Jason Kreis’ squad saw itself improve their playoffs hopes after defeating first place and Eastern conference foes D.C. United Thursday night from three unanswered second half goals by Thomas McNamara, David Villa, and Kwadwo Poku to improve their record to 7-11-6, snapping a 2-game losing streak. United dropped to a 13-8-5 record on the season in front of a sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd of 28,262 fans. After a quiet 35 minutes Alvaro Saborio opened the scoring for D.C. with a 36th minute strike from the penalty
The 3-0 lead Columbus Crew SC held after the first half against Toronto City FC likely feels like a distant memory, after Columbus gave up three goals in the second half of that match on Saturday July 25th. Fast forward another week and Crew SC gave up five unanswered goals to Orlando City SC in a 5-2 defeat where the second goal came on a stoppage time own-goal. In the last 135 minutes of play, Crew SC has been outscored by
You won’t find find a bigger name in American soccer than Brian McBride. He has gotten the job done at every level, in MLS, the EPL, and with the U.S. Men’s National Team. Photo Credit: Mark Wysocki He was a star and a standout at every stop. He is one of the most beloved players in Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew history; the same can be said for his time at Fulham. And he exhibited pure brilliance with the national team,
Columbus Crew SC were at the wrong end of an incredible comeback as they finished with a 3-3 draw against Toronto FC at MAPFRE Stadium. Kei Kamara, Ethan Finlay, Sebastian Giovinco, and Jozy Altidore all scored for their respective clubs, giving fans quite a show when it came to the big-name players. Tony Tchani and Collen Warner also added goals of their own, but none was more important than the 89th minute penalty kick from Altidore, a score that sealed the
Crew SC did not leave fans waiting much after a thirty minute weather delay, earning a penalty kick in an MLS-record twelve seconds, a chance which Federico Higuain promptly capped-off. “That was actually a play that we had set up to run in Chicago, and we did not actually talk about it before this game, and when we were getting ready to kick off the ball, I said ‘Well we have the ball let’s run what we were going to run’
Even though the game was without some the international firepower of Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Mix Diskerud, and Frank Lampard, it wasn’t missing any excitement. Toronto FC went into the match with a record of 7-7-2 with 23 points and took on New York City FC, who had a 5-8-5 record with 20 points at Yankee Stadium. Photo Credit: Joseph Raja The match was slow-paced and quiet to start as the two clubs were looking for a break. The first goal would be conceded rather
Despite giving up the first goal for the sixth straight time, Columbus Crew SC battled back to win for the second out of the last three matches. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com The action started quickly as Crew SC had a few early chances, perhaps the best of which came from Justin Meram, who blasted a shot that just went over the crossbar. The Red Bulls attacked immediately. On a through ball, Red Bulls’ youngster Anatole Bertrand Abang outran Crew SC defender
Columbus Crew SC recovered after allowing an opening-minute goal to defeat the New England Revolution 2-1 Wednesday. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com The game started off in wild fashion, with New England’s Lee Nguyen running through to beat Columbus goalkeeper Steve Clark just over 30 seconds into the match. “Crazy things happen (in MLS)” Columbus Crew SC Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter said after the match. “But you have to stay calm [and] remain focused.” Crew SC seemed to maintain control after
From early moments of playing for Copley High School near Akron, Ohio to playing Division I at Cleveland State, Ohio native Josh Williams has lived dream after dream of playing the sport he’s so talented at, in the state he is from. In 2010 Josh Williams began play with MLS side Columbus Crew for a five year stint, but in December of 2014 Williams was traded to the new MLS expansion team NYCFC to begin the next chapter of his soccer playing