The Columbus Crew announced today that it has parted ways with Head Coach Robert Warzycha. In his fifth year in charge, Warzycha led the Crew to a 8-13-5 record (29 points), with the Black & Gold currently sitting in eighth place in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, eight points outside the fifth and final MLS Cup Playoffs position. With eight MLS regular-season matches remaining, Technical Director Brian Bliss becomes the Crew’s Interim Head Coach following six years in his previous role. Bliss
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
The Columbus Crew came away with 3 points and a 3-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday evening on what some would call a wild night. Photo Credit: Gary L. Moody Sr./ISNSoccer.com The match was delayed 50 minutes by a scoreboard fire. That’s right a scoreboard fire. Sections in the southern part of the stadium were quickly evacuated as the Columbus Fire Department responded to the blaze, extinguishing it within minutes. I have to say it was a first for me,
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
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus will have to be disappointed to start with a draw on their first home game of the season. On a freezing night in Columbus the Crew struggled to raise the temperature with their play on the pitch with Coach Warzycha highlighting the conditions in has postmatch interview. The team still look like they are getting to know each other and are struggling to find their style of play, which is no surprise considering this team features
The Columbus Crew will be eyeing a defender and a striker in the draft on Thursday. There is a serious lack of depth and bodies at those positions so it is not a surprise that this is a priority for the Black & Gold. Head Coach Robert Warzycha admitted there were no real surprises at the combine and that the players performed as expected. MLS teams put a large amount of resources into college scouting and the results are technical
