However, the visitors narrowed the gap four minutes into the second half when Ercan Kala pushed the ball past goalkeeper Patrick Schulte to end Orlando’s counterattack.
The Black & Gold seemed to have regained a two-goal lead in the 64th minute when Cucho scored from a counterattack, but the goal was ruled out by VAR. Crewe continued to look for the third goal, but could not score more than Pedro Gallese.
Instead, when Columbus failed to clear a corner kick in stoppage time of the second half, it was Orlando who equalized the game by scoring late in the 92nd minute when the away side had a chance.
“It’s more like, on a positive note, two weeks ago we were in control and we didn’t win,” Nancy said. “Now we had the initiative and we drew. We had chances, we were up front and at the same time we controlled the game and at the same time we controlled the game and we didn’t, we didn’t play in the right moments.”
Crews are on a quick turnaround following Saturday’s draw, with Black & Gold welcoming Western Conference original team LA Galaxy at Lower.com Field Wednesday night. Tickets are still available for the club’s third match in eight days leading up to Saturday night’s Hell Is Real Derby in the South.