Columbus Crew SC finally got their season going with an entertaining 3-2 victory over New York City FC at MAPFRE Stadium. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Ethan Finlay also found form with an assist and the opening goal after struggling to recapture the performances of last season that had catapulted him into the national team. He opened the scoring on seven minutes after Justin Meram drove to the line and his pull back found the onrushing Finley to strike home. The game was
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus Crew SC and their colorful new kit are experiencing a bad start to the season as they lost their second of two games, falling 2-1 to the Philadelphia Union. This is the first time since the 2006 season that the Crew have started the season with two loses and it’s now four competitive defeats in a row dating back to the Eastern Conference final last season. Philadelphia came into tonight’s game following a poor 2015 season where
The Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup since entering the league in 2011 at the MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus on Saturday night against a disappointing Columbus Crew SC. The game was played out in front of a great atmosphere, but unfortunately for the home team they could not raise their game against a composed and clinical Portland Timbers. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com Christmas had come early for Portland with Steve Clark giving them a gift inside the first minute. He
Columbus Crew SC took a big step towards appearing in their second MLS Cup final tonight with a 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls. Coincidentally it was the Red Bulls that they defeated back in 2008 for their only MLS Cup triumph. New York will find it tough to overturn this deficit next week with Columbus showing how dangerous they can be on the counter tonight. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com The first half resembled a Rocky movie with both teams
Columbus Crew SC emphatically secured the number 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a comprehensive 5-0 victory over D.C. United. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com Crew SC has now guaranteed their away game for next Sunday with their opponents being decided in the midweek knockout round and will be back home on the 8th of November. Crew SC came into the game with star players Kei Kamara and Federico Higuain both suspended, but their replacements Jack McInerney and Mohammed Saeid proved
Columbus Crew SC came into tonight’s game looking at the real prospect of competing for the Supporters’ Shield and home advantage for the playoffs, but a Portland Timbers team with their own playoff ambitions dealt Columbus their second consecutive home defeat with a well-deserved 2-1 victory. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com After an even start to the game Portland took the lead on 28 minutes with their first-ever goal in Columbus. Waylon Francis’ misplaced pass found Darlington Nagbe, who ran at the
Columbus Crew SC had to settle for a point tonight in a game that they led from the 8th minute until the last. Kei Kamara continued his scintillating form in front of goal with his 8th and 9th of the season and also scoring the Crew’s 500th home goal in their 303rd regular season game. Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Crew SC dominated the early exchanges with the Chicago Fire players looking leggy after their bus ride down. The first goal of
Columbus Crew SC won an entertaining game against Seattle Sounders FC 3-2 at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday night. The match contained a total of 35 attempts on goal and continued Columbus’s home goalscoring exploits, now with 13 in five home games. “Obviously, I’m pleased with the game,” Crew SC Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter commented. “I think the way the game was played, I told the guys to go out and entertain the fans and entertain the people watching, and
The Philadelphia Union came into tonight’s game after a poor start to the season, recording only a single victory in their opening eight games. And with never having recorded a victory in Columbus, Philadelphia never looked like breaking that record with Columbus Crew SC running out comfortable winners 4-1. Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Crew SC started the game slowly allowing Philadelphia to have some promising possession, but that ended on 21 minutes with Kei Kamara scoring his 5th goal of the season. After
