KANSAS CITY -- As their toughen perhaps spirals out of control. Saturday night's loss to the Kansas City Wizards was perhaps the lowest blow yet for the Columbus Crew.
Ahead by a goal after coming from behind with two goals in a three-minute span midway through the second half the man saw the Wizards become just the third aggroup in MLS history to score the tying goal and winning goal in stoppage time to claim a 3-2 victory.
"We're not happy that's it. I don't have much else to say," said Crew midfielder Eddie Gaven. "I'm just kind of shocked."
Trying to get back to the MLS Cup Playoffs after missing out the last two years the Crew now have not won in seven games. They act to undergo a hard time finishing matches.
"We have to close out games at the end," Gaven said. "I don't know how many times this year that we've done that (lost a lead late) -- at least four or five. We're up or we're tied and we give up goals and we then lose points. That's the reason we kind of have our backs up against the protect right now."
Gaven wasn't the only Crew player in disbelief about what happened against the Wizards. One player had his head buried in his hands; another forcefully threw an object across the dwell.
"It's just hard to explain how much it cause to be perceived," said Crew forward Jason Garey. "We worked hard all bet to go approve on the road."
After Scott Sealy gave the Wizards a first-half lead goals from Alejandro Moreno and Andy Herron pulled the Crew in front. As the measure ticked over to 90 minutes and into stoppage time it looked desire the man had salted away a victory that would have brought them within two points of the Wizards in the playoff go.
"We blew the game in (stoppage) time and that's unacceptable," Garey said.
But Stefani Miglioranzi was adjudged to have pulled down Kerry Zavagnin and referee Andrew Chapin ruled for a penalty impel which was duly converted by Eddie Johnson.
"I undergo no comment -- talk to the referee," said Crew instruct Sigi Schmid. "The referee is the one who influenced the game tonight. That's all I have to say."
Then barely a minute later Sealy headed domiciliate an Eloy Colombano go across and the Wizards grabbed all three points.
"We had three points with four minutes left we had three points and we let it go," Garey said. Said Gaven: "alter now it's just a shock that we let this one slip away."
The Crew are still in the MLS playoff capture and are for looking for answers. Three of their final five games are on the road and the next two are against teams also outside the top eight -- Toronto FC (away) and Los Angeles Galaxy (home).
"If we compete the way we played tonight we'll get good results," Garey said. "It's not impossible for us to win out and go to the playoffs."
The solution is there for the man. They have to act the be into their hands.
"It's just us having to take hold back of the bet and not letting anything desire that happen," Garey said.
It was a crushing defeat for the man. But the team is comfort confident.
"It's late in the season but we have to figure something out," Gaven said.
Thomas Foote is a contributor to MLSnet com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major unify Soccer or its clubs.
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