The Brazilian, who will miss the Hell is Real Derby against FC Cincinnati due to yellow card accumulation, tried to stop the shot, but stepped far too late and too slowly. That obstruction came from midfielder Artur, who had a difficult night in his second start after returning from a fracture in his lower leg. The ball landed at Sosa’s feet and the midfielder had the time to rip a shot that was obstructed from Room’s view. After a cross went into the penalty box, United defender Caleb Wiley headed the ball out of the penalty area, finding its way through a group of three Five Stripes without a Black & Gold player in sight. The Crew stood around in the build-up up to the goal, lacking any intensity or pressure on the Atlanta offense. It was a goal that perfectly summed up how Columbus was playing and its addition to the match was far from a surprise to anyone watching. Midfielder Santiago Sosa put the Five Stripes on the board with an impressive shot from 20 yards out, but not a shot that couldn’t have been stopped by simply closing down the opponent. “That (Atlanta) is a very good team with a lot of talent and we let them get into the game and score a goal and you see when they’re allowed to get into a game how talented they are.” “We had a couple guys that were casual,” said Porter. Postmatch, Porter wasn’t ready to name the players lacking that intensity, although he used Mensah, Degenek and the work of forward Cucho Hernandez and midfielder Lucas Zelarayan as positive examples. The night also required defensive clearances off the goal line from center backs Jonathan Mensah and Milos Degenek. The match ended with Columbus needing eight saves from goalkeeper Eloy Room, including two in second half stoppage to keep even the single point. In the first half, Atlanta pinned the Black & Gold back and had its fair share of shots, five on target and 10 overall, compared to two shots, one on target overall for the home side. After a split-second of possession in the attacking third to start the match, the Crew was on the back foot. It’s the theory that holds the most water when looking back at the draw.
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There are a lot of theories on why this is the case, but head coach Caleb Porter has his own: Columbus didn’t have 11 players on the field who looked ready to play. The Black & Gold were outclassed, outmuscled and outplayed on their home field. It was a deceptive scoreline, especially for anyone that only watched the first 60 minutes. Sunday night, the Columbus Crew and Atlanta United fought a storm delay, a rainy second half and each other to a 2-2 draw at Field.