[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The new season has come early — perhaps too early — for the Columbus Crew. The forecast is for temperatures to be in the 20s withflurries when the depleted Crew hosts Real Salt Lake Tuesday night (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, 8 pm ET) in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions League […]
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Crew wins Veeder lottery
[MLS] The Columbus Crew won the rights to U.S. under-20 right back Korey Veeder in a weighted lottery held on Tuesdayafternoon. Four MLS clubs participated in the lottery for the 19-year-old Floridian: Columbus, Toronto FC, Seattle and Colorado. A team’s odds are based on its 2010regular-season record and adjusted to take into account the number […]
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No. 1 draft pick gets a goal
[MLS] The first pick in last month’s SuperDraft, Omar Salgado, scored the winning goal in Vancouver’s 2-1 defeat of Columbus in itspreseason match in Phoenix. Atiba Harris gave the Whitecaps a 1-0 lead in the 62nd minute. After Eddie Gaven converted a penalty kick for Columbus in the 76th minute,Salgado knocked in a cross from […]
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Cunningham is eager to re-up in Columbus
[MLS] Jeff Cunningham‘s flirtation with European soccer has ended. The second-leading scorer (132 goals) in league history showed upunexpectedly at the Crew’s training facility Tuesday, and he talked contract for a few minutes with technical director Brian Bliss. The 34-year-old forward played for FC Dallas lastseason and as a free agent player he entered the […]
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Galaxy selects Angel, Crew picks Cunningham
[MLS] Veteran scorers and defenders dominated the list of 11 players picked in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft Wednesday. Juan Pablo Angel, who starred for the New York Red Bulls for four seasons, was selected by the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Jeff Cunningham, second onthe all-time MLS scoring list, was picked by his […]
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Only two taken in Stage 1 of Re-Entry Draft
[MLS] Nobody expected Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft to be a blockbuster, and after just two players were selected Wednesday it’s quite possible the sequelwill be much more riveting. D.C. United used the first pick – allotted to the team with the worst finish in 2010 – to pick up the option on Joseph […]
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Crew's Carroll headed to Philadelphia
[MLS] Midfielder Brian Carroll, who won two MLS Cups titles (D.C. United 2004 and Columbus Crew 2008) and fourSupporters’ Shields (D.C. United 2006, 2007 and Columbus Crew 2008, 2009), is headed from the Columbus Crew to the Philadelphia Union in exchange for a conditional second-round pick in the 2011MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. The […]
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Higher seeds tumble and the East is out
[MLS] So much for MLS’s playoff seedings. After No. 8 seed San Jose, No. 7 Colorado and No. 5 FC Dallas are through to the conference finals. Out are the loneEastern Conference entrants, New York and Columbus, and defending MLS champion Real Salt Lake. No. 1 seed Los Angeles, however, managed to advance, at No. […]
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Rapids slim lead is deja vu for Crew
[MLS] Nine days will have passed between the first leg and the second leg — when Columbus hosts Colorado Saturday (4 p.m. ET, TeleFutura) in their conferencesemifinal, but Crew fans are just as concerned of what transpired 12 months ago. The Crew, taxed by a heavy burden of domestic and international matches for the past […]
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RSL and Crew to meet in quarterfinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] MLS is assured of a team in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time as Real Salt Lake and the ColumbusCrew were drawn to face each other in the quarterfinals, scheduled to be played Feb. 22-24 and March 1-3. The MLS winner will face Olimpia of Honduras or […]