Photo Credit: Daniel Rogers 18 years after the Hunt family founded the Columbus Crew franchise they are now selling one of the founding franchises of Major League Soccer. Clark Hunt, son of Crew founder Lamar Hunt Sr., announced on Tuesday that the Hunt family had agreed to sell the team to Precourt Sports Ventures, headed by Anthony Precourt. “We’ve been in a process over the last couple of years to find a minority investor, or several minority investors, in the Crew. As
The Columbus Crew and Hunt Sports Group announced today that Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC has acquired the operating rights to the Crew. Hunt Sports Group has operated the Crew – Major League Soccer’s Charter Member – since 1996. Effective immediately, the Black & Gold become part of the privately held investment and management firm’s sports and entertainment business enterprise. “Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC (PSV) is honored to become the new Investor-Operator of the Columbus Crew and thrilled to become a partner
Dominic Oduro’s team-leading ninth MLS goal of 2013 was not enough to prevent a late Toronto FC comeback, as the Columbus Crew (6-10-5, 23 points) fell to the Reds (3-10-8, 17 points) on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. Oduro’s goal came in 17th minute, with Matias Sanchez providing the assist. The Ghanaian forward beat TFC goalkeeper Joe Bendik at his near post, giving the Black & Gold a 1-0 lead heading into halftime. Unfortunately that score would not last, as the
When fourth official Daniel Fitzgerald lifted the board to 19,323 fans at Crew Stadium to show four minutes of stoppage time, the Columbus Crew figured they had at least a point in the bag. Then disaster struck. In the four minutes of stoppage time, New England won 2-0 on goals from a header from defender Jose Goncalves for his first MLS goal and the clincher came from second half sub Diego Fagundez. It’s the first time the Revs won in Crew Stadium since
In their first match after being relegated from the English Premier League, Wigan Athletic defeated the Columbus Crew with a riveting second half, 2-1. Goal scorers included James McCarthy (on an assist from Ohio State product Roger Espinoza) and Marc-Antoine Fortune for the Latics and Ryan Finley with the lone Crew goal. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com “We knew it was always going to be a tough game,” Wigan manager Owen Coyle said after his first match as Latics’ boss. “The Columbus
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com On a hot and muggy mid-Ohio day, the Portland Timbers’ hot streak of 15 unbeaten was finally snapped by the Columbus Crew Sunday in front of 15,051 fans. Portland played down a man for nearly 80 minutes after an early Pa-Modou Kah red card and already 1-0 down dropped the Timbers in their only match against the Crew this season. Timbers (7-3-9) stay on 30 points after 19 matches and the Crew jump to 26 points with
The Columbus Crew got back to their winning ways with a 1-0 defeat of the Portland Timbers on Sunday. Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com Ohio soccer was on display as Portland Timbers Head Coach Caleb Porter made his return to the Buckeye State. He wasn’t the only one with local connections thanks to 9 Ohio players seeing time in the match. Matt Lampson, Danny O’Rourke, Josh Williams, Chad Barson, Wil Trapp, and Konrad Warzycha all saw time for the Black & Gold;
The Columbus Crew (5-8-5, 20 points) got a 78th-minute goal from Bernardo Anor, but a pair of Robbie Keane penalty kick goals in the 85th minute and the 92nd minute gave the LA Galaxy (8-7-3, 27 points) the win at the StubHub Center on Thursday night. Anor gave the Crew the lead on a header from inside the box on a free kick from Federico Higuain, who recorded his team-leading fifth assist of the season. The Galaxy tied the match in the 85th minute
The meteoric rise of defender Josh Williams has been one of the great storylines for Columbus Crew fans over the past few years. Williams has gone from a late signing in September 2010 to a consistent starter to one of the best young defenders in all of MLS. Photo Credit: Dan Garee/ISNSoccer.com He has contributed all along the Crew backline, playing at left back, right back, and his personal favorite, center back. Williams is an athletic defender, one that is capable of
