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Columbus Crew Win Major League Soccer Cup

The Crew won 3-0 over the Seattle Sounders to capture the championship.

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The Columbus Crew celebrates with the MLS Cup after a 3-0 win over the Seattle Sounders during the MLS Cup Final at MAPFRE Stadium Saturday night in Columbus.
The Columbus Crew celebrates with the MLS Cup after a 3-0 win over the Seattle Sounders during the MLS Cup Final at MAPFRE Stadium Saturday night in Columbus. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

COLUMBUS, OH — The Columbus Crew Soccer Club captured the 2020 Major League Soccer Cup championship Saturday night with a 3-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders. The championship is the Crew's first since 2008.

A goal from Lucas Zelarayan in the game's 82nd minute iced the 3-0 victory, according to an MLSSoccer.com recap. Zelarayan scored twice in the win. Derrick Etienne Jr. also had a goal for Columbus.

The Crew won without both winger Pedro Santos and midfielder Darlington Nagbe. Both missed the game after testing positive for the coronavirus.

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The championship win was likely the final game ever played at MAPFRE Stadium, as the Crew are moving to a new, soccer-specific stadium in 2021.

The Sounders were the defending championships, having won the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy in 2019.

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