Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus Crew players and staff members took time out of their busy schedules today to prepare care packages for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Operation Buckeye Headquarters. Under the direction of the Operation Buckeye organization, players and staff helped stuff care packages full of food, snacks, personal hygiene items, reading materials and well-wishes. Last year, almost 5,000 boxes were sent to the men and women of our Armed Forces. Since the founding of Operation Buckeye in 2005, more
Finalists for the 2013 Kevin Gray Awards presented by Ivy Funds were announced on Monday and will be featured this Friday in the Shield Club at Sporting Park during a Finalist Show that will air live locally from 6-6:30 p.m. CT on Time Warner Cable Metro Sports. The Kevin Gray Awards presented by Ivy Funds were established in 2011 in honor of the late Kansas City Sports Commission president Kevin Gray and annually recognize the athletic
The Crew suffered their third home defeat of the season and at hands of Chicago with the players involved in the trade between the two clubs playing center stage. Dominic Oduro came to Columbus in the trade and he’s been making a big impact so far this season. Tonight he continued in the center forward role despite the return of Jairo Arrieta from international duty and this paid dividends for the Crew. On 6 minutes Oduro robbed Austin Berry of possession and raced
Despite a strong first-half performance that saw the Black & Gold jump out to a 1-0 lead just seven minutes into the match, the Columbus Crew (5-6-5, 20 points) fell to Eastern Conference rival Chicago Fire (5-7-3, 18 points) on Saturday night at Crew Stadium. “Sometimes the fortune is not going right,” Crew head Robert Warzycha stated. “We were so successful for so many years winning the games at home. We have to build our fortress again. We have to make
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com With Jairo Arrieta away on international duty with Costa Rica, Dominic Oduro has been given the opportunity to play a more central role in the attack for Columbus. This is not unfamiliar. In games that Columbus has been chasing, Oduro got pushed through the center, but tonight he got to play a full 90 minutes and he delivered a performance that should worry Arrieta. Throughout his career in MLS, Oduro has maintained a keen eye for goal
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com It’s hard to imagine a team facing a must-win scenario with more than half of their games remaining, but on Saturday night against the Montreal Impact that is exactly what the Columbus Crew did. After dropping points in four of their last five matches and falling five points off the pace for the fifth and final playoff position, the Crew needed to pull off an upset against first place Montreal if they hoped to keep their playoff
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com The Crew Soccer Foundation partnered with MLS WORKS, Scotts Miracle-Gro, CheckSmart, and the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department to create four new soccer fields at Innis Park in northeast Columbus. A special opening ceremony, featuring short-sided games with area youth from the Columbus Bilingual Academy, took place on the refurbished fields this afternoon. The goal of this project was to create ample soccer space for children in the Northeast Columbus area. Check out more great photos from today’s
The Columbus Crew suffered a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Thursday afternoon in the Fourth Round of the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The match – originally scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. ET start on June 12 – was postponed until this afternoon due to yesterday’s severe weather conditions in the Chicago metropolitan area. Konrad Warzycha gave the Black & Gold the early lead in the 22nd-minute on a header off of a
Columbus Crew Stadium and Prime Social Group today announced details of the inaugural Breakaway Music Festival, an all-new concert series presented at Major League Soccer stadiums across the country. Breakaway Music Festival will kick-off on Saturday, September 14 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Pre-sale tickets will be available athttp://www.breakawayfestival.com beginning Tuesday, June 18 at 11:00 a.m. ET and general on-sale tickets will then get underway on Friday, June