Leagues Cup roundup: Diego Rossi, Crew earn win over Puebla

Field Level Media|published: Fri 1st August, 21:26 2025

Columbus Crew forward Diego Rossi (10) scores past Club Puebla defender Nicolas Diaz (6) during the first half of the Leagues Cup soccer match at Lower.com Field in Columbus on Aug. 1, 2025.

Diego Rossi scored his second tournament goal and assisted another as the Columbus Crew earned a 3-1 victory over visiting Puebla on Friday night to begin Matchday 2 of Leagues Cup Phase One.

Malte Amundsen and Andres Herrera also scored for Columbus (1-0-1, 4 points) in a match where all the goals came before halftime.

The 18-year-old Taha Habroune had two assists for the Crew, who drew with Toluca 2-2 in their first match before losing the ensuing penalty shootout.

Esteban Lozano pulled a goal back in first-half stoppage time for Puebla (1-1-0, 3 points), which has allowed multiple goals in three of five matches across all competitions since the 2025 Liga MX Apertura began.

New York City FC 2, Club Leon 0

Alonso Martinez and Agustin Ojeda scored before halftime and New York City completed a dominant victory over Leon in Harrison, N.J.

Matt Freese saved a second-half penalty kick by James Rodriguez and made four total stops to keep a clean sheet and help NYCFC (1-1-0, 3 points) rebound after absorbing a 3-0 loss to Puebla in their opening match.

It was Freese's seventh clean sheet in all competitions and the Pigeons' eighth.

Leon (0-1-1, 1 point) is now scoreless in its last 169 minutes and has scored only three goals in five games since opening Liga MX Apertura play last month. They drew CF Montreal 1-1 in their opener before losing the ensuing penalty shootout.

--Field Level Media

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