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Benteke scores 2 goals for DC United in 2-2 tie with Crew
WASHINGTON (AP) — Christian Benteke scored two goals, giving him an MLS-leading 21 this season, for the D.C. United Saturday night in a 2-2 tie with Columbus Crew.
Benteke redirected a short pass from Gabriel Pirani and then beat goalkeeper Patrick Schulte for a goal from the center of the area to cap the scoring in the 81st minute.
Benteke opened the scoring in the 30th minute with a one-touch shot, off a pass played by Ted Ku-Dipietro, from the center of the area. The 33-year-old forward is just the third player in franchise history to score at least 20 goals in a season, joining Raúl Díaz Arce (23 in 1996) and Luciano Emilio (20 in 2007).
Juan “Cucho” Hernández seemingly effortlessly flicked a shot from outside the area under the crossbar into the left corner of the net in the 54th minute to make it 1-1 and then played a long, arcing entry from the right side to the center of the area, where Jacen Russell-Rowe put away a header to give the Crew a 2-1 lead in the 57th.
Schulte stopped five shots for Columbus (16-5-9). The Crew, who had won back-to-back, are unbeaten in four straight.
Alex Bono had four saves for D.C. United (8-13-10).
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