Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com On a night where the weather delayed the game for almost 90 minutes, it was the Seattle Sounders who cast the darkest clouds of the night over Crew Stadium. An Eddie Johnson header in the 14th minute made the difference in the game, as Columbus fell to the Sounders 1-0, despite playing up a man after a red card was shown to Leonardo Gonzalez in the seventh minute. The presence of Sounder superstars Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey
Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Our friends at Allstate are at it again, helping promote U.S. Soccer in yet another city. It is a familiar one for us, the great city of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is home to The Ohio State University, the Blue Jackets, Clippers, and of course the Crew. Columbus will be the center of the soccer universe in less than two weeks. Why? The answer is simple: USA vs. Mexico in a crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier. Allstate is going to
The Columbus Crew (8-12-5, 29 points) saw its modest two-match winning streak snapped on Saturday night, as the Black & Gold fell 4-0 to Western Conference-leading Real Salt Lake (13-8-6, 45 points) at Rio Tinto Stadium. “I think that they proved tonight why they are in first place,” Crew defender Josh Williams stated. “They are really good on the ball possession-wise, and we just couldn’t keep track of them. It seemed like their guys were running all over the place. They
Confidence is a powerful thing in sports. All it takes is a single moment for a player to turn their season around. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Right now, there is nobody in MLS more confident than Federico Higuain. The Argentinian midfielder has found the scoring touch that Columbus has needed this whole season, scoring all four Crew goals in the last two matches. “Performing as well as we did in the last two games, creating chances, and then he is in the right
The Precourt Era is underway in Columbus. For the first time since the sale of the team to Anthony Precourt, the Crew played in front of their home fans and gave them a look at what things would be like under their new owner, taking on the first place New York Red Bulls. If the match was any indication Columbus has a bright road ahead. Having struggled for most of the summer not much was expected from the Crew on the night, but
U.S. Soccer has invited 64 of the country’s elite 15- to 17-year-old players to participate in a National Combine from Aug. 9-13 at Nike’s World Headquarters in Portland, Ore. The event is part of U.S. Soccer’s expanded Training Center program launched in partnership with Nike in 2013. This five-day camp is designed to evaluate and build the core for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team pool. Led by U.S. Soccer Director of Scouting Tony Lepore, men’s Youth National Team staff will run the
The Columbus Crew (6-11-5, 23 points) fell 3-1 to the Houston Dynamo (9-6-6, 33 points) by a final score of 3-1 on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Black & Gold dropped the hard-fought contest to their Eastern Conference rival, as the home side took a 2-0 lead into halftime following goals from Brad Davis and Will Bruin. Davis converted a 10th-minute penalty following a Chad Marshall tackle on Houston’s Giles Barnes inside Columbus’ area, resulting in a caution for
Today’s announcement from the Columbus Crew was touted as one of the most important in club history. That turned out to be the case as a new owner, only the second in the Crew’s existence, was announced. We turned to two former Crew players and one USMNT legend for their thoughts on the sale. Jason Garey, a forward with the Crew from 2006-2010, was quick to share positive thoughts about the Hunt family and the legacy they left in Columbus. “Clark and
Photo Credit: Daniel Rogers 18 years after the Hunt family founded the Columbus Crew franchise they are now selling one of the founding franchises of Major League Soccer. Clark Hunt, son of Crew founder Lamar Hunt Sr., announced on Tuesday that the Hunt family had agreed to sell the team to Precourt Sports Ventures, headed by Anthony Precourt. “We’ve been in a process over the last couple of years to find a minority investor, or several minority investors, in the Crew. As
