Charlotte FC

4th · 12-7-8 · 43 pts · +9

YES!

Charlotte FC beat Columbus Crew

5-5-9 1 – 3

8-4-7

FT · Sat, Aug 15

Match Details

Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina) · Apple TV

Commentary

·Match ends, Charlotte FC 3, Columbus Crew 1.
90'+8'Second Half ends, Charlotte FC 3, Columbus Crew 1.
90'+7'Attempt blocked. Brais Méndez (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taha Habroune.
90'+6'Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by David Schnegg.
90'+5'Foul by André Gomes (Columbus Crew).
90'+5'Archie Goodwin (Charlotte FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Brais Méndez (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Brooks Lennon.
90'+4'Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4'Foul by Archie Goodwin (Charlotte FC).
90'+3'Attempt saved. Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Kristijan Kahlina (Charlotte FC).
90'+2'Attempt saved. Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Kristijan Kahlina (Charlotte FC).
90'+2'Attempt blocked. Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Brais Méndez.

Line Score

	1	2	T
CLB	1	0	1
CLT	2	1	3

Match Leaders

Columbus Crew

CA Chase Adams · 1Goals
TH Taha Habroune · 4Total Shots
Patrick Schulte · 3Saves
Malte Amundsen · 8Defensive Interventions
DC Dylan Chambost · 91Accurate Passes

Charlotte FC

BB Brandt Bronico · 1Goals
PB Pep Biel · 3Total Shots
Kristijan Kahlina · 3Saves
DS David Schnegg · 14Defensive Interventions
TR Tim Ream · 35Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026 MLS

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville	27	18	6	3	+34	60
2	New England	27	14	4	9	+9	46
3	Miami	27	12	10	5	+14	46
4	Charlotte	27	12	7	8	+9	43
5	Chicago	26	12	6	8	+8	42
6	Philadelphia	27	11	6	10	+10	39
7	Orlando	27	10	4	13	-16	34
8	Red Bull NY	27	9	6	12	-17	33
9	NYCFC	27	8	9	10	+5	33
10	Cincinnati	26	8	9	9	-9	33
11	D.C. United	26	6	12	8	-8	30
12	Columbus	27	8	5	14	-4	29
13	Toronto	27	6	11	10	-12	29
14	Atlanta	27	7	6	14	-13	27
15	CF Montréal	27	6	6	15	-20	24

Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

89'Ashley Westwood (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card.

87'Substitution, Charlotte FC. Tyger Smalls replaces Pep Biel.

73'Goal! Charlotte FC 3, Columbus Crew 1. Pep Biel (Charlotte FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodolfo Aloko.

71'Substitution, Charlotte FC. Rodolfo Aloko replaces Liel Abada.

71'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Josef Martínez replaces Dániel Gazdag.

71'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Malte Amundsen.

60'Henry Kessler (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

56'Substitution, Charlotte FC. Will Cleary replaces Nathan Byrne because of an injury.

56'Substitution, Charlotte FC. Archie Goodwin replaces Idan Toklomati.

45'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Brais Méndez replaces Chase Adams.

45'Substitution, Columbus Crew. André Gomes replaces Tarun Karumanchi.

45'Substitution, Charlotte FC. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Luca de la Torre.

45'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Steven Moreira replaces Lautaro Giaccone.

41'Goal! Charlotte FC 2, Columbus Crew 1. Chase Adams (Columbus Crew) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.

39'David Schnegg (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

9'Goal! Charlotte FC 2, Columbus Crew 0. Liel Abada (Charlotte FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

1'Goal! Charlotte FC 1, Columbus Crew 0. Brandt Bronico (Charlotte FC) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Schnegg with a through ball.