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 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers' tie retains first place
Portland ran its unbeaten streak to a dozen and retained top spot in the Power Rankings by claiming a 0-0 tie at Banc of California Stadium. Behind the Timbers, FC Dallas held second bywinning its game and New York City FC jumped up to third by bagging two victories. D.C. United opened up Audi Field […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers stay on top, Western rivals move up
A busy week of July 4 games as well as the weekend slate jumbled the rankings moderately, with Portland winning its only game of the week to stay on top. Los Angeles FC continued its impressiveform by tying Houston on the road and thrashing Orlando City at home to move into fourth place. Real Salt […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stumble opens door for Portland
Sporting Kansas City relinquished top spot in the Power Rankings by losing, 2-0, to Montreal on a weekend all of its closest pursuers won. Portland thus takes over first place and slidinginto second and third, respectively, are Atlanta and the New York Red Bulls. SKC falls to fourth, just ahead of FC Dallas, and New […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stays on top with comeback victory
Some teams looked rusty, others got right back into the flow on the first weekend of play following a short World Cup break. Sporting Kansas City, first in Soccer America’s MLS PowerRankings, retained the top spot by rallying from two goals down to beat Houston, 3-2. Top 10 teams swapped places as a result of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Light schedule keeps most teams as they were
The MLS got in six games last Wednesday prior to a short World Cup break, and 13 teams have been or will be playing Open Cup games to fill the gap. Atlanta United posted another impressivevictory — 2-0 at Columbus — but stayed second behind idle (in terms of league play) Sporting Kansas City. The […]