MLS Columbus Crew SC

Crew Remains Unbeaten on Road with 1-1 Draw at San Jose

April 13, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release


SANTA CLARA, CALIF. - The Columbus Crew (3-1-1, 10 points) secured a road point with a 1-1 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes (0-2-2, 2 points) on Sunday afternoon at Buck Shaw Stadium. Behind a 44th-minute goal from Federico Higuain, the Crew remains unbeaten on the road in 2014 (2-0-1) following today's draw.

Higuain put the Crew on the board first, capitalizing on a Waylon Francis cross that was initiated by Hector Jimenez. The goal - Higuain's fourth of the season and his 20th career MLS tally - gave the visitors a 1-0 lead headed into halftime. Six minutes into the second half, the Quakes responded with a Chris Wondolowski goal as the forward headed home a Shea Salinas corner kick in the 51st minute. Goalkeeper Steve Clark made four saves in his Barbasol Man of the Match performance.

The Crew returns to action next weekend on Saturday, April 19 when the Black & Gold host D.C. United at Crew Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET / Time Warner Cable SportsChannel).

San Jose Earthquakes 1 - Columbus Crew 1

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara, California

Referee: Kevin Stott

Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Anthony Vasoli

Fourth Official: Yader Reyes

Attendance: 10,525

Weather: 62 Degrees and Partly Cloudy

SCORING SUMMARY

CLB - Federico HiguaÃ-n (Waylon Francis, Hector Jimenez) 45'

SJ - Chris Wondolowski (Shea Salinas) 51'

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

CLB - Bernardo Anor (Caution) 13'

CLB - Giancarlo Gonzalez (Caution) 15'

SJ - Brandon Barklage (Caution) - 25'

SJ - Yannick Djalo (Caution) - 69'

LINEUPS

Earthquakes: Jon Busch; Brandon Barklage (J.J. Koval, 53'), Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Jordan Stewart; Cordell Cato (Yannick Djalo, 46'), Sam Cronin, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Shea Salinas; Alan Gordon, Chris Wondolowski

Substitutes not used: Bryan Meredith, Ty Harden, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn, Atiba Harris

Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams (Tyson Wahl, 75'), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst ©, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez, Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram, 83'); Federico Higuain, Dominic Oduro (Adam Bedell, 87')

Substitutes not used: Matt Lampson; Agustin Viana, Ethan Finlay, Jairo Arrieta

TEAM NOTES

With the draw, the Crew (3-1-1, 10 points) records its first deadlock of 2014 and first draw since June 1, 2013

The draw also keps the Crew unbeaten on the road in 2014 (2-0-1)

Today's match was the 38th all-time meeting in the regular-season history between the two teams dating back to 1996 ... the Crew is now 18-13-7 against San Jose and 6-10-4 against the Earthquakes on the road

The regular-season series between the two teams finishes in a draw for the third consecutive season as the teams have played to a 1-1 draw in their lone meetings in 2012, 2013 and 2014

Federico Higuain scored his fourth goal of the season to open the scoring in the match ... the goal was his fourth of the season and 20th career goal in 47 career MLS games dating back to August, 2012

With his goal, Federico Higuain moves into a tie with Alejandro Moreno for ninth place on the club's all-time goal-scoring list

Waylon Francis earned his first MLS assist on Federico Higuain's goal ... Hector Jimenez was credited with a secondary assist as the midfielder now has eight career assists in 48 regular-season games in his career

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