Columbus Crew Stadium and Prime Social Group today announced details of the inaugural Breakaway Music Festival, an all-new concert series presented at Major League Soccer stadiums across the country. Breakaway Music Festival will kick-off on Saturday, September 14 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Pre-sale tickets will be available athttp://www.breakawayfestival.com beginning Tuesday, June 18 at 11:00 a.m. ET and general on-sale tickets will then get underway on Friday, June
Welcome to the Blue Heaven: Don’t Bet Against the Goalkeeper by Jimmy Nielsen with Paolo Bandini is the story of a footballing journey, a journey that took Nielsen to Kansas City to become the best goalkeeper in MLS. It is a story of success and failure, of devastating mistakes and ultimately redemption. It is a story of soccer and of life and how the two go well together. It all started back in Denmark as a youngster with loads of potential and a
The Columbus Crew (4-5-5, 17 points) suffered a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union (6-5-4, 22 points) at PPL Park on Wednesday night. All of the match’s scoring came in the first-half of action as the Union found tallies from Brian Carroll (25th minute), Sheanon Williams (29th minute) and Conor Casey (31st minute). The loss snapped the Crew’s three-match unbeaten streak (1-0-2) that dated back to May 18 at Toronto. “That was really lethargic performance especially in the first half,” Crew Head Coach Robert Warzycha
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
D.C. United today announced that the club has signed Gambian midfielder Sainey Nyassi. The 24-year-old joins United after playing seven seasons with the New England Revolution, and will occupy a domestic spot on United’s roster. Nyassi will also be available for selection for the Black-and-Red’s third-round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match at USL PRO affiliate the Richmond Kickers tonight at 7 p.m. “We are pleased to add Sainey to our roster,” said D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper. “He possesses