One night after a disappointing 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Union, the Columbus Crew SC reserves took to the field at MAPFRE Stadium to run out against the Notre Dame Men's Soccer Team. The game ended in a 1-1 draw after two second half goals. Columbus' Emil Larsen opened the scoring on a rocket volley after Justin Meram turned his man in the box and lofted a ball back across before the Irish tied the game shortly before the end of the match.

As these scrimmages usually go, this was a fairly enlightening one as we got a look at some of the new Black & Gold players in their first game action with the club.

Here was the lineup Crew SC began the game with:

In the second half, rookie goalkeeper Matt Pacifici came in for Brad Stuver and another assumed academy product came in for Cedrick Mabwati, but played left back moving Corey Ashe into the midfield.

The result wasn't really the important thing in this match, but how players, especially the new ones, are looking and fitting into the system. Here is what I noted during the match.