By Mariana Smithfield

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Match Notes:

• The Crew recorded a 2-2 draw against the Portland Timbers in tonight’s home match at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Columbus has scored at least one goal in 24 of its past 26 matches across all competitions, netting 48 goals in the stretch.
  • With tonight’s tie with the Portland Timbers, the Crew extended their home unbeaten streak to 17 regular season matches, the second-longest streak in club history (22 games from 2008-09).
  • The Crew have a league-best 25 multiple-goal matches since 2023 (21 in 2023; four in 2024), pending LAFC’s result tonight (24 since 2023).
• Through nine matches, the Crew are 3-1-5.
  • It is the Crew’s third time since 2004, when MLS overtimes were eliminated, that the Club has lost only one of its first nine MLS fixtures (6-1-2 in 2010 and 2020; 3-1-5 in 2024).
  • Since 2004, the Black & Gold’s 14 points through nine matches are tied for third highest in Club annals:
    • 2010 and 2020 – 20 points, 6-1-2
    • 2008 – 19 points, 6-2-1
    • 2024 – 14 points, 3-1-5
    • 2004 – 14 points, 4-3-2
• The Crew are unbeaten through their first five home matches (3-0-2) of the 2024 season.
  • It marks only the sixth time the Club has accomplished the feat (2007, 2009, 2011, 2020, 2021 and 2204).
  • The Black & Gold’s 13 points in their first five home matches of a campaign are tied for the second-most earned in that span (15 in 2020; 11 in 2011, 2021 and 2024).
  • The Crew’s longest unbeaten streaks at home to start a season:
    • 13 matches in 2009.
    • Seven (7) matches in 2011, 2020 and 2021.
    • Five (5) matches in 2007 and 2024* – *active streak.

• Defender Steven Moreira scored a right-footed long-range strike in the 72nd minute.
  • It marked his first goal of the 2024 season and second in MLS regular season play. His first was a game-tying goal in the 96th minute at FC Cincinnati on Aug. 27, 2022.

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