Carlos Coronel made three consecutive penalty shootout saves and Daniel Edelman converted the winning goal in the bottom of the seventh frame as the New York Red Bulls stunned the Columbus Crew to sweep the best-of-three first-round series on Sunday in Harrison, New Jersey.
The score was tied 2-2 after regulation before the Red Bulls won on penalty kicks 5-4.
The defending MLS Cup champion Crew were the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and had the second-most points — setting club records during the regular season for most goals (72) and points (66) — in MLS behind Inter Miami.
New York, the No. 7 seed, won 1-0 in Columbus on Tuesday.
Columbus leads the all-time series across all competitions 40-37-14. However, the Red Bulls are 23-13-7 at home against the Crew, including 3-0-1 in the playoffs with all three wins coming at Red Bull Arena. New York is 4-1-1 in its last five playoff matches at home.
With the Crew season on the line, Christian Ramirez , who entered 10 minutes earlier, tied it 2-2 in the 96th minute with a header from a corner kick by Alex Matan.