In the hustle and bustle of the San Jose Earthquake locker room following a 1-1 come-from-behind draw against the Columbus Crew, one member of the Quakes sat quietly at his locker with his feet up and studied his phone more than the chaos around him. That was second-year midfielder Sam Garza, a native Texan that has had several bumps in his career, but still has a promising future in MLS. Garza, 23, shined as a brilliant player in high school as
After a routine morning practice, several Columbus Crew players, including Copley’s own Josh Williams, took time to visit the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. “This is my first time ever doing this,” Williams said. “It’s awesome just to see a child’s face light up when you walk into the room.” Not only were patients treated to the sights of the Black and Gold, but they also met some of Columbus’ finest as Engine 2 firefighters accompanied members of
58,912 fans filled Olympic Stadium in Montreal to see the Impact draw 1-1 with the Chicago Fire Saturday night in the Impact’s inaugural home match. The crowd was the largest ever to see a soccer match in Canada as captain Davy Arnaud scored the lone tally for the Impact. “Overall, I thought that there were many strong individual performances tonight,” Impact head coach Jesse Marsch said about his club. With fanfare that Olympic Stadium has not been heard in years, the
I finally hopped on the Football Manager bandwagon and was certainly overwhelmed with the amount of power you have managing your favorite club. Not only are the giants from the world in the game, but the depth of stats, training, transfers, contracts, even go as far as what team you can manage. Not only do you have to deal with your players and put them in the right position that will bring the best out of them, as the manager, you
After the all the presentations were made, the secret voting tallied up, and the final word from FIFA President Sepp Batter, it was announced that Russia would hold the 2018 World Cup and that Qatar had beaten the United States for the 2022 World Cup. In the historic vote, Russia becomes the first Eastern European nation to hold the World Cup and Qatar becomes the first Middle Eastern country to host the prestigious event. As for the United States, many across the
When talking about the greatest members of the Columbus Crew, undoubtedly Guillermo Barros Schelotto will be in the conversation. Not only was Guillermo an ambassador for the Crew and the city of Columbus, but also won the MLS award as the Most Valuable Player in his first full season with the Crew, after a decade of playing with Argentinean giants Boca Juniors. Schelotto was not only a fan favorite, but also a mentor to younger players like Rogers and Lenhart. Schelotto
I am always stricken with the dilemma of buying a sports game year, after year. After playing FIFA 11, I am so happy that EA Sports picked up where the left off last year…and they have gone even further. Not to mention, you have listened as the game has sold 2.6 million copies in just five days… Once you pick up this game, you are going to spend plenty of hours just drooling over the play that the game gives. The
Two leads were not enough for the U.S. Men’s National Team as they drew Poland 2-2 Saturday night at Soldier Field in Chicago. “I thought we had a very good first fifteen minutes,” USMNT head coach Bob Bradley said. “When we went up 2-1 I thought we had an opportunity to really to pick the rhythm of the game up. When we had the chance to finish them off, we were in low gear.” The United States came out and pushed the
Members of the media were welcome to talk to members of the U.S. Men’s National Team before their international friendly against Poland in Chicago. Luckily, International Soccer Network’s Robert Ivory was able to get a few quality minutes with USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard. ISN: Is it weird we are already looking forward to the 2014 World Cup? HOWARD: I think we have set a target for the Gold Cup being important for us this year. The competition does not interfere with any