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
The Earthquakes returned to San Jose on Saturday night for their first home game since April 11 and defeated Columbus Crew SC, 2-0, under the bright lights of Avaya Stadium. With the win, San Jose extended their unbeaten streak to four games, a 2-0-2 record over that time span. In the seventh minute, Quakes defender Marvell Wynne nearly gave the home team an early lead. After receiving a pass from midfielder Fatai Alashe, Wynne proceeded to dribble nearly the length 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
Saturday’s trip to the nation’s capital didn’t go as the Columbus Crew SC had planned as they fell 2-0 to D.C. United. The home side got goals from Fabian Espindola and Sean Franklin, two MLS stalwarts. The first came in the 15th minute as Chris Rolfe set up Espindola for the goal. Over 25 minutes later, Espindola returned the favor, earning an assist on a Franklin goal. Crew SC returns to the pitch on Saturday, May 9 when it faces Seattle Sounders
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
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Goals from Federico Higuain, Justin Meram, and Kei Kamara gave Columbus Crew SC a 3-0 win over Orlando City SC in their first-ever meeting. “We are extremely excited, but obviously, there is still a lot of work to be done,” Crew SC midfielder Ethan Finlay added. “Fortunately for us, some of the results in MLS went our way tonight and that is kind of what we need to get to the top of the table that much
These two teams should meet more often. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (4W-1L-1D) came back from two separate deficits to earn a 2-2 draw with Columbus Crew SC (1W-2L-1D) in an entertaining midweek affair at BC Place. Crew SC striker Kei Kamara scored twice for the visitors but the ‘Caps responded each time through Octavio Rivero’s league-leading fifth goal of the season and Darren Mattocks’ first of the year. Mattocks, who was named Budweiser Man of the Match, also added an assist in his
Two good teams went to battle Saturday night at MAPFRE Stadium, but only one emerged the victor. Columbus Crew SC finished with a disappointing 2-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls, but they were not one to make excuses for a performance that was at times lopsided and inconsistent. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com “We talked it, but we didn’t back it up,” Crew SC Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter commented. “From our side it wasn’t good. I am
Columbus Crew SC won their home opener tonight 2-0 against Toronto FC at the newly named MAPFRE Stadium thanks to some help from the officials as Justin Morrow was controversially dismissed just before halftime. Toronto came into tonight’s game with an expensively assembled front line of Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco, and the interchange of their attacking play was causing Columbus some early trouble. Giovinco twice found space behind the defense, but both times he was unable to trouble Steve Clark. Photo Credit:
