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  Saturday, Jun. 24 7:30pm ET
Columbus 3, New England 1
 
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Jeff Cunningham's goal in the 69th minute put Columbus ahead 2-1 and the Crew went on to a 3-1 Major League Soccer victory Saturday night over the New England Revolution.

Cunningham was set up by Brian West and Dante Washington, who had assists on all three Columbus goals.

Jason Farrell opened the scoring in the 15th minute on assists by Washington and Robert Warzycha.

New England's Mauricio Ramos made it 1-1 four minutes later on an unassisted free kick that went over the wall of Columbus defenders and got just inside the Crew's goalpost.

John Wilmar Perez scored to clinch the victory in the 87th minute. Washington and John DeBrito assisted.

The Crew (6-7-4) moved one point ahead of Dallas and into third place in the MLS Central Conference. New England (7-6-5) remained in first in the Eastern Conference. The victory boosted Columbus' record against the Revolution to 14-3.

Each team had five shots on goal, but New England led 18-12 in total shots. Crew goalkeeper Matt Napoleon had four saves, compared with two for New England's Juergen Sommer.

 


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