da fazobetai： Unstoppable and undeniable, a team that needed saving just a few short years ago, the Columbus Crew have added another MLS Cup to their cabinet.

da premier bet： There's no secret recipe to an MLS Cup, no tried-and-true method to put yourself in this position. Every champion is somewhat unique and every road to that big ole trophy is just a little bit different.

So what happens when you move mountains to hire an unflinching coach so determined and so resolute in his principles, so unwavering in his ideals? What happens when you give that coach the league's best No. 9 and silkiest midfielder to build the system of his dreams around? And what happens when you try and take a team from a community only for them to seize it back through sheer force of will?

Well, you get the Columbus Crew. Add all those ingredients together and you get something special, something magic, something unique. When all is said and done, when you put all of that together, it turns out you get an MLS Cup, too.

For the second time in four seasons, the Crew are MLS Cup champions. On Saturday, in front of a packed hometown crowd, the Crew took down the defending champions, LAFC, in a 2-1 win. It was a heavyweight title fight of a final and, by the end, there was no denying that a new titan has emerged atop the league.

When all was said and done, the Crew got their recipe right: a little bit of luck, a lot of attacking and an endless amount of faith brought them right here, back to the top of MLS.

GOAL breaks down the winners and losers from Lower.com Field…

WINNER: Wilfried Nancy

For those that are new to Nancy's style, there are a few things you must know. First off, he believes in attacking. Secondly, he believes in entertaining. And third, and most importantly, there's almost no scenario where he changes course or abandons those first two points.

You saw that on Saturday. From the opening whistle, the Crew came out and played like a Nancy team. They dominated the ball and attacked. Fullbacks pushed high. Centerbacks moved forward, too, shrinking the field and ensuring that the Crew attack would keep on ticking. Even after taking the lead, Nancy never abandoned those principles as the Crew never stopped.

What a move it was for the Crew to go out and get Nancy, paying CF Montreal a fee to even hire him. It was worth every penny, wasn't it? Nancy brought ideals and personality to Columbus and, in the end, he also brought a trophy.

Throughout the season, Nancy got everything right, tweaking positions and ideals to make the Crew into an attacking force. It all paid off on Saturday as the Crew's match-winner wasn't on the field; he was on the bench.

AdvertisementGetty ImagesLOSER: Carlos Vela

If this was, in fact, the last we see of Carlos Vela in the black and gold shirt he made famous, it won't feel right. This wasn't the send-off a player like Vela deserved.

The Mexican star was held quiet throughout the match, struggling to really make an impact in what might be his final game for LAFC. His most notable moment was a tackle, one which earned him a yellow card in the second half. That's not what we know from Vela; what we know is goals.

Unfortunately, there were none to be had for him on Saturday. He and LAFC generally struggled to create much of anything, aside from Denis Bouanga's finish and even that took a few tries. Vela mustered just two shots, only one of which actually made it through to goal.

It wasn't the finale he would have dreamt of, and it wasn't the finale that he's made the rest of the world expect with his record-breaking run of MLS goals since his arrival in the league. It was the finale he got, though. Now, all focus turns towards his future, wherever that may be.

GettyWINNER: Cucho Hernandez

Since he signed with the Crew, we've seen Cucho score all sort sof goals. Throughout that time, he's established himself as arguably the league's most dominant pure striker, a presence to be feared at all times.

The goa he scored on Saturday wasn't beautiful. No, it was a penalty kick, the simplest of finishes. It was fitting, though, for a player as good as Cucho to have his name on the scoresheet in a match of this magnitude.

After scoring 15 goals and assisting 11 goals during the regular season, Hernandez scored five more time sin the postseason. The Colombian is an unstoppable force, and it feels like he's just getting started.

The Colombia national team will come calling. Maybe Europe will, too. For now, though, Hernandez is already a Columbus legend at just 24, and he now has his cup-winning moment to prove it.

GettyWINNER: Darlington Nagbe

There's no denying it now: Darlington Nagbe, take your place among the GOATS.

Name your all-time MLS greats: Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Sebstian Giovinco, Diego Valeri, Jaime Moreno… whoever. No matter what generation you're from, what era of MLS made you fall in love with the game, you have to include Nagbe among any list discussing the best this league has ever seen.

His career has been build on being the quiet killer. Smooth on the ball and completely unwilling to ever misplace it, Nagbe has now anchored the biggest moments in three different franchise's histories. He how has four championship rings in his collection…only four players have more.

None of those players were like Nagbe. So composed, so smooth, so brilliant… this league has never seen any player quite like him.