Ahead of Saturday evening's Disney Pro Soccer Classic clash with USL-Pro side Orlando City (6:00 p.m. ET/Stream), the Black & Gold played a scrimmage on Saturday morning against MLS rival Sporting Kansas City. The technical staff wanted an extra match to get their players additional minutes, and the Crew delivered, downing Sporting by a final score of 5-2. The Black & Gold had five different goal-scorers, with Shawn Sloan, Ethan Finlay, Justin Meram, Konrad Warzycha and Ben Speas all finding the net.
"It was great for everybody. We got our guys more playing time that we were looking for - some guys got 90 minutes and some got 60 - but it was a good exercise," said Crew Assitant Coach Ricardo Iribarren. "It wasn't the start we were looking for, but we found the way we needed to play and got the result. We're happy with everybody and it was a good win."
Full match details are below.
SCORING SUMMARY
SKC - Dom Dwyer (Soony Saad) 5
CLB -- Shawn Sloan (Danny O'Rourke) 8
CLB -- Ethan Finlay (Aaron Schoenfeld) 46+
CLB -- Justin Meram (unassisted) 59
CLB -- Konrad Warzycha (Kyle Hyland) 64
SKC -- Soony Saad (Kyle Miller)
68 CLB -- Ben Speas (Ethan Finlay) 71
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
SKC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; tactical foul) 17
CLB -- Danny O'Rourke (caution; reckless foul) 35
CLB -- Eric Gehrig (caution; delaying a restart) 52
LINEUPS
Sporting Kansas City: Brian Sylvestre; Kyle Miller, Ike Opara, Yann Songo'o, Josh Gardner; Michael Thomas (Lawrence Olum 61), Peterson Joseph, Christian Duke; Adama Mbengue* (Mike Reidy* 59), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad
Columbus Crew: Samir Badr; Jordan Gafa, Eric Gehrig, Drew Beckie, Kyle Hyland; Ethan Finlay, Danny O'Rourke, Tony Tchani, Justin Meram; Shawn Sloan, Aaron Schoenfeld
Second Half: Daniel Withrow; Reed Matte, Eric Gehrig, Chad Barson, Kyle Hyland; Ethan Finlay, Kevan George, Konrad Warzycha, Justin Meram; Ben Speas, Ryan Finley
*Unsigned
