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
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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
Mr. Numbers Nerd: Crew Players Scoring in Jersey # Minute
In the regular season finale, Gyasi Zardes scored a goal in the 11th minute en route to hat trick in a 3-2 win over Minnesota United. After Zardes scored, I turned to Mike Urso and said, "To give you a scary idea of how my brain works, Gyasi just scored in the 11th minute and … Continue reading Mr. Numbers Nerd: Crew Players Scoring in Jersey # Minute
Mr. Numbers Nerd: Zardes Edition
Taking a break from working on #CrewLegends stuff to take a quick dive into some legendary work by current Crew striker Gyasi Zardes. Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. wore a Zardes jersey up in Cleveland this week and it was certainly a good week to rep the Crew striker. He scored a hat-trick to … Continue reading Mr. Numbers Nerd: Zardes Edition
Mr. Numbers Nerd: Pipa is Crew’s Double-Nickel King
With his game-winning goal in the 57th minute on Saturday night, Federico Higuain scored his fifth goal of the season. It was yet another milestone in Higuain's distinguished Crew career, as it clinched the sixth season in which he had scored at least five goals and dished out at least five assists. The "double nickel" … Continue reading Mr. Numbers Nerd: Pipa is Crew’s Double-Nickel King
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