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
Year: 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
Chester: The City of Another 3-Love
Prediction time! When the Columbus Crew travel to Chester, PA in 2021 to play the Philadelphia Union, they will lose 3-0. That's because the Crew have lost there by that identical score in 2013, 2015, 2017, and now 2019. It's quite the odd-year phenomenon. It's not like Talen Energy Stadium is a house of horrors … Continue reading Chester: The City of Another 3-Love
A Gaston-ishing Start to the Season
Like I would have told everyone before the season had I thought to think it, the Columbus Crew are going to do pretty darn well this year if they can get 20 goals apiece from Gyasi Zardes and Gaston Sauro. Lo and behold, they are each on pace for 23 goals this year and the … Continue reading A Gaston-ishing Start to the Season
Crewland Rocks
As it is almost matchday again, I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on my experience last weekend watching the Columbus Crew match with The Crewland, a supporter's group based out of Cleveland. Cleveland is my hometown. It's also where I came to love soccer. Well, a form of it anyway. I was raised … Continue reading Crewland Rocks
Crew Q &A: Tom Presthus on Zack’s Record
Here's a quick Crew Q&A from Tuesday night with former Crew goalkeeper Tom Presthus, who was once in a seven-way tie for the Crew's all-time goalkeeper assist lead until Zack Steffen broke it with the second assist of his Crew career on Saturday, making him the first goalkeeper in MLS history to save a penalty … Continue reading Crew Q &A: Tom Presthus on Zack’s Record
Zack’s Historic Double Damage
Columbus Crew fans have become accustomed to watching goalkeeper Zack Steffen do amazing things, especially in the postseason when the spotlight shines brightest. The 23-year-old is the reigning MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, a regular call-up the U.S. Men's National Team, and will be heading to Manchester City of the English Premier League this summer. … Continue reading Zack’s Historic Double Damage
A Crewsmas Story (2019)
On September 12, 1999, I drove up to Cleveland following that afternoon’s Crew game to personally witness the return of the Cleveland Browns following the original incarnation’s relocation to Baltimore. They lost to the hated Pittsburgh Steelers 43-0. It was still a happy night. After three years without football in one of the NFL’s most … Continue reading A Crewsmas Story (2019)
Collected Caleb Quotes
Running short of time in this hectic week, but although writing time is scarce, I don't want all of these Caleb Porter quotes to go to waste. So here's a little something I'll call Collected Caleb Quotes. These are all from media day on Wednesday. ***** Porter has been to Crew games as a fan … Continue reading Collected Caleb Quotes
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