Columbus, Ohio ? Jack McInerney scored the go-ahead goal in the 88th minute in his home debut and the Columbus Crew beat Sporting Kansas City 3-2 on Saturday night.

Michael Parkhurst sent a long ball to Federico Higuain, who forced goalkeeper Tim Melia to make a diving save that deflected to McInerney. The open tap-in was McInerney’s 37th career goal. He is the second youngest MLS player (23) to reach that mark behind the Crew’s Stern John (1998-99).

Tony Tchani tied it for the Crew (10-8-8) in the 80th minute, finishing Tyson Wahl’s glancing header.

Graham Zusi gave Sporting (11-6-7) a 2-1 lead in the 62nd minute with a right-footed blast from the top left corner of the 18-yard box.

Marcel de Jong opened the scoring in the 14th minute for Sporting and Ethan Finlay answered for the Crew in the 35th minute.

Sporting Kansas City 1 1–2

Columbus 1 2–3

First half-1, Sporting Kansas City, De Jong 1 (Abdul-Salaam, Dwyer), 14th minute. 2, Columbus, Finlay 8 (Kamara), 35th.

Second half-3, Sporting Kansas City, Zusi 2 (Besler), 62nd. 4, Columbus, Tchani 5 (Wahl, Higuain), 80th. 5, Columbus, McInerney 5, 88th.

Goalies-Sporting Kansas City, Tim Melia; Columbus, Steve Clark.

Yellow Cards-Dwyer, Sporting Kansas City, 33rd; Medranda, Sporting Kansas City, 39th; Lopez, Sporting Kansas City, 79th; McInerney, Columbus, 90th+.

Referee-Chris Penso. Assistant Referees-Jeff Muschik. Andrew Bigelow. 4th Official-Kevin Terry.

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Lineups

Sporting Kansas City-Tim Melia, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Marcel De Jong (Krisztian Nemeth, 90th), Paulo Nagamura, Jimmy Medranda (Amadou Dia, 57th), Graham Zusi, Mikey Lopez, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers, 78th).

Columbus-Steve Clark, Michael Parkhurst, Tyson Wahl, Waylon Francis, Harrison Afful (Hector Jimenez, 70th), Ethan Finlay, Justin Meram (Jack McInerney, 64th), Wil Trapp, Federico Higuain, Tony Tchani, Kei Kamara (Cedrick, 72nd).