FC Cincinnati 0–2 Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew did their business on the road early and never let FC Cincinnati back in. Gonzalo Tapia broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute, and Taha Habroune doubled the lead nine minutes into the second half, sealing a 2-0 win in Major League Soccer. The result flips the recent head-to-head trend, where Cincinnati had taken three of the last five meetings between these two Ohio rivals. It also widens the gap in the standings: Columbus climbs to 32 points and a hot recent run of three wins in five, while Cincinnati sits on 36 points but has managed just one win in their last five, a stumble that now looks worse after this one. Neither side has a scorer among the league's top ten this season, with Messi's 56 goals still well out of reach for everyone else in MLS. For Cincinnati, a home game that needed a response instead delivered another step backward in form. Watch how Tapia slipped in behind the Cincinnati defense for the opener, and see the 54th-minute finish from Habroune that put the game to bed.