In the final match of its England preseason trip, the Crew defeated the Liverpool FC reserve squad, 2-0, Thursday (March 5) at the Reds’ academy site in Knowsley. Alejandro Moreno and Guillermo Barros Schelotto each tallied for the Black & Gold in the second half, ensuring that the Crew went undefeated during its UK excursion. The folks at Liverpool have a quality write-up of the action that you can check out here. Complete line-ups and scoring summary are after the jump.

Scoring Summary:

CLB - Alejandro Moreno 50

CLB - Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Eddie Gaven) 66

Columbus Crew: William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Danny O’Rourke, Chad Marshall, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven, Brian Carroll, Emmanuel Ekpo (Duncan Oughton 77), Robbie Rogers, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Alejandro Moreno

Liverpool FC Reserves: Dean Bouzanis, Martin Kelly (Ronald Huth 46), Mikel San Jose, Steven Irwin, Emmanuel Mendy (Andre Wisdom 75), Gerardo Bruna (Vincent Weijl 12), Damien Plessis (David Amoo 56), Jay Spearing, Victor Palsson, Dani Pacheco, Andras Simon (Vitor Flora 46)

The squad will depart England to return stateside tomorrow (March 6) and will enjoy the weekend off before conducting a training session on Monday (March 9) morning at a time and location to be determined. It will then depart again on Tuesday (March 10), for its final trip of the preseason, in Austin, Texas, where it will spend five days.

Tags: 2009 Crew Preseason, Alejandro Moreno, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Liverpool FC

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