Brenner's second goal of the match in the 86th minute rallied host FC Cincinnati to a 2-1 victory against the Columbus Crew in the deciding match of the Eastern Conference first-round best-of-3 series on Saturday.

Brenner took a lay-off from Samuel Gidi at the top of the box and drilled a shot to the lower left corner.

FC Cincinnati will host a semifinal on Nov. 22 or 23 against the winner of the Inter Miami-Nashville SC Game 3 match played later Saturday.

Jacen Russell-Rowe put the Crew up in the 63rd minute before Brenner scored the equalizer four minutes later from a corner kick.

Brenner was directly in front when the corner kick by Evander was headed by Teenage Hadebe toward the goal.

Russell-Rowe came off the bench to score in a second straight match. He replaced the injured Taha

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