in the Cup Final Amidon returns after not starting the last three but he was really good against LFC and MLS Cup last year after La lost to Columbus 5-1 Steve Telo said he has to find a tweak to counter that three center backs and it's one we've seen before and we see again the leagues cup 2024 final is underway the Columbus Crew hosting lafc and all of them Ms I want banga to stay close they do it to banga instead kucho the block now bogus does try it from distance and it's Hagen's first save of the match now fary coo drives it in over Sho right to arston arston and over Russi coo might be open for Columbus nagby making a big run down the middle coo keeping it holding off Mario coo arston arriving arston Knock by Palencia to cover that Russy goes to the near post Jud the defensive header away fary keeps it away from at TOA slides it to zawatski back to fary fary clipping it co the Breakthrough from the crew it's cooo Hernandez giving Columbus the lead in the League's Cup Final 1 n the set you cannot allow fary a quick touch and now the play continues now you've got to get out of your own 18 you can't cuz you didn't win the ball and the last thing you want to do is the best number nine in North America in MLS is a Colombian playing for Columbus Crew and it is cooo Hernandez it is 1 n Columbus and lower it outc fiil for sagur here is Rossi drives it in dangerous spot that came off coo and it went [Applause] wide Helen trying to find zaru flicks it on to bogush bogush is in BOGO has scored and the flag comes up on the field the call offside runs inside to Shu he's on he's offside but how about that layoff from giru like there is right here bogus does send that in headed on and headed in it's that man Olivier jro his first goal for LFC levels the League's Cup Final 1-1 there's a Columbus Crew player down time leading goal scorer for the French national team inswinging ball difficult to defend in Olivier giru in his first start for LFC on the back post with a great redirecting header on the back post it is 1-1 in the leagues Cup Final [Applause] nothing in the first half of any threatening nature from lafc poo rasi and fary poo oh to Ramirez right at Larice what a ball from cooo Hernandez but his best season was here in 2015 when he scored 22 goals for the crew and led them to MLS Cup Long throw in from Palencia out to Sho he is going to try it goodness and Hagen now Palencia great ball banga can he get the touch Hagen does well makes himself big it's a corner his ability to play out of the back and then a serious knee injury through that all in Jeopardy Tores AC twice oh this is dangerous this is just wide miscommunication in the back yeah shano and saguro having words with each other shano drops saguro tried to play an off Sid line coo floating it towards Russell R floating it in it's cooo the hero for Columbus in the League's Cup Final in added time the backline of lafc all over the shop a little bit you allow a throw with no pressure on the ball moments ago I'm talking about an inswinging ball going untouched there's bodies around a goalkeeper can't react it's exactly what cooo Hernandez just did a dangerous ball that catches Yugo laice flat-footed and how many times has number nine delivered in front of this crowd Take a Bow cooa Hernandez Columbus is your city Care Now desperation time for LFC kamaro wins the header I'm Inon away oh this might be 3-1 cuz it's a two on one can cooo finish it cooo to Russell row Russell row they're champions again the Columbus Crew expand that trophy case League's Cup winners a little more than two years ago Columbus Crew went out and spent more money than they've ever spent on one player for the energy the ability to take the roof off the building in his last 43 appearances coo Hernandez has 46 goal contributions 10 million spent 50 million plus in the bank and the celebration will go on into the night in central Ohio and it is over the leagues cup 2024 Champions are the Columbus Crew [Applause] a