Columbus Vs Inter Miami, MLS 2025 Highlights: Unbeaten Herons Overcome Crews Challenge With 1-0 Win

Welcome to our live coverage of the Columbus Crew vs Inter Miami, MLS 2025 Regular Season match. Stay tuned for updates, including the lineups as they are released.

Columbus Crew: Patrick Schulte; Max Arfsten, Malte Amundsen, Steven Moreira, Mohamed Farsi; Dylan Chambost, Darlington Nagbe, Sean Zawadski; Daniel Gazdag, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Diego Rossi

Inter Miami: Oscar Ustari; Jordi Alba, Noah Allen, Gonzalo Lujan, Marcelo Weigandt; Yannick Bright, Sergio Busquets; Tadeo Allende, Benjamin Cremaschi, Lionel Messi; Luis Suarez

Columbus Crew: Evan Bush, Cesar Ruvalcaba, Evgen Cheberko, Marcelo Herrera, Amar Sejdic, Aziel Jackson, Derrick Jones, Taha Habroune, Cole Mrowka

Inter Miami: Drake Callender, Hector Martinez, Ian Fray, Maximiliano Falcon, Tomas Aviles, Telasco Segovia, Allen Obando, Fabrice Picault, Robert Taylor

Some important stats ahead of the clash brought to you by the kind Columbus Crew social media admin:

Here's how the Eastern Conference table looks like before the game:

Columbus Crew are currently at the top of the league standings with 18 points. They have five wins and three draws so far.

Meanwhile, Inter Miami are fourth with 15 points, winning four and drawing three. However, the Herons have one game in hand, and can go level on points with the Crew with a win tonight.

It's a first start for Daniel Gazdag in the Columbus Crew colours, and that too in his home stadium. The Hungarian joined from Philadelphia as a Designated Player, and made his debut from the bench against St. Louis City. But he is in the starting lineup today, and Wilfried Nancy will hope that his new signing makes an immediate impact.

The players are out on the pitch, and warm is on with kick-off just a few moments away.

The referee blows his whistle, and we are underway! Stay tuned for live updates.

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A fiery start from Miami sees Messi find space in the Columbus box from kick-off. The tempo of the match is clear -- it's attack all over. Columbus Crew are trying to route one, playing long balls for their big forward line to latch on.

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Inter Miami look lethal every time they go forward, and it's Messi at the heart of it all. The Argentine players Allende through down the left side, and the winger plays a cross to the box that Cremaschi heads back to Messi, but the Columbus defence steps in.

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Inter Miami are looking to play their set-pieces quickly, and it almost pays off. A lofted ball from Lionel Messi from the half-way line somehow finds Jordi Alba down the right hand side, and the full-back flows in the cross towards Suarez, but Steven Moreira slides in and keeps the ball away.

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A chance for the home side. Arfsten shows quick footwork to evade his marker and crosses in the ball, but Mohamed Farsi can't get his head to the ball. The ball falls kindly to Dylan Chambost in the box, and the Frenchman tries to hit it with his left foot, but the shot is weak and is blocked by the Miami defence.

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Tadeo Allende is proving to be quite a bit of problem for Columbus down the left side. The Argentine gets the slighest bit of space and runs with it, floating a ball towards Lionel Messi. Messi gets the ball but fails to get it down to his left foot, instead opting to shoot with his right. The connection isn't clean, and Malte Amundsen blocks it.

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Columbus with a golden chance, and it's new boy Daniel Gazdag at the end of it. The Hungarian makes a terrific run from the centre of the attack, beating his marker and finding a through ball from Farsi. He lets go from the right side of the goal, but it's just wide of the top post with just Ustari to beat.

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Another great chance for Columbus, and it all starts from Gazdag again. The Hungarian plays a one-two and the ball goes falls to Arfsten's feet, and the full-back tries to lob it over Ustari, but the goalkeeper does well to tip it over the bar.

What a goal to open the account! Marcelo Weigandt goes forward for the first time tonight, latching on a pass from Luis Suarez and runing with it. The full-back crosses the ball into the box from the right side. Bejamin Cremaschi gets the better of his marker Zawadzki, and connects with a diving header, sending the ball past Patrick Schulte.

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Inter Miami are on the front since the opening goal, and Messi is growing into the match as time passes on. He tried to find Allende with a fantastic pass, but hte winger is brought down by Amundsen.

Columbus barely had a look at Ustari's goal. Half-time can't come quickly for Wilfried Nancy at the moment.

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Suarez lobs in a pass towards Messi, who is immediately closed down by two Columbus defenders. The little magician can't get the ball under his control, but it comes back to Suarez. He plays it to Messi for another chance, and the Argentine dances past a horde of defenders and pulls the trigger, but the ball gets a deflection and that takes the sting out of it. Columbus can take that as a warning.

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That's a good chance! Russell-Rowe finally gets his moment after being anonymous for most of the game. Zawadzki finds the striker with a terrific pass, and Russell-Rowe lets go, but it's high and wide. He has to hit the target from that distance.

Messi counters on the other end, almost making Columbus pay with a curling shot that goes just wide of the left post. Matter of centimetres.

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Referee blows the whistle, and it's half-time! Miami go to the break one goal ahead, courtesy of Cremaschi's diving header. They could have been further ahead, but Messi's late curler missed the goal by inches. Mascherano will be a happy man.

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The referee blows the whistle, and the second-half is underway, with Inter Miami leading Columbus Crew by a goal to nil.

One half-time change for Columbus Crew:

Evgen Cheberko IN

Malte Amundsen OUT

Chambost combines with Arfsten with a one-two, and a cross is floated in by Cheberko to the box, but Jordi Alba is in the right place at the right time, winning the header against Rossi and keeping the danger away from Ustari's goal.

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A couple of nervy moments from Sergio Busquets. First, he body checks Arfsten in the box, but referee waves play on. While he got away that time, he fouls Arfsten again with a late challenge, and the referee awards a free kick in a dangerous spot.

The resulting free-kick hits the wall and then hits the ref, but no goal for the home side yet.

Best chance for Columbus Crew so far! A meelee in the box sees Jordi Alba theatrically fall in the box, and the ball is not cleared. It falls nicely to Rossi, but the #10 scuffs his shot. Nancy looks agonised on the touchline.

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How many more chances can Columbus afford to squander?! A good cross from Arfsten -- who catches Weigandt sleeping -- finds Russell-Rowe in the box, and the striker tries to hold on to the ball with his back to goal, but Lujan touches the ball off Rossi's body onto Ustari's gloves.

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A change for Inter Miami:

Telasco Segovia IN

Luis Suarez OUT

A change for Columbus Crew:

Aziel Jackson IN

Dylan Chambos OUT

A triple change for Inter Miami:

Tomas Aviles, Maximiliano Falcon, Fabrice Picault IN

Marcelo Weigandt, Tadeo Allende, Yannick Bright OUT

A half-chance for Arfsten again. Rossi shows incredible footwork to bring down the ball form Jackson and moves it to Arfsten, and he holds off Aviles and Falcon and lets go from close range, but Ustari isn't troubled.

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Substitute Maximiliano Falcon kicks the balls away and gets his name taken by the referee just five minutes after coming on. First booking of the game.

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A cross from the right side by Moreira somehow finds it way to Farsi in the box, and he passes it to Russell-Rowe, but Lujan is in the right place at the right time. The defender gets ahead of the strikers and pokes it back for a corner.

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A minimum of five minutes added by the fourth official.

Changes from Inter Miami:

Hector Martinez IN

Benjamin Cremaschi OUT

Changes for Columbus Crew:

Marcelo Herrera IN

Steven Moreira OUT

Diego Rossi creates a moment of magic, working in tight space and getting a cross from the left side, and Gazdag tried to flick it back towards the goal, but it goes just wide. A difficult change late in the game.

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Oh, that was some chance! A through ball gets Gazdag a free run at the middle, and he tries to get his toe to the ball with a sliding attempt but only manages to send it wide.

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The referee blows her whistle, and it's game over at the Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland! Inter Miami somehold hold on to their one-goal lead, despite an onslaught from the home side in the second half.

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