Orlando v Columbus
Orlando City held to draw by Columbus Crew
ORLANDO, Fla. -- - Marco Pasalic scored in the 34th minute and Pedro Gallese had six saves on Saturday night for Orlando City in a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew.
Orlando (14-7-11), which is unbeaten in four straight, has 53 points - one behind sixth-place Nashville and two ahead of the ninth-place Crew.
Columbus (13-8-12) is winless in four straight and has one victory in its last nine games.
Andrés Herrera, on the counter-attack, put away a one-touch finish off a low cross played by Lassi Lappalainen to open the scoring in the 32nd minute.
Pasalic put away the rebound of a shot from outside the area by Luis Muriel that was parried by goalkeeper Patrick Schulte. Pasalic's first-touch finish from point-blank range made it 1-1 in the 34th.
Orlando City's Joran Gerbet went down with an apparent knee injury and was replaced by Kyle Smith in the fifth minute.
Orlando beat the Crew 3-1 on July 25.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Victor Rivas
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia Union | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | +24 | 66 |
FC Cincinnati | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | +9 | 62 |
Inter Miami CF | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | +23 | 62 |
Charlotte FC | 33 | 18 | 2 | 13 | +7 | 56 |
New York City FC | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | +7 | 56 |
Nashville SC | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | +16 | 54 |
Orlando City SC | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | +14 | 53 |
Chicago Fire FC | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 52 |
Columbus Crew | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | +2 | 51 |
New York Red Bulls | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | +3 | 43 |
New England Revolution | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
Toronto FC | 33 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -9 | 29 |
CF Montréal | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -23 | 28 |
Atlanta United FC | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -25 | 27 |
D.C. United | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -36 | 25 |