Columbus Crew SC lost their first playoff match of the season 2-1 on Sunday when they traveled to Canada to take on Montreal Impact. This was after a spectacular performance at home against D.C. United last in which Crew SC scored five unanswered goals and solidified their position in...
Columbus Crew SC’s Saturday match against Sporting Kansas City was nothing short of exciting. With Crew SC spending almost the entire match either tied or down by a single goal, a Crew SC victory seemed unlikely. But despite being down 2-1 going into the 80th minute they were able...
After a long and exciting match filled with new stars, an exciting comeback, and an hour-long rain delay, Columbus Crew SC emerged from their match against New York City FC with a 2-2 tie. Once again Kei Kamara and Ethan Finlay shone bright as Crew SC’s most dynamic duo, but new...
Columbus Crew SC announced that Season Ticket Memberships for the 2016 Major League Soccer season are now on sale. During this special pricing window, current Season Ticket Members also have the opportunity to save when they extend for the 2016 campaign. Furthermore, effective today through September 25, new and...
For the second time this season, Columbus Crew SC’s star forward Kei Kamara has been named the MLS Player of the Week. This announcement by the MLS comes after a spectacular performance on the part of Kamara against Colorado last Saturday where he scored two goals, bringing his total...
Columbus Crew SC tied Toronto FC 3-3 Saturday at MAPFRE Stadium after an exciting and disappointing match in which Crew SC scored 3 consecutive goals, and were answered by Toronto with 3 goals of their own in under a half. Once again, Kei Kamara and Ethan Finlay were among...
Columbus Crew SC won an impressive victory against the Chicago Fire for the second time in a week, creating a winning streak for Crew SC for the first time since April. Crew SC’s Sunday night match against Chicago was an exciting one from the start. Within 13 seconds of...
Wednesday, Columbus Crew SC won their first game since May 9th in a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution. The win comes after a series of ties and losses that, for some, have put in to doubt the hopes of making it to the MLS cup for Crew...
Columbus Crew SC saw their first win in some time yesterday. Unfortunately that win came in a US Open Cup match against the Richmond Kickers so it doesn’t count towards Crew SC’s season record. Although it was an easy match for Crew SC it gave the team the ability...
Today, Columbus Crew SC Forward Kei Kamara was named the MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters after yet another stellar performance in Saturday’s match against the Chicago Fire in which he scored both of the team’s goals. Currently, Kamara is the leading goal scorer...
Columbus Crew SC won their match this past Saturday against the Philadelphia Union in spectacular fashion by a score of 4-1. This win brings the record for the Crew up to 3-2-2 and puts them in fourth place within the Eastern Conference of the MLS. From the start of...
Columbus Crew SC lost their second match of the season Saturday 2-1 against the New York Red Bulls. The loss came after a very underwhelming 90 minutes of play in which Crew SC seemed to play very differently than they had in the previous two games. “I’m not gonna...
The Columbus Crew announced today that it has re-signed the club’s 2013 Budweiser Golden Boot-winning forward Dominic Oduro. The 28-year-old netted a career-high 13 goals and matched a career-high four assists in his first season with the Black & Gold in 2013. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of...
The Columbus Crew announced Homegrown Player Wil Trapp is set to spend two weeks of his Major League Soccer offseason training with Dutch Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle. The 20-year-old midfielder departed for Holland and will train with the former club of Crew Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter, the team with which...
The Columbus Crew announced that it has been awarded a pair of national club honors. The Crew won the PROMAXBDA Sports Media Marketing Award for Best Spot for the television commercial entitled “Family,” while Crew Stadium was named Sports Turf Managers Association’s 2013 Field of the Year. WATCH: “Family” – winners of PROMAXBDA Sports Media Marketing Award...
The Columbus Crew announced that it has added three defenders ahead of the 2014 season by re-signing Josh Williams and adding Costa Rican leftback Waylon Francis and Columbus native Matt Wiet as the club’s sixth Homegrown Player. Williams and Wiet have been immediately added to the roster while Francis – who will occupy an...
Major League Soccer unveiled its 2014 regular-season schedule Monday, a campaign that sees each of its 19 clubs play a 34-match clip beginning on March 8 and concluding on Oct. 26. For the third consecutive season, each team is scheduled to play an unbalanced schedule that features a single match against...
While the math doesn't have them eliminated yet, the Columbus Crew's playoff chances are slim to none as they fell at home to Sporting Kansas City 1-0. A header from Ike Opara in the 17' off a pass from Graham Zusi was all SKC needed to effectively end Columbus's...
In a friendly match that lived up to its designation, the Columbus Crew and England’s Wigan Athletic played a tentative, loose match that saw a plethora of substitutions and a 2-1 win for the 2013 FA Cup winners. The match started with fairly regular lineups for both teams. Notable...
In what players and coaches both acknowledged was one of the most important games of the season, the Columbus Crew could not muster another win in front of their largest home crowd of the season. For the second straight match, the Crew leapt out to an early lead, giving...
After a two-game losing streak that included a drubbing at the hands of the Philadelphia Union and a disappointing exit from Open Cup play at the hands of the Chicago Fire, the Columbus Crew rebounded Saturday with a shocking win over conference leaders Montreal Impact. On the back of...
After two draws in MLS play seemed to steady the Crew’s 2013 campaign, a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union once again has the team reeling. Goals in the 25th, 29th and 31st minutes of play gave the Union a commanding halftime lead, and the Crew could not recover...
After 13 games of the MLS regular season, the Columbus Crew certainly have an identity. Unfortunately for the team, that identity entails generating an overwhelming number of missed scoring opportunities. In a disappointing 1-1 draw against the visiting Houston Dynamo Saturday, the Crew were able to put __ shots...
The Crew stopped a two game skid in their Trillium Cup matchup with Toronto FC on Saturday with a hard-fought 1-0 victory on the road. Dominic Oduro’s game winning goal brought his tally to five on the season as he splits time between winger and striker. With regular...
The Columbus Crew announced, in conjunction with Major League Soccer, that the 2013 MLS Business Summit is being held in Columbus Sept. 10-12. For the second consecutive year, the Summit brings together representatives in every functional area from the League office and all member clubs to develop strategies and...
Less than an hour before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff of the Columbus Crew hosting DC United, a fire in the speaker cabinet of the stadium’s scoreboard forced a match delay while the Columbus Fire Department extinguished the flames. The damage was contained to the scoreboard, and fans were left...
For the third time in as many games, the Columbus Crew stunned their opponent with a late winner, giving them their fourth straight victory and extending their unbeaten streak to six games. Goals by Chad Marshall and Emilio Renteria gave the Crew a 2-1 edge over visiting Montreal Impact,...
COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Columbus Crew have been searching for scoring all season. The past two games against Houston and Toronto FC, they may have found a nice combination in two midfielders, Jairo Arrieta and Federico Higuain. Higuain scored the winning goal in the 58th minute and also had...
At a press conference Thursday morning, the Columbus Crew officially announced their newest signing Federico Higuain. The Argentinian forward is the third designated player in the club’s history after Andrés Mendoza and fellow Argentinian Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Higuan, formerly of the Argentine Primera División’s Club Atlético Colón, said that...
In the Crew’s first match since the death of Kirk Urso on August 5, players coaches and fans performed with heavy hearts and played to a 1-1 draw with visiting LA Galaxy in Crew Stadium. The match began with tributes to Urso by the team and fans, and the...
Wednesday marked the Columbus Crew’s return to soccer. The match against the Los Angeles Galaxy was the perfect restart after the Crew cancelled their match against Toronto on Saturday due to the funeral of midfielder Kirk Urso. Urso was remembered before Wednesday’s game, 10 days after passing away in...
The Columbus Crew announced Sunday morning that 22-year-old midfielder Kirk Urso passed away last night. Urso has been battling injuries that has kept him out of the lineup since May. Before his injury he had made six appearances, starting in five. Urso did not make the trip to D.C....
The closing minutes of Saturday’s contest in Columbus Crew Stadium had those clad in black and gold biting their fingernails but Columbus goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum received a friendly bounce off the post to preserve a 1-0 shutout over DC United. It was Gruenebaum’s seventh clean sheet of the...
Crew midfielder/defender Bernardo Anor suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Saturday’s (July 14) match against Sporting Kansas City, an MRI has revealed. The 24-year-old Venezuelan suffered the injury in the 63rd minute, but he was able to finish the match. Anor is currently receiving treatment...
The Columbus Crew’s anemic offense had yet another frustrating evening. Before many of those in attendance had a chance to take their seats Saturday evening, the Crew found themselves down a goal to Sporting Kansas City. For a team that struggles to score goals, Columbus’ 1-0 deficit must have...
The electricity that most of Columbus is missing seemed to find its way to Columbus Crew Stadium Saturday evening just in time to spark the Columbus Crew to a dominating 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake in front of a season-high crowd of 19,674. A power outage caused the...
The 1,646 faithful fans that came to Crew Stadium to watch the Crew’s opening U.S. Open Cup game left stunned after Columbus was eliminated 2-1 at the hands of the Dayton Dutch Lions. The Crew looked dominant for much of the game, holding the vast majority of possession, and...
Despite his popularity among Crew fans, Eddie Gaven often eludes the spotlight. His quiet demeanor and lack of flash might not catch the eye of the casual observer, but Gaven was instrumental for Columbus in their unbeaten May. Gaven started all five games in the month, and was one...
The Columbus Crew rallied to defeat FC Dallas 2-1 at Crew Stadium. Head Coach Robert Warzycha talks about the win, the header by Justin Meram and how his team played with a man up against Dallas. Justin Meram talks about getting his chance to play against FC Dallas,...
Despite dominating possession and the stat sheet, the Crew were unable to capitalize on their opportunities, while the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps needed just one lucky moment to defeat the Crew 1-0. Lee Young-Pyo’s 74th minute free kick gave Vancouver the game’s only goal, keeping Columbus near the bottom of...
After two straight victories, the Crew were unable to continue their winning ways in a 1-4 loss at the hands of the New York Red Bulls. Two goals in the first 13 minutes from New York forward Kenny Cooper created a hole that the Crew could not dig themselves...
Watch the post-game press conference with Columbus Crew head coach Robert Warzycha after they defeated the MLS expansion Montreal Impact 2-0 in front of a full house at Crew Stadium in the 2012 home opener.
The Columbus Crew opened their home season with a 2-0 win over the expansion Montreal Impact in MLS play. Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum talks with Columbus Wired’s Justin Boggs after the match and talks about the win, the play of the defenders in front of him and how he feels...
After playing only 23 minutes in the Crew’s first game of the season in Colorado, the team’s new striker Olman Vargas got his opportunity to start in the home opener Saturday against the Montreal Impact. The striker started up top along with veteran forward Emilio Renteria, and the pairing...
As the Columbus Crew prepare for their home opener against the expansion Montreal Impact, Columbus Wired’s Justin Boggs talked to the Crew’s William Hessmer, Eddie Gavin and head coach Robert Warzycha to get their thoughts on the upcoming match.
The day-by-day line-up for the massive sixth annual ROCK ON THE RANGE is now be revealed. Incubus, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch and Slash lead the Saturday bill and Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson,Megadeth and Anthrax close out Sunday (the full schedule for this potent lineup covering the rock spectrum is below). This year, ROTR will be hosted by hard rock aficionado Jose Mangin of Sirius XM and “Headbangers Ball.” Hard rock music fans will also now have the chance to purchase single-day...
Despite a 3-2 loss in their season finale in Chicago, the Crew earned the third wild card spot in the 2011 MLS Cup. After a change in playoff format, the wild card system will send The Crew to Colorado on Wednesday, where the 2nd wild card Rapids will host...
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – The Columbus Crew had an opportunity to make a huge statement of “we’re back” going into the MLS playoffs this week. Instead, they have to spectate a game being played over 1,000 miles away as Columbus fell to the Chicago Fire 3-2 Saturday evening. The loss...
Crew Head Coach Robert Warzycha signed a multiyear contract on Thursday, his first new deal since taking the head coach job three years ago. The former Crew player and assistant’s deal will reportedly last two years, with an option for the club to extend the deal for up to...
June 28th was a “night of firsts” at Columbus Crew Stadium, starting with the return of Danny O’Rourke for his first match this year. Midfielder Santiago Prim and Defender Korey Veeder made their first appearances for the Crew in a competitive match. Unfortunately, the Crew fell to the Richmond...