Photo Credit: MNUFC Collen Warner is what you call an MLS veteran. The 30-year-old midfielder spent nine seasons in MLS, playing for five different teams. He logged some serious minutes, 13,478 to be exact, in 153 starts and 208 appearances. He has been all over North America, playing for the likes of Real Salt Lake, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, Houston Dynamo, and Minnesota United FC. Warner has plenty of great memories from his time in MLS, all of it starting in
Cover Art Courtesy of Dundurn Press The phrase “Come on You Reds” is usually reserved for the likes of Manchester United, but it is also the title of a recent book about Toronto FC from Joshua Kloke and Dundurn Press. Kloke has the right credentials as a journalist, working the Toronto FC and Toronto Maple Leafs beats for the Athletic. His writing style is that of a brilliant storyteller that has seen a lot in his career, someone whose passion for
Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com Columbus Crew SC responded to last week’s hamming by Toronto FC with a resounding 3-0 win over the current MLS Cup holders Seattle Sounders FC. Tonight’s performance was in stark contrast to last week, with the team playing with energy and speed throughout and pinpoint finishing providing the key to the win. The Crew struck early on and it was Federico Higuain with his fifth goal of the season on 10 minutes. A loose ball out of
Columbus Crew SC continued their impressive home record this season with their third win on the trot at MAPFRE Stadium, the winning goal coming from Justin Meram for his fourth off the season. Tonight’s game was the first of three against Toronto FC over the next six weeks. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com Toronto had started the game in impressive fashion, pressing high up the field and forcing Columbus to play long from the back and dominating possession in the early exchanges. The
Photo Credit: Joseph Raja/ISNSoccer.com Columbus Crew SC today announced that the club selected defender and former player Josh Williams with the third pick in Stage Two of Major League Soccer’s 2016 Re-Entry Draft, held today via conference call. Following the selection, per rules of Stage Two, the club now will offer Williams a genuine offer. Williams, an Ohio native, is a seven-year MLS veteran and has made 103 regular season appearances in the league. Williams previously played for Crew SC from
A 42nd-minute strike by Dominic Oduro was enough to give the Columbus Crew (4-4-3, 15 points) a 1-0 win over Toronto FC (1-6-4, 7 points) on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. Oduro scored his team-leading fifth tally of the season just before halftime as he chased down and finished a perfectly slotted pass from Federico Higuain, who earned his third assist on the year. With the win, the Crew remains unbeaten (3-0-5) in eight visits to Toronto dating back to 2007. The
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Seattle Sounders FC allowed two second half goals and fell 2-0 to Toronto FC on the second leg of a two-match road trip on a rainy Sunday afternoon at BMO Field. Seattle Sounders FC (2-2-2, 8 points) are in sole possession of third place in the Western Conference after the first five games while Toronto FC (2-3-0, 6 points) won its second of the season at home. Dwayne De Rosario scored the game-winner in the 58th minute. After a Toronto cross
Gilstrap finds a home with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of USL-2. We last saw Hunter Gilstrap in goal for the Cleveland City Stars at Middlefield Cheese Stadium in Bedford, Ohio. Little did we know that this would be the last time we would see the City Stars on the field and in operation. The franchise folded in December of 2009 after failing to find a buyer. It wasn’t due to a lack of effort as Dr. Aaron Tredway did his best to