Columbus Crew tied one to one versus lafc in Le's Cup Final second half Wilfried Nancy can add a second title to his resume as the crews coach before his second season with the club has even concluded after winning the 2023 MLS Cup Final to finish his first season with Columbus Nancy led the club to its first appearance in the conaf Champions Cup final but fell 3 to0 to CF puka Less Than 3 months later beu have earned another chance at a title by reaching the leagues cup final. rematch of December's MLS Cup Final the crew are facing Los Angeles for the leagues cup title at lower.com field Columbus defeated lafc 2 to1 with goals from Striker kucho Hernandez and midfielder yay yaoa crew forward Christian Ramirez doesn't expect Nancy to give much of a pep talk before the final but after having recently been on the winning and losing end of a championship game Nancy has already offered some useful advice he wants us to enjoy it and play with joy Ramirez said so that's all we could do not put any extra pressure on ourselves which we didn't this whole tournament and it's been an elimination game every game so just be ourselves be confident in ourselves respect our opponent and get after it 78 foot lafc makes substitution for Olivier jiru LFC has taken forward Olivia xiru who scored the team's only goal in the one toone tie out of the match for K Kamara attendance for League's Cup Final announced as a sellout at lower.com field the announced attendance for League's Cup final at lower.com field was 2,190 and is being considered a sellout 73t Columbus Crew make first substitutions of League's Cup Final versus lafc for the first time in the match Columbus made two lineup changes sadf face 71 ft Christian Ramirez as header saved by goalkeeper Hugo Loris Christian Ramirez took a shot attempt with a header off across in the middle of the Box a type of goal Ramirez has scored often with the crew goalkeeper hubo lores was able to snatch the ball for a save avoiding falling behind once again in the match 63t lafc makes two substitutions in third round of changes versus Columbus Crew there were two more substitutions made by lafc in the second half putting Los Angeles at four overall substitutions made in the match midfielder Elise Sanchez replaced by Timothy Tilman forward matush Bish replaced by Christian ala 57 foot laughs Olivier jiru scores first goal Columbus Crew tied one to one in League's Cup Final Olivier jiru was able to score the first goal of the match for lafc off a corner kick tying the match at 1 to1 J's goal was scored off a header following the corner executed by m Bish and despite being covered by Defender malty amonson jiru easily sent the ball to the left of goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen this is Yu's first MLS goal since his first appearing for lafc at the beginning of the tournament following the goal crew Defender Rudy kamacho was down for several minutes and had to be evaluated by medical staff but was able to stay in the match 54t lafc goal called back due to off sides Columbus Lead 1 to zero it looked as though mes Bish had L's first goal of the match sending the ball to the right of goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen but Bish was ruled off sides Hagen was quick to signal for the official to make the call which he did right away 52t lafc makes second substitution following injury to Jesus Mario LFC Defender Jesus Mario went down with a non-con injury outside his own box forcing coach Steven cherundolo to make a substitution after Mario was evaluated Eddie sigura replaced Mario 50 foot Maxim chanak given yellow card for foul against kucho Hernandez laughs Maxim chanat earned his first yellow card following a foul against kucho Hernandez near LA's goal line Hernandez was slow to get up after the hit but was able to do so on his own and remain in the match this is laugh second yellow card of the match 46t lafc makes half halftime substitution entering the second half Los Angeles has made a change in the lineup midfielder eduard aesta replaced by Lewis oy in the first half atuesta accounted for three of Los Angeles nine fouls and also received a yellow card Columbus Crew take one to zero Advantage into halftime versus lafc in League's Cup Final kucho Hernandez's goal at the end of the first half was enough to give Columbus the advantage going into halftime against lafc the crew took eight shots two on goal in the first half while lafc took three shots one on goal The Possession battle was controlled by Columbus with a 66% possession rate in terms of fouls three were called against Columbus and nine were called against Los Angeles 45 foot kucho Hernandez scores Columbus Crew take one to zero lead versus L AFC in League's Cup Final kucho Hernandez was able to find the back of the net with a header from the middle of LA's goalkeeper's box Hernandez's shot came off across from emo farsy Columbus takes a 1 to0 lead over lafc ahead of halftime 40 foot Columbus Crew awarded free kick following foul against Diego rousi crew were given a free kick outside a few feet laugh box following a foul charge to eduard aesta against Diego rasi prior to the rosi foul kucho Hernandez took a rough hit falling into the sideline advertising board and leading to a heated exchange between Christian Ramirez and Dennis banga 37 foot lafc midfielder eduard atested given yellow card LFC had its first yellow card of the League's Cup Final assigned to eduard aesta following a foul against Cruz Darlington nagby near Midfield 22t Columbus Crew has another unsuccessful corner kick Columbus was given another corner kick when lafc goalkeeper Hugo lores tapped the ball over the goal line Diego rosi once again executed the corner a soft pass to Max arston who quickly dumped the ball to kucho Hernandez Hernandez attempted to get the ball back to arston but was deflected and LFC was able to force a turnover at the 24-minute Mark Columbus had another Corner attempt and this time Rossi took it from the opposite sideline on the right of LA's goal once again lafc forced the ball out of the box and Darlington nagby retrieved the ball for a shot attempt that was too far to the right of the goal 11t Columbus Crews Rudy kamacho given yellow card following a foul against LFC midfielder eduard atuesta on near the Midfield Line crew Defender Rudy kamacho was given a yellow card the first of the match 10- foot Columbus Crew takes first corner kick versus lafc after Darlington Nag's shot attempt was deflected High out of Bounce over the goal line Columbus was awarded the first corner kick of the match Diego Rossi took the corner sending it into Los Angeles's box but Columbus was unable to make anything of it 6 foot lafc awarded free kick outside Columbus Crew box LFC was given a free kick following a foul charge to Steven morera against M bages on the left side of the field right outside Columbus box after a short pass forward to