[MLS DISCIPLINE] Costa Rican international Giancarlo Gonzalez has emerged as one of the imports in the early going of the2014 season, but the Columbus Crew defender earned the wrath of San Jose fans for faking being injured by Quakes captain captain Chris Wondolowski in Sunday’s1-1. His embellishment was dealt with by the MLS Disciplinary Committee. […]
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Precourt: Crew has lots of work to do
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Mark McCullers, who had been with the Columbus Crew since 1998, has stepped down as its president. The movecomes less than a year after San Francisco investor Anthony Precourt bought the club from the Hunt Sports Group and six months before the end of McCullers’current contract. The Crew is off to a 2-0-0 […]
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New York, Columbus and San Jose ink TV deals
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] Three more MLS clubs announced local TV deals as the New York Red Bulls signed a multi-year extension to return to MSG Networks, their localcarrier since MLS’s first season in 1996, the Columbus Crew reached a new multi-year agreement with Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, and the San Jose Earthquakes will return […]
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PREVIEW: Berhalter brings his Euro view to Crew
[MLS 2014: Eastern Conference] When he bought the Crew and its stadium last July from Hunt Sports Group for $68 million, ownerAnthony Precourt vowed to change the team’s image in all respects. An extensive rebranding is pending. The Crew Stadium scoreboard, whichcaught fire before a game last year, has been upgraded. To arrest a slide […]
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Crew romps over Sporting KC in championship game
[MLS PRESEASON: Disney Pro Classic] Like D.C. United, Chicago and Vancouver at the three other tournaments, Columbus, a team that failed to reach the playoffs lastyear, ended its preseason campaign with a title on Saturday. Jario Arrieta, Bernardo Anor, Justin Meram and Federico Higuain rang up four goals for the Crew, which took the Walt […]
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Late Higuain penalty gives Crew another victory
[MLS PRESEASON: Disney Pro Classic] Federico Higuain‘s penalty kick in the 88th minute gave the Columbus Crew a 1-0 winover the Philadelphia to open the second day of play at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic whose start was delayed an hour by inclement weather. In the second game, Sporting Kansas City beatBrazilian club […]
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Gonzalez signing gives Columbus Crew three Ticos
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Columbus Crew signed Costa Rican national team center back Giancarlo Gonzalez from Norway’sValerenga. The 26-year-old Gonzalez gives the Crew another experienced player on its rebuilt backline and a third Tico. Chad Marshall was traded toSeattle, and Brazilian Glauber, the Crew’s other center back at the start of last season, did not […]
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Parkhurst sees bright future with return to MLS
By Ridge Mahoney The last addition to the U.S. national team roster is the first one to admit that his future looked murky until about a monthago. Marooned on the bench with German club FC Augsburg, defender Michael Parkhurst felt liberated earlier this month when MLS reached an agreementfor his transfer to Columbus. About a […]
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D.C. United adds Parke to rebuilt backline
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] D.C. United’s efforts to rebuild its backline continued with the acquisition of 31-year-old Jeff Parkefrom Philadelphia. Parke, who grew up in the Philadelphia area and moved to the Union from Seattle in 2012, joins Bobby Boswell, taken in the Re-Entry Draft, togive D.C. two new veteran defenders in the middle of the […]
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Parkhurst joins the ranks of returnees
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Like a few USA teammates, Michael Parkhurst has chosen MLS as the next, and possibly last, phase of hispro career. The former MLS Rookie of the Year (2005) and Defender of the Year (2007) has ended a sojourn in Europe by agreeing to play with Columbus, which gave up its first-round 2014 SuperDraft […]