The 31-year-old Swiss playmaker Xerdan Shaqiri, who joined the Chicago Fire for the 2022 season, helped set up two goals and scored in the 3-2 win over Serbia that advanced Switzerland (along with Brazil) from Group G. With his opening goal against the Serbs, Shaqiri joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as scorers in each […]
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Watch: Lucas Zelarayan go the distance
Columbus Crew midfielder Lucas Zelarayan scored from 56 yards out against Charlotte FC for the longest MLS goal on free kick, according to league records.
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Campeones Cup: Columbus Crew defeats Cruz Azul to claim first international title
The 2021 Campeones Cup, founded in 2018 to match up Liga MX and MLS champs, was claimed by the Columbus Crew with 2-0 win over Cruz Azul. Hosted by the 2020 MLS Cup champs, the Crew took a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute when Cruz Azul’s Brayan Angulo deflected into his own goal a […]
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Caleb Porter on how MLS challenges coaches like no other league in the world
Only three head coaches have won MLS Cup championships with different clubs, and the first two — Sigi Schmid and Bruce Arena — are absolute legends. The third is Caleb Porter, whose path has followed a similar bend as these legends’. Like Schmid and Arena, Porter has shown a knack for building champions, first taking the […]
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Gyasi Zardes on thriving in Columbus: The Berhalter boost, Caleb Porter's guidance, and a happy family
Gyasi Zardes has grown into one of Major League Soccer’s most consistently potent strikers since leaving his hometown LA Galaxy for the Columbus Crew, evolving into a savvier box presence, expert finisher and critical component of what might be the club’s most talented side since the MLS Cup campaign 12 years ago. It’s about a […]
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Two years on from Save The Crew: a rebirth for Columbus
Sometimes it’s easy to forget how close a founding member of MLS was from losing its soccer team. For months after then-owner Anthony Precourt’s announcement in the fallof 2017, the Columbus Crew’s existence hung in the balance. Made up entirely of Crew fans, the #SaveTheCrew coalition battledagainst that venture capitalist from San Francisco, who was […]
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Ground-breaking held on second Columbus stadium
Ground-breaking on a new soccer stadium in Columbustook place on Thursday afternoon, making the Columbus Crew the first team to begin work on a second soccer stadium. A new downtown stadium was part of the commitment MLS was looking forin keeping the Crew in Columbus. Work on the stadium to be built the heart of […]
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MLS Moves: Crew re-acquires Waylon Francis after Valenzuela injury
Waylon Francis is headed back to Columbus, where he played four MLS seasons after the Crew traded for him following the knee injury suffered by 20-year-old left back Milton Valenzuela,its Young Designated Player. Francis, who played for Costa Rica in its 2-0 loss to the USA on Saturday, was acquired from Seattle in exchange for […]
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“So, confession…. the originally-intended release date of the #SaveTheCrew film was October 26. Press announcements were planned for Tuesday (the anniversary of @GrantWahl’s original tweet).But now we have to postpone because I have to shoot a completely new ending!” — English-born filmmaker and Columbus Crew fan Sean Kelly on the latest version of his documentary,first […]
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Save the Crew: Deal is in the works
Almost a year after it was revealed thatColumbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt was exploring a move to Austin, it looks like the MLS team might stay in Columbus after all. MLS confirmed that the Haslam family — owners ofthe NFL’s Cleveland Browns — and the Columbus-based Edwards family were in negotiations with MLS to buy […]