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Columbus Crew SC (2008, 2020, 2023 MLS Champions)

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AKAK said:
1 more win
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A new downtown stadium is scheduled to be ready for next year, but the original soccer-specific stadium will host one more big event with the 2020 MLS Cup being played at MAPFRE Stadium next Saturday.

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  • CLB: Saturday, Dec. 12 @ 8:00 PM ET vs. Seattle Sounders or Minnesota United (8 pm ET | FOX, UniMas, TUDN in US; TSN in Canada) | Audi 2020 MLS Cup Final, Columbus Crew SC hosts.
 
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TooTallMenardo said:
Man, this team plays so well together. And I’ve been so impressed by Tarbell in these last two games. He didn’t have to do much today, but the stops he did make left no doubt. One more, Porter owes this one to us after stealing our glory in 2015 with Portland.
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Artur, Nagbe, Zelarayan are the best 6-8-10 in the East. They dont always create as much as you want (and they haven't been healthy together a whole lot) but they can control the match themselves. Put Mensah behind them and Zardes on top.of them and they're a handful. (Hat tip to Pedro Santos who has really benefitted from Zelarayan, I will admit to not having been much of a fan till very recently but he has found his place)

Assuming Seattle takes care of things, that will be quite a challenge, but with those 3 guys in the midfield at home on the fairgrounds they will have a good chance.
 
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AKAK said:
Artur, Nagbe, Zelarayan are the best 6-8-10 in the East. They dont always create as much as you want (and they haven't been healthy together a whole lot) but they can control the match themselves. Put Mensah behind them and Zardes on top.of them and they're a handful. (Hat tip to Pedro Santos who has really benefitted from Zelarayan, I will admit to not having been much of a fan till very recently but he has found his place)

Assuming Seattle takes care of things, that will be quite a challenge, but with those 3 guys in the midfield at home on the fairgrounds they will have a good chance.
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Outside of a couple of defensive lapses from Mensah, he’s easily been the best defender in the league. Great defending, great passing, and he makes so many others around him better. Josh Williams has played extremely well in these playoffs as well.
 
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To Anthony Precourt, Precourt Sports Ventures, and the City of Austin, TX:

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I think Seattle is the strongest team the Crew could’ve faced. Just hoping Eloy Room will be back for this game in case it goes to PKs. Should be a good one. I like Ruidiaz and Lodeiro. Two strong players to build around.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Nagbe and Santos on the Covid list and not playing Saturday. This damn stupid year, of course nothing is easy.
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Not having Santos hurts, but adding more speed with Etienne (if he’s available) opposite Diaz could help pick apart Seattle’s back line. If he’s not available, Mokhtar played really well in the limited time he saw in the MLS is Back Tourney before getting injured. Definitely have some options there.

Not having Nagbe, on the other hand, is a swift kick right in the nuts.
 
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AKAK said:
Yeah, there's no making up for that.

Maybe they bust out the 4-4-2 to start and sub back out at halftime. Lodeiro was going to be the problem anyway.
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I’m guessing it’s Berhalter’s spot if he’s available. He needs to have the game of his life if he does get the nod.

I think the biggest thing will be to get out to an early lead. Porter’s teams have done a pretty good job of being able to ride that early momentum to a lot of success
 
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TooTallMenardo said:
I’m guessing it’s Berhalter’s spot if he’s available. He needs to have the game of his life if he does get the nod.

I think the biggest thing will be to get out to an early lead. Porter’s teams have done a pretty good job of being able to ride that early momentum to a lot of success
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Let him go 50-55 mins and throw 3 wings at it around then...

If it's me, I rope a dope for a half then switch to attack.

But its not me thank goodness
 
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