Overview
- FC Cincinnati won the winner-take-all Game 3 at TQL Stadium 2-1 to clinch the series 2-1 over the Columbus Crew.
- Brenner leveled in the 67th minute and struck the decider in the 86th after Jacen Russell-Rowe put Columbus ahead in the 63rd.
- Approximately 25,513 fans packed TQL Stadium for the rivalry finale, adding to a charged playoff atmosphere.
- Midfielder Yuya Kubo was unavailable for Cincinnati due to a suspension from his Game 2 red card.
- The match closed the career of Columbus captain Darlington Nagbe, who had announced this season would be his last.