Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 4-2 in MLS

Columbus Crew secured an important win over visitors Toronto FC 4-2 in the match held as part of matchday 31 of the 2026 MLS football season, on 24 October at 22:30 Saudi time.

Gonzalo Andrés Tapia Dubournais opened the scoring for Columbus Crew in the 16th minute, before Malte Meineche Amundsen added the second goal in the 21st minute, with the same player scoring a second goal for himself in the 48th minute after the restart. Brooks Howard Lennon then added the fourth goal for Columbus Crew in the 59th minute.

Toronto FC narrowed the gap through Dániel Sallói in the 69th minute, then Joshua Thomas Sargent added a second goal in the 81st minute, but that was not enough to level the result.

The match saw Sékou Tidiany Bangoura sent off from Columbus Crew's ranks in the 70th minute, leaving his team to finish the match with ten players.

Dylan Chambost of Columbus Crew shone to be the best performer in the match with a rating of 9.3, having played the full match and created 3 goals.

In terms of statistics, Toronto FC had possession at 53 percent compared to 47 percent for Columbus Crew, and recorded 20 shots compared to 10 for their hosts, including 7 on target compared to 6 for Columbus Crew. Columbus Crew also received one yellow card and one red card, while Toronto FC received no cards.

With this result, Columbus Crew raised their tally to 38 points in ninth place in the Eastern Conference after playing 31 matches, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 15, while Toronto FC's tally stood at 36 points in eleventh place after winning 8 matches, drawing 12 and losing 11 out of 31 matches.