"I think this one really felt like a playoff game. Not that the others didn't, but it's kind of that point in the season that it's now do or die. Put your body on the line to get the three points or to advance. Give yourself the best chance of going forward in the season."
"This is a game sometimes like this when we had one big chance that we have to score, we know that; we didn't do it. At this type of moment, this is a playoff game. We tried to attack, but also, they are in an aggressive position and they did a good job on that. It could happen. I think that we had the opportunity to score, and we didn't do it."
Columbus Crew faces a critical phase of the MLS season requiring greater physicality and improved attacking output to secure a playoff berth. A goalless draw with New York Red Bulls extended a league winless run to four matches and produced only three shots, the club's fewest in an MLS match since at least 2010. The team had recorded 11 or more shots in each of the previous six league games, with 18-plus in four of those. Columbus sit seventh in the Eastern Conference, six points above the playoff cut-off, and travel to Atlanta needing better chance creation and defensive resilience.
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