It's hard to believe it has been 25 years since the Cleveland Crunch delivered my very first taste of a pro sports championship. The Crunch are a defunct indoor soccer team that played in the National Professional Soccer League. In between the demise of the North American Soccer League in the early 1980s and the … Continue reading 25 Years Ago Tonight, the Cleveland Crunch Delivered My First Fan Championship
Month: April 2019
Dueling 61s: A Look at Warzycha & Higuian
On Saturday night, Federico Higuain tied Robert Warzycha's Columbus Crew record for career assists in league play, so in addition to the story I wrote, I thought it would be fun to jointly celebrate the two Crew legends by looking at their shared record while it is still shared.First, some basics. WARZYCHAHIGUAINAssists6161First assist9/22/1996 at TB(Paul Caligiuri) 8/19/2012 … Continue reading Dueling 61s: A Look at Warzycha & Higuian
The Night Pipa Tied Bobby
Records are made to me broken and we certainly celebrate their breaking. However, if we’re lucky, we get to celebrate a moment when a record is tied, where two terrific players from different eras are joined together in equal achievement. So it is Crew legends Robert Warzycha and Federico Higuain. On Saturday night, Higuain tied … Continue reading The Night Pipa Tied Bobby
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