With the difference between a spot in the MLS Cup playoffs and an early end to the season razor thin this year, every point matters for the Columbus Crew. Every goal celebrated to its fullest, and every mistake scrutinized to the extreme. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Yet, despite needing at least a point to keep pace with the rest of the playoff sides in the Eastern Conference, the Crew gave up another late goal and fell, for the third time this season,
Ethan Finlay just cannot stop scoring. After failing to score in his first two seasons with the Columbus Crew, the young midfielder has been the leader of the Crew’s resurgence as an offensive team. Scoring three times, and adding an assist, over the last four matches, Finlay has helped to cover some of the gaps that have been left with midfielder Federico Higuain’s time away from the squad. His most recent goal might be his most important. After allowing a second half goal
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com When U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann announced his final 23-man roster for the FIFA World Cup, L.A. Galaxy forward Landon Donovan stole the headlines, but he was just one of seven players who had to return home after training with the team. Another one of those players was 30-year-old Michael Parkhurst, who was aiming for his first-ever World Cup finals appearance. Parkhurst, a defender for the Columbus Crew, said hearing the decision was difficult, but
In 2007 when Major League Soccer introduced the Designated Player rule, it probably had in mind the kind of run Columbus Crew midfielder Federico Higuain is currently on. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Signed in 2012, the Argentinian midfielder has been arguably the Crew’s best player since, and in recent weeks has revitalized a team, and an offense, that had been stagnating. With two more assists as part of a 2-0 win against the Chicago Fire Saturday, Higuain now has assisted or scored
Jairo Arrieta scored once for the Columbus Crew, and, on two separate chances, almost doubled the team’s advantage. Almost. Although the Costa Rican forward converted his first-ever penalty attempt for the Crew in the 39th minute to give Columbus the lead, his two missed chances would prove costly late on. A 66th minute half-volley from Red Bull forward Bradley Wright-Phillips found its way past Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark, bounced off the far post and into the back of the net, with the game
Down to 10 men, down a goal, and having failed to score in almost 225 minutes at home, the Columbus Crew seemed to have run out of magic from their early season run. Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com That was until midfielders Wil Trapp and Hector Jimenez decided to give a spark to what had been a hapless Crew attack at home so far this season. In the 90th minute, Jimenez collected the ball from midfielder Wil Trapp on the left side of
The Columbus Crew recorded a much needed win against the Chicago Fire 3-0 Saturday evening. “We owed it to ourselves to go win the game and I think that served as notice to Chicago and the other teams that are ahead of us in the playoffs, that there are a few games left and we are coming hard,” Crew Interim Head Coach Brian Bliss stated. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus took advantage of a red card shown to Fire defender Bakary Soumare in
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com As the clock ticked down and the World Cup qualifying match against Mexico came closer and closer to starting, the U.S. Men’s National Team fans were chanting three simple words. “Dos a cero.” Before the match the U.S. had beaten Mexico 2-0 in each of their past three matches at Crew Stadium. After Tuesday night’s match, the “dos a cero” run stands at four. A 49th minute goal from Eddie Johnson and a Landon Donovan score in the 79th gave the U.S.
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
