Morris’ cross, for 1-1.

In the second half, the Americans sealed their place in the final with a filtered pass from Romanian Alexandru Matan that Rossi converted with his left foot for a 1-2 scoreline that left Rayados on the canvas. Monterrey tried to get into the series, but Columbus goalie Patrick Schulte denied shots from Sergio Canales, in the 68th, and Brandon Vázquez, in the 72nd, to sign his team’s place in the competition for in the title.

Matru added his second assist of the game in the 89th, now on the counterattack, allowing Jacen Russell-Rowe to score 1-3; The Crew still let themselves miss a penalty in stoppage time. The MLS champion will face the final, where Concacaf’s last ticket to the Club World Cup is at stake, Tuzos del Pachuca, who on Tuesday dispatched Águilas del América, Mexican soccer champions.

DATA SHEET

1 – Monterrey: Esteban Andrada; Víctor Guzmán, Sebastián Vegas (Héctor Moreno m.43), Stefan Medina, Gerardo Arteaga; Luis Romo (Brandon Vázquez m.54), Jesús Gallardo (Jordi Cortizo m.54), Jorge Rodríguez; Germán Berterame, Sergio Canales, Maximiliano Meza (Rodrigo Aguirre m.69)
3 – Columbus Crew: Patrick Schulte; Sean Zawadzki, Steven Moreira, Rudy Camacho, Yevhen Cheberko, Yaw Yeboah (Malte Amundsen m.74); Diego Rossi, Darlington Nagbe, Aidan Morris (Derrick Amaniampong m.73); Marino Hineztroza (Alexandru Matan m.45; Christian Ramírez m.90+1) and Juan Camilo Hernández (Jacen Russell-Rowe m.85)
The objectives: 1-0, Yevhen Cheberko (own goal, m. 11); 1-1, Aidan Morris (m. 45+4); 1-2, Diego Rossi (m. 49); 1-3, Jacen Russell-Rowe (d. 89)
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón, from Costa Rica. He advised Darlington Nagbe and Sebastián Vegas
Incidents: Second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals, held at the BBVA stadium, in northern Mexico.