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
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
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
The entire Columbus Crew organization has finally breathed a sigh of relief. Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Federico Higuain’s 69th minute penalty conversion against the Houston Dynamo on Saturday ended a home MLS goalless streak for Columbus that lasted 294 minutes and spanned four matches. The 1-1 draw was also the first time that Columbus has earned a point at home since late April against D.C. United. The penalty came when Dynamo striker Andrew Driver took down Crew left back Chad Barson in
Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski For the second straight match the Columbus Crew played on the front foot for most of the night, but came away empty handed after a 2-0 defeat to the Colorado Rapids. On the night the Rapids (4-4-3) only registered four shots, and only one in the first half, but found the back of the net twice and managed to keep Columbus from scoring despite 22 shots, including seven on goal. Things almost got started before even a minute
Photo Credit: Dan Garee/ISNSoccer.com The Columbus Crew suffered a disappointing loss on Saturday, losing 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls in Columbus, despite dominating for large stretches of the match. The turning point came when a Federico Higuain penalty kick was saved by Red Bull keeper Luis Robles in the 71st minute. Robles guessed correctly and punched the ball away, giving New York momentum it had been lacking for a majority of the match. Higuain was disappointed with the loss and
Both teams started the match “on fire” in Saturdays match between D.C. United and the Columbus Crew, and it had nothing to do with what was going on on the field. A speaker malfunction sparked a fire in the Crew Stadium scoreboard before the match that delayed the opening kick for almost an hour. Columbus scored early and often and never allowed D.C. to feel comfortable, tallying three in the first 45 and winning 3-0 on the night. Last place United traveled
Despite a slow early start, plagued with poor effort and missed chances, the Columbus Crew managed to pull out a late 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, extending their home point streak to 11 games without a loss. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com In the 72nd minute Eddie Gaven found a streaking Dominic Oduro, who found the back of the net with a rocket from an impossibly tight angle to earn a point for Columbus. Gaven’s assist helped put the Crew
