 Zakuani was again on the attack in the 75th minute with a run down the middle , but was " sandwiched " by two Columbus defenders and lost possession . Columbus made two substitutions in the 78th minute , bringing on fresh legs at forward with Rentería in for Lenhart and swapping midfielder Burns out for forward Andrés Mendoza . Shortly after the substitutions , Keller came out to grab a Columbus cross and made a long throw to Montero . Seattle pushed up the field and Montero took a shot which bounced off of teammate Nkufo 's back . In the 81st minute , Crew coach <unk> made his final substitution bringing on Robbie Rogers for Gaven . Shortly after , in the 85th minute , Columbus nearly equalized when Rogers received a pass from Hejduk and took a shot which bounced hard off of the crossbar . 
