The Houston Dynamo Reserves defeated the Columbus Crew Reserves, 1-0, on Sunday morning at Crew Stadium. Houston midfielder Brian Ownby scored on a diving header and goalkeeper Tyler Deric made several important saves as the Dynamo Reserves improved to 4-1-0 this season. The Dynamo Reserves won despite a depleted roster due to injury and international call-ups. Five Dynamo Academy players featured for the Dynamo, including four starters – Christian Gonzalez, Louis Thomas, Memo Rodriguez and Elo Ozumba – and substitute Irvin
Jairo Arrieta’s woes in front of goal continued tonight as another 90 minutes went by without a goal. He now has 1 goal in 11 games this season with his last goal coming nearly 3 months ago on March 9 against Vancouver. He finished last season in tremendous form, ending with a goal every other game, 9 scores in 18 games. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Watching him tonight he seems to be doing the same things as last season, sitting on
The entire Columbus Crew organization has finally breathed a sigh of relief. Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Federico Higuain’s 69th minute penalty conversion against the Houston Dynamo on Saturday ended a home MLS goalless streak for Columbus that lasted 294 minutes and spanned four matches. The 1-1 draw was also the first time that Columbus has earned a point at home since late April against D.C. United. The penalty came when Dynamo striker Andrew Driver took down Crew left back Chad Barson in
The Columbus Crew triumphed 2-1 on Wednesday evening over USL PRO side Dayton Dutch Lions in the Third Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The win comes exactly one year to the day that the Black & Gold fell to their in-state counterpart by the same scoreline, with Eddie Gaven and Justin Meram supplying the goals on this occasion to move the Crew into the Fourth Round of the centennial edition of U.S. Soccer’s premier club tournament. The Crew took
Time Warner Cable SportsChannel is producing a new soccer show called “Center Circle” that will air weekly for the duration of the Major League Soccer season, with new episodes premiering on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The 30-minute show reviews the previous week’s MLS games and their impact on the standings, then looks ahead to the following week’s games. “Center Circle” will be hosted by award-winning Time Warner Cable Metro Sports anchor/reporter Brad Porter and will showcase happenings and highlights from around the league, supplemented
Columbus Crew captain Federico Higuain converted a 74th-minute penalty kick, but the Black & Gold (4-4-4, 16 points) conceded a 91st-minute equalizer and were unable to secure a full three points in a 2-2 draw at the New York Red Bulls (7-4-4, 25 points) on Sunday at Red Bull Arena. The Crew got off to a fast start as Dominic Oduro scored his team-leading sixth goal of the campaign in just the second minute, but the Ghanaian was also injured on
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
Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski For the second straight match the Columbus Crew played on the front foot for most of the night, but came away empty handed after a 2-0 defeat to the Colorado Rapids. On the night the Rapids (4-4-3) only registered four shots, and only one in the first half, but found the back of the net twice and managed to keep Columbus from scoring despite 22 shots, including seven on goal. Things almost got started before even a minute
Photo Credit: Dan Garee/ISNSoccer.com The Columbus Crew suffered a disappointing loss on Saturday, losing 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls in Columbus, despite dominating for large stretches of the match. The turning point came when a Federico Higuain penalty kick was saved by Red Bull keeper Luis Robles in the 71st minute. Robles guessed correctly and punched the ball away, giving New York momentum it had been lacking for a majority of the match. Higuain was disappointed with the loss and
