Facundo Torres converted a penalty kick in the 84th minute to rally Orlando City to a 2-1 victory over visiting Columbus on the final day of the regular season Sunday, earning the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference while eliminating the Crew.

Crew (10-8-16, 46 points) defender Milos Degenek was guilty of a handball on a shot by Benji Michel, verified by video review in the 83rd minute, and Torres put away his ninth goal of the season for Orlando (14-14-6, 48 points).

The Crew would have qualified instead of Orlando if the match had ended in a tie.

Pedro Gallese saved a shot by Lucas Zelarayan in the sixth minute of stoppage time to preserve the season for Orlando.

Columbus entered the match tied in points with FC Cincinnati but was slotted in the seventh and final playoff spot because Cincinnati had more wins. Orlando was a point behind both clubs.

Cincinnati defeated D.C. United 5-2 to earn the fifth spot ahead of Inter Miami in sixth.

Derrick Etienne Jr. gave Columbus the lead in the 38th minute before Junior Urso tied it in the 56th.

Etienne scored his ninth goal of the season but had to exit the match after being injured on the play. He made a run down the center of the penalty area and Zelarayan heeled him a pass. Etienne did the rest with a well-placed shot to the far post.

The goal came three minutes after Etienne combined with Cucho Hernandez in an attempt to get on the board first. Hernandez cracked a shot that was heading to the lower left corner, but Gallese made an outstanding stretch to push the strike out of harm’s way.

Columbus had seven of the 10 shots and three of the four on goal in the first half.

The Crew’s inability to extend the lead bit them when Urso took a feed from Mauricio Pereyra, spun from defender Jonathan Mensah and scored his fifth goal.

–Field Level Media