Columbus Crew head coach Henrik Rydstrom vented his frustration after their draw with Sporting Kansas Metropolis, insisting they need to have gained the match.
The Crew drew 2-2 with Kansas final day out, with Wessam Abou Ali lacking a late penalty after scoring the opener at Sporting Park.
Rydstrom is but to win since changing Wilfried Nancy on the helm through the low season, with Columbus falling to a 3-2 defeat to the Portland Timbers of their season opener.
Columbus host the Chicago Fireplace of their first dwelling match of their 2026 MLS marketing campaign, and Rydstrom will likely be determined to keep away from the identical errors they made towards Kansas.
“I simply advised the gamers that we’re all very pissed off,” Rydstrom stated following the 2-2 draw.
“You possibly can attempt to divide the emotions and that form of frustration into completely different components. We created sufficient to attain extra targets.
“We missed the penalty on the finish of the sport. We conceded foolish targets – counter-attacks once more, the place we actually had a chance to shut them down or to guard our purpose, however we didn’t do what we had been purported to do.
“That creates a frustration. Like I stated to the gamers, I might have been much more pissed off if it was less than us and if the opponent outplayed us or created a bunch of probabilities or we didn’t create.
“It may have been a worse feeling, if I put it like that. We’re dissatisfied, in fact. If we have a look at the sport, we must always have gained it.”
House is the place the center is
Testing the Black & Gold’s geographical data by seeing if they’ll draw the state of Ohio by coronary heart forward of our dwelling opener on Saturday pic.twitter.com/uvDkWRk0zl
— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) March 5, 2026
Chicago bounced again from their opening defeat to the Houston Dynamo with a 3-0 win over CF Montreal, regardless of taking place to 10 males.
The Fireplace are simply certainly one of seven groups within the Japanese Convention to win not less than certainly one of their first two video games this season.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Columbus Crew – Wessam Abou Ali
Abou Ali has scored in 5 straight regular-season matches courting again to the tip of final season, turning into the fifth Crew participant to take action.
The membership report of six straight regular-season video games with a purpose was set by Stern John in 1998-99, and matched by Lucas Zelarayan in 2021-22.
Chicago Fireplace – Hugo Cuypers
Cuypers scored in every of Chicago’s first two matches this season, the primary participant to attain in his first two video games of a season for the Fireplace since Luka Stojanovic in 2021.
The final Fireplace participant to attain in his first three appearances of an everyday season was Diego Chaves in 2011 (excluding midseason acquisitions).
MATCH PREDICTION – COLUMBUS CREW WIN
Columbus are unbeaten in 17 straight dwelling matches towards Chicago in all competitions (W12 D5), together with profitable six of the final seven. The Fireplace’s final win in Columbus was a 2-1 win in June 2013.
Nevertheless, the Crew’s one level by means of two matches represents their worst begin to a season since 2017 (additionally one level).
Courting again to the tip of final season, Columbus have managed simply three wins of their final 14 matches (D5 L6, together with playoffs).
Chicago got here again from a season-opening loss at Houston with a 3-0 dwelling win over Montreal, simply the sixth time since 2010 that the Fireplace gained certainly one of their first two matches of a season.
Chicago haven’t gained two of their first three video games of a season since 2009 (W2 D1 L0).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Columbus Crew – 52.5%
Draw – 24.3%
Chicago Fireplace – 23.2%
