Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus Crew players and staff members took time out of their busy schedules today to prepare care packages for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Operation Buckeye Headquarters. Under the direction of the Operation Buckeye organization, players and staff helped stuff care packages full of food, snacks, personal hygiene items, reading materials and well-wishes. Last year, almost 5,000 boxes were sent to the men and women of our Armed Forces. Since the founding of Operation Buckeye in 2005, more
Photo Credit: S and S pix The National Premier Soccer League is proud to announce its eleventh National Player of the Week for the 2013 regular season. The winner, for the week ending June 16th, is Rocket City United striker Khurram Shazad. Shazad registered 4 goals and 1 assist in a 5-4 win over the Mississippi Storm on June 15th. This performance set a team record for the most goals and most points in a single game. Since 2009, Rafa Barbosa had held
Finalists for the 2013 Kevin Gray Awards presented by Ivy Funds were announced on Monday and will be featured this Friday in the Shield Club at Sporting Park during a Finalist Show that will air live locally from 6-6:30 p.m. CT on Time Warner Cable Metro Sports. The Kevin Gray Awards presented by Ivy Funds were established in 2011 in honor of the late Kansas City Sports Commission president Kevin Gray and annually recognize the athletic
The Crew suffered their third home defeat of the season and at hands of Chicago with the players involved in the trade between the two clubs playing center stage. Dominic Oduro came to Columbus in the trade and he’s been making a big impact so far this season. Tonight he continued in the center forward role despite the return of Jairo Arrieta from international duty and this paid dividends for the Crew. On 6 minutes Oduro robbed Austin Berry of possession and raced
Despite a strong first-half performance that saw the Black & Gold jump out to a 1-0 lead just seven minutes into the match, the Columbus Crew (5-6-5, 20 points) fell to Eastern Conference rival Chicago Fire (5-7-3, 18 points) on Saturday night at Crew Stadium. “Sometimes the fortune is not going right,” Crew head Robert Warzycha stated. “We were so successful for so many years winning the games at home. We have to build our fortress again. We have to make
Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com AFC Cleveland fell to Detroit City FC by a score of 3-2 in what could be called the most hotly contested match of the NPSL season. “What’s happened is that we have developed a really great rivalry,” DCFC co-owner Sean Mann commented. “It’s the class of the NPSL in a lot of ways. It’s fun to have two good teams playing in front of packed stadiums.” The Royals were the first on the board thanks to a header from
Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com The National Premier Soccer League is proud to announce its tenth National Player of the Week for the 2013 regular season. The winner, for the week ending June 9th, is Zanesville Athletic defender/midfielder Smart Osadolor. Osadolor has been one of Zanesville Athletic’s most consistent performers this season. Last weekend Osadolor was moved from his usual left back spot to left midfielder. Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com He responded with two goals and an assist for the weekend, helping Zanesville to
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com With Jairo Arrieta away on international duty with Costa Rica, Dominic Oduro has been given the opportunity to play a more central role in the attack for Columbus. This is not unfamiliar. In games that Columbus has been chasing, Oduro got pushed through the center, but tonight he got to play a full 90 minutes and he delivered a performance that should worry Arrieta. Throughout his career in MLS, Oduro has maintained a keen eye for goal
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com It’s hard to imagine a team facing a must-win scenario with more than half of their games remaining, but on Saturday night against the Montreal Impact that is exactly what the Columbus Crew did. After dropping points in four of their last five matches and falling five points off the pace for the fifth and final playoff position, the Crew needed to pull off an upset against first place Montreal if they hoped to keep their playoff
