After nearly an hour of dozing, the Columbus Crew and Houston Dynamo woke up to put on a show in the final 30 minutes. They traded goals twice in a scintillating, if not always brilliantly played, final half hour and then had to settle for a deserved 2-2 draw on Saturday evening at Crew Stadium.
Columbus Crew Vs. Houston Dynamo, 2012 MLS: Action Picks Up Late In 2-2 Draw
Without Brad Davis, Houston wasn't supposed to be quite the same threat on corner kicks, but nobody told them that because they opened the scoring on a corner kick. Will Bruin came across in the 59th minute and got to Adam Moffat's ball, flicking it just inside the near post for the opening tally.
Just four minutes later, Geoff Cameron gifted Columbus the equalized. His awkward and ill-advised backpass left Tally Hall in no man's land. Hall couldn't get to it in time and the ball fell to Eddie Gaven, who just had to tap it into the open net and things were all-square again.
That scoreline would only hold for 11 minutes. That’s when Aaron Schoenfeld chested a ball down for Gaven, who got a good run at the ball before putting his left foot through it. The ball exploded off his foot and didn’t slow down until it was in the back of the net for his second goal of the match.
Houston knew they had an equalizer in them, though. Columbus' defense had begun to give up opportunities and nine minutes from full time, the Dynamo took advantage of one. Bruin got free down the right before crossing low and hard. With the Crew defense scrambling, Brian Ching came flying in and slid to redirect the cross on goal to earn the Dynamo another point on their long, arduous road trip to start the season.
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