By Mariana Smithfield

Match Notes:

• The Crew earned a 2-1 win against CF Monterrey on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Semifinals at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio.
  • The Black & Gold are unbeaten through their first five 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup matches.
  • With the win, the Crew possess a 3-0-4 record in first legs of knockout round matches of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
  • Columbus has scored at least one goal in 25 of its past 27 matches across all competitions, netting 50 goals in the stretch.
  • Dating back to the 2023 season, the Black & Gold hold an overall unbeaten streak of 26 matches (18-0-8) across all competitions at Lower.com Field. Additionally, the Club has only lost one of its past 37 home matches in all competitions (24-1-12) since Aug. 2022.
  • With tonight’s result, the Crew also extended their unbeaten streak to 11 home matches in Concacaf Champions Cup play (5-0-6), dating back to Sept. 2009.

Forward Cucho Hernández opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a right-footed shot from inside the penalty area.

• This marks his sixth goal of the season across all competitions and second in Concacaf Champions Cup.
• Hernández became the eighth player in Crew history to record two or more career goals in Concacaf Champions Cup since the 2008-09 edition.
• With the goal, Cucho entered the Club’s top 10 goal scorers across all competitions

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