Full Result & Stats: Columbus Crew 1-3 West Ham United
Jul 21, 2008 Columbus Crew, Matches
West Ham United vs. Columbus Crew
Scoring:
WHU — Dean Ashton - Asst (Julien Faubert )
CC — Jason Garey - Asst (Cory Elenio )
WHU — Own Goal (Brad Evans)
WHU — Kyle Reid - Asst (Craig Bellamy )
It was only 4 minutes into the game when Craig Bellamy had a shot at goal just missing wide of the left post, and then in the 6th minute a
great pass from Julien Faubert to Dean Ashton scored from just outside the penalty area, and then a shot from Anton Ferdinand in the 8th minute was deflected away from goal, West Ham was clearly in control of the match and the Crew hardly making any headway, in the 15 minute Dean Ashton took his 2nd shot at goal from 20 yards out for it to fly just past the right post, in the 20th minute a clumsy foul by Lucas Neill against Eddie Gaven gave Crew the chance to equalise with a pass from Cory Elenio to Jason Garey who scored just inside the penalty area, bang on 26 minutes a clumsy defensive error saw Brad Evans score into his own net making it 2-1 to the Hammers
In the 2nd half 2 subs were made West Ham Carlton Cole for Dean Ashton and for Crew Brian Carroll for Eddie Gaven.
It took only 8 minutes for West Ham to score its 3rd goal by Kyle Reid from a pass by Craig Bellamy inside the penalty area.
A great game and second pre season friendly win for the Hammers, Confidence will be abundant for the West Ham players leading up to the MLS All Stars game in Toronto on Thursday.
Game Stats
West Ham United Columbus Crew
Total Shots: 13 12
Shots on Goal: 4 3
Total Saves: 3 1
Fouls: 8 6
Offsides: 4 2
Corner Kicks: 7 6
West Ham United Starting Lineup
1 - Robert Green (GK) 76
2 - Lucas Neill
5 - Anton Ferdinand 84
8 - Scott Parker 71
9 - Dean Ashton 46
10 - Craig Bellamy 87
16 - Mark Noble 57
20 - Julien Faubert 76
27 - Calum Davenport 71
28 - Kyle Reid 57
40 - Joe Widdowson
Substitutes
23 - Jimmy Walker (GK) 76
11 - Matthew Etherington
12 - Carlton Cole 46
17 - Hayden Mullins 57
22 - Tony Stokes 76
31 - Jack Collison 71
44 - Bondz N’Gala 84
45 - Jordan Spence 71
46 - Junior Stanislaus 57
48 - Ashley Miller 87
Columbus Crew Starting Lineup
30 - Andy Gruenebaum (GK)
3 - Brad Evans 71
8 - Duncan Oughton 71
9 - Jason Garey 64
12 - Eddie Gaven 46
13 - Andrew Peterson
23 - Ezra Hendrickson 64
24 - Jed Zayner
26 - Cory Elenio 76
27 - Ryan Junge 64
32 - Steven Lenhart 64
Substitutes
18 - Kenny Schoeni (GK)
6 - Andy Iro 64
10 - Alejandro Moreno 64
14 - Chad Marshall 64
15 - Stefani Miglioranzi 71
16 - Brian Carroll 46
21 - Ryan Miller 71
25 - George Josten 76
29 - Ricardo Pierre-Louis 64
Referee: Ben Chouaf
Referee’s Assistants: Michael Salyers; Jeffrey Mellen
4th Official: Mikael Lundqvist
Time of Game: 90:00
Weather: Partly Cloudy -and- 90 degrees
Attendance: 9,117
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