It was the “Hell is Real” match between the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati Saturday at Lower.com Field, a contest named for the more than conspicuous billboard on the connecting I-71 thoroughfare. Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead, followed by a Diego Rossi penalty kick goal, and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Cincinnati goal came in the sixth minute. Luca Orellano brought the ball into the right side of the box, battling with Crew defender Malte Amundson. Orellano passed to Sergio Santos in front of Columbus keeper Patrick Schulte. Santos popped up a try, which Schulte tried to clear with a right-hand punch. Evander intercepted the ball with a bicycle kick that found Kévin Denkey at the left post and he chipped it in.

The Crew had the best of the play for the rest of the match but could only find the net on a Rossi penalty kick in the 54th minute. Head coach Wilfried Nancy thought his club should have scored more. “With a lot of respect with Cincinnati, tonight was not difficult because we created many chances,” he said. “Again, tonight it was our game, but at the end of the day, we didn’t win.”

It was the Crew’s sixth draw of the season, the third in a row, and it dropped them into third place in the MLS’s Eastern Conference, two points behind both Philadelphia and Cincinnati. The Black & Gold head to Charlotte, N.C. next Saturday for a match kicking off at 7:30 p.m. The Crew beat the Crown, 4-2, at Lower.com Field on May 3.