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
The NPSL Championship game will be played Sunday, August 4th at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT in Richmond, VA. The match will be played at Sports Backers Stadium, the home of VCU soccer. The match will feature RVA FC taking on the visiting Sonoma County Sol. RVA won the right to host by defeating the Erie Admirals 4-0 in the first National Semifinal match Saturday night. It was a dominant and comprehensive win for the expansion side as they took down one of
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
The words from Wigan Athletic manager Owen Coyle could not have been more true. Photo Credit: Joe Foughty/ISNSoccer.com Wigan Athletic finished their U.S.tour with a 4-1 win over USL PRO side Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Over 4,000 passionate fans turned out to see the FA Cup Champions take on their local team. The game had a great atmosphere: a beautiful new facility, the skyline and the rivers as a backdrop, and fireworks for the fans afterwards. Simply put, this is a thriving soccer market.
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
Our contribution to Buffalo.com’s “Ultimate NPSL Midwest Great Lakes Playoff Preview.” Momentum heading into postseason: A win against FC Sparta Michigan and a draw against Detroit City FC has given Cleveland momentum going into the playoffs. Yes, Cleveland is the fourth seed and is going up against an undefeated DCFC, but they play up to the level of their competition and will be Detroit’s biggest rival and challenge of the weekend. Regular season MVP: Goalkeeper Ben Yabrow has to
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
