On a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Centennial Stadium in Victoria, Vancouver Whitecaps FC were in fine form as they earned a 6-0 victory over the University of Victoria Vikes as they continue their preseason preparations. Pedro Morales, Octavio Rivero, and Marco Bustos paced the attack with a goal and an assist each. Head coach Carl Robinson started a strong lineup, with only three weeks until Whitecaps FC kick off their 2015 MLS season against Toronto FC at BC Place.
Zak Boggs is on the verge of a big comeback. After playing for the USL PRO’s Charlotte Eagles in 2014, the Marietta, Ohio native has his sights set on a return to Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2015. Photo Credit: William Brown “From a physical standpoint, I’m fit and always improving on speed, quickness, and strength. Mentally, I’m in a constant state of readiness. I’m looking forward to the opportunity. I am ready to be given a chance. My goal is
“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
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