Giles Barnes scored the winning goal, Tyler Deric made six saves and the Houston Dynamo won in head coach Owen Coyle’s debut with a 1-0 triumph over Columbus Crew SC before a sellout crowd at BBVA Compass Stadium in the 2015 season opener on Saturday. Saturday’s attendance of 22,351 set a record for a Dynamo match at BBVA Compass Stadium, surpassing the previous mark (22,345) set on Oct. 20, 2013 vs. the New York Red Bulls. After an even first half, Deric
Columbus Crew SC today announced that it has partnered with MAPFRE Insurance in a historic deal that will see Crew Stadium, the first soccer-specific stadium in the United States, now named MAPFRE Stadium. Built in 1999, Crew SC now takes the pitch for its 17th season at MAPFRE Stadium and prepares for its historic 20th season in Major League Soccer this year. In a multi-million dollar agreement, the largest partnership in club history, MAPFRE Stadium becomes the home of the
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Ballots have been finalized for the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2015 elections, and voting will begin immediately for the Player, Veteran Player and Builder categories. Voting will continue through Friday, March 20, and the election results will be announced shortly after. Induction ceremony details for the Class of 2015 will be announced at a later date. Players in their first year of eligibility include the following: two-time FIFA World Cup participant and current Columbus
“We talked a good game this week and we didn’t play a good game this weekend. That’s an issue to me. If you say you want to make a run at the championship, then you have to back it up.” The words of Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter rang true after the Crew stumbled to a 4-2 loss against the New England Revolution in the first leg of 2014 Eastern Conference Semifinals. It was not a good day for the
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com The Columbus Crew (14-10-10, 52 points) was victorious via a 90th-minute goal from Bernardo Anor, beating the Philadelphia Union (10-12-12, 42 points) by a final score of 2-1 at Columbus Crew Stadium in the regular-season finale on Sunday, October 26. Anor’s winner came off of a rebound from a Tony Tchani shot, putting the Crew ahead after Zach Pfeffer leveled for Philadelphia in the 85th minute. In the first half,
The Columbus Crew (13-10-10, 49 points) scored three goals on the road for the second consecutive week, beating the New York Red Bulls (12-10-11, 47 points) by a final score of 3-1 at Red Bull Arena on Sunday, October 19. Aaron Schoenfeld notched the game’s opening goal in the 17th minute after settling a cross by Ethan Finlay and firing past Luis Robles. In the 34th minute, Finlay doubled the lead after taking a seeing-eye
The Columbus Crew (12-10-10, 46 points) overcame a two-goal deficit and scored a trio of tallies in a four-minute span late in the match to beat the Philadelphia Union (9-11-12, 39 points) by a final score of 3-2 at PPL Park on Saturday, October 11. The Union jumped out to a 2-0 second half lead behind goals from Danny Cruz and Andrew Wenger before the Crew set two monumental club records all at once in order to
The Columbus Crew (11-10-10, 43 points) fell to the New England Revolution (15-13-3, 48 points) by a final score of 2-1 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, October 4.The two sides swapped first-half goals, which came within five minutes of one another. It was New England’s Lee Nguyen getting on the scoreboard first in the 20th minute, but Ethan Finlay equalized in the 25th minute following a seeing-eye pass from Tony Tchani. Finlay’s career-high nine
The Columbus Crew moved up to fourth in the Eastern Conference Saturday night thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over the Montreal Impact in their penultimate home game of 2014. With four games left, three of them of them on the road, Columbus will be looking for at least two more wins to confirm their place in the postseason. Montreal’s wait for an away win in 2014 goes on. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com The Crew got the perfect start to the game
