Photo Credit: Bart Young/Colorado Rapids When former Atlanta Silverbacks left back Chris Klute arrived in Major League Soccer in 2012, not much was known about the Texan. The Colorado Rapids acquired the 22-year-old on a one-year loan from the NASL club and played just one match in the 2012 MLS season. What happened next was magic. There is little doubt that the Colorado Rapids have picked a gem out of the NASL, as Klute began his post-collegiate career on the Silverbacks’ reserve
On Tuesday, the Columbus Crew welcomed their newest member as former USMNT defender Gregg Berhalter became the Crew’s seventh head coach and the first-ever Sporting Director in club history. Photo Credit: Robert Ivory/ISNSoccer.com “The vision I have for Columbus is a club about community and a club about togetherness,” Berhalter said at the reveal Tuesday. “Our goal is to have a team that is successful. I am looking at the roster now and I am pleased with what I see. It’s
Photo Credit: Robert Ivory/ISNSoccer.com All the glitz and glamour was on hand Wednesday night in Kansas City, as the MLS All-Stars lost 3-1 to Serie A heavyweights AS Roma in front of 21,175 fans, a new Sporting Park attendance record. It marked the 10th time the MLS played an international side in an All-Star game (7-2-1) and marked the fourth loss in the past five years for the All-Star squad. “It was a good match against a great MLS team,” Roma
When fourth official Daniel Fitzgerald lifted the board to 19,323 fans at Crew Stadium to show four minutes of stoppage time, the Columbus Crew figured they had at least a point in the bag. Then disaster struck. In the four minutes of stoppage time, New England won 2-0 on goals from a header from defender Jose Goncalves for his first MLS goal and the clincher came from second half sub Diego Fagundez. It’s the first time the Revs won in Crew Stadium since
In their first match after being relegated from the English Premier League, Wigan Athletic defeated the Columbus Crew with a riveting second half, 2-1. Goal scorers included James McCarthy (on an assist from Ohio State product Roger Espinoza) and Marc-Antoine Fortune for the Latics and Ryan Finley with the lone Crew goal. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com “We knew it was always going to be a tough game,” Wigan manager Owen Coyle said after his first match as Latics’ boss. “The Columbus
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com On a hot and muggy mid-Ohio day, the Portland Timbers’ hot streak of 15 unbeaten was finally snapped by the Columbus Crew Sunday in front of 15,051 fans. Portland played down a man for nearly 80 minutes after an early Pa-Modou Kah red card and already 1-0 down dropped the Timbers in their only match against the Crew this season. Timbers (7-3-9) stay on 30 points after 19 matches and the Crew jump to 26 points with
In their first warm up before qualification starts back up for the 2014 World Cup, the U.S. Men’s National Team fell 4-2 to Belgium before 27,720 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, OH. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com U.S. captain Clint Dempsey scored a penalty and had an assist, while Geoff Cameron notched a goal. Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke scored two goals as Marouane Felaini and Kevin Mirallas scored a goal apiece. “A negative result, but I think it was an important
You will find quotes below from USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann prior to the friendly against Belgium. The press conference was held in the Ambassador Room at the Renaissance Hotel in Cleveland’s Public Square on Tuesday. Members of the local and national media had a chance to pick Klinsmann’s brain. Here are the highlights from the press conference: On playing in Cleveland… “We had an opportunity to train yesterday at the stadium and it’s absolutely gorgeous. A big compliment to the
When the USMNT kickoff their friendly with Belgium Wednesday night, midfielder Sacha Kljestan will see familiar faces not only on his home county’s side, but also the European visitors. Earlier this month Kljestan helped Anderlecht win their second consecutive Jupiler League title in Belgium. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com “It’s a special feeling for me,” Kljestan said of the opportunity playing against the Belgians. “I know a lot of the guys from playing against them, but some of them play for the
