Andre Blake’s nine saves and Nathan Harriel’s 50th-minute header off a corner kick were enough to hold on through Juan “Cucho” Hernández’s 72nd-minute penalty kick.
gritted their teeth and narrowly survived a night-long onslaught from the Columbus Crew to escape with a 1-1 tie at Lower.com Field Saturday.
The result allowed the Union to stay above the Crew in the standings. But New England jumped above both of them with a 2-1 home win against Charlotte. Orlando also held onto second place with a 3-0 defeat over Montreal.Major lineup changes Curtin had to do something at some point in the ongoing stretch of seven games in 21 days to stop his key players from being run into the ground or suffering more injuries. So Dániel Gazdag began the night on the bench
But that would require the Union to have the ball in the first place, which was another reason to gamble on the 3-5-2. With José Andrés Martínez also still out, the central midfield trio of Alejandro Bedoya and Jack McGlynn in front of Jesús Bueno was tasked with jamming Columbus’ playmaker-filled 3-4-3 lineup.the Union’s jammed schedule
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