Columbus Crew were holding onto a 1-0 advantage vs. San Diego FC when defender Malte Amundsen was shown a red card.

Valakari flicked a header off a corner kick played in by Luca de la Torre into the net for his first career MLS goal to make it 1-1 in the 69th minute. Columbus (2-0-2) played a man down — and San Diego had six of its seven shots on goal — after Malte Amundsen was shown a straight red card in the 61st minute.