The Crew finished their matchup against CF Montreal, the last-place team in the Eastern Conference, with a victory despite Montreal technically finding the back of the net on more occasions.
At Lower.com Field on Saturday, Montreal appeared to record three goals, but only one counted as VAR review determined there was offside during the other two, securing a 2-1 Crew win.
"It could have been a few goals, but they were offside," Crew coach Wilfried Nancy said. "This means that under fatigue when we didn't control the moment, we were able to have the lucidity to stay with a good line, and this is not by luck that they were offsides."
VAR reviews were needed on all three occasions Montreal sent the ball over the goal line. On Montreal's lone-goal, scored at the 50-minute mark by forward Prince Owusu, the initial call was offside before a review overturned the decision.
The Crew had the clear advantage entering the game with an undefeated 3-0-3 MLS record compared to Montreal, who entered at 0-4-2 and with an interim coach, Marco Donadel, who took over after
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