The Columbus Crew (10-9-10, 40 points) beat the New England Revolution (13-13-3, 42 points) by a final score of 1-0 at Crew Stadium on Saturday, September 20. The match featured a sellout crowd of 21,318 – the fourth of 2014, establishing a new single-season club record at Crew Stadium.The victory came on a night where the Black & Gold inducted club legend Frankie Hejduk into their Circle of Honor during a halftime ceremony. Hejduk, flanked by
The Columbus Crew (9-9-10, 37 points) found a pair of second-half goals to erase a two-tally deficit en route to a 2-2 draw against the Houston Dynamo (9-13-5, 32 points) at BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday, September 13. An Aaron Schoenfeld own goal and a Giles Barnes tally gave the Dynamo a 2-0 lead at the break. In the second half, Wil Trapp scored his first career MLS goal to halve the Houston lead, while Ethan Finlay
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com The Columbus Crew kept up their playoff push thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win over Chivas USA on Sunday. The victory moved them up into playoff position, taking fourth place in the conference. With Chivas looking for new owners, tonight’s game highlights the level of work that is required to get the visiting team competing again. The game was a tale of two halves with the first being a desperately poor contest with both teams struggling to
The Columbus Crew (8-9-9, 33 points) fell on the road to the Montreal Impact (5-15-5, 20 points) by a final score of 2-0 at Stade Saputo on Saturday, August 30. The Impact’s victory was fueled by a brace from newcomer Ignacio Piatti, who was playing his third League match for the club. Piatti broke open the scoring in the 40th minute and added an insurance tally on an Impact counterattack in the 95th minute.
The Columbus Crew (8-8-9, 33 points) notched its second straight victory with a 3-0 defeat of the Houston Dynamo (7-13-4, 25 points) at Columbus Crew Stadium on Saturday night. With the win, the Crew remains in the fourth MLS Cup Playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The victory concluded a three-match homestand in which the Black & Gold went 2-1-0 with an aggregate scoreline of 7-1 over the final two contests. Columbus got on the board
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com The Columbus Crew put on their most impressive performance in recent memory in front of 20,729, beating an in form LA Galaxy 4-1. The Galaxy were flying high coming into this match, having only lost once in their last 13 matches. The win also moves the Crew up to fourth and back into the playoff position with ten games remaining. The game started at a relentless pace with both teams setup to attack, creating an open and free-flowing
With the difference between a spot in the MLS Cup playoffs and an early end to the season razor thin this year, every point matters for the Columbus Crew. Every goal celebrated to its fullest, and every mistake scrutinized to the extreme. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Yet, despite needing at least a point to keep pace with the rest of the playoff sides in the Eastern Conference, the Crew gave up another late goal and fell, for the third time this season,
The Columbus Crew (6-7-9, 27 points) extended its overall unbeaten streak to three matches (2-0-1) with a 1-1 draw against the Chicago Fire (3-5-13, 22 points) at Toyota Park on Saturday, August 2. Mike Magee opened the scoring in the 37th minute with a penalty kick after Tyson Wahl was called for a handball in the box. Just seconds into the second half, Federico Higuain leveled the match for the Crew after Ethan Finlay’s header was
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Crystal Palace came into today’s game having only played one preseason game in Austria which ended in a 13-1 rout, but tonight’s game proved to be a much tougher proposition against a Columbus side midway through their season. The game ended in a 2-2 draw with good things shown by both sides. The Crew started the game much the better side, keeping possession and making the Palace players work hard without the ball. The early dominance nearly
